which hand held video game system is more worth buying? Nintendo DS or the Playstation Portable?

Question

which hand held video game system is more worth buying? Nintendo DS or the Playstation Portable?

Answer 1

I would go with the PsP it has dvds that you can buy to play in it and Ds doesnt

Answer 2

I had both but sold my ds because i never played it because the psp is soo much better. i wouldnt recomend anything else.

Answer 3

Nintendo DS

Answer 4

It depends if you want brightly colored pictures an stylus gestures buy a DS but if you want serious gaming buy a PSP

Answer 5

the PSPis the console to buy. because it has really good graphics like a playstation 2. which the D.S doesn't have. it has WiFi connectivity and its own web browser. which the D.S doesn't have. the PSP even can store music, videos and pictures upto 2GB or more (according to the memory card you install)and the PSP has some real good looks. my friend has both consoles and he too recommends the psp. the only thing it doesn't have is a digital writing pad. but thats not th case. so i recommend the PSP

Answer 6

PSP is better. It has better games, an mp4 player, plays videos, and has internet.



DS only has games.

Answer 7

Yeah, you could do a lot with PSP but also at the expense of a lot of hassle. If you want to play videos/movies, you have to copy them from your cd or whatever, download a converter and convert them to a file type the PSP recognizes -- a movie will get converted in no less than 2 hours. You also need a lot of memory stick capacity to store your videos or movies. I also don't think there are a lot of highly-rated games on the PSP. The graphics is eye-candy but then so what? You're not a graphics whore are you?



On the other hand, the DS Lite is replete with a lot of highly-rated and crazy-fun games. They're not kiddy as other people are supposing. How can Trauma Center or Phoenix Wright be kiddy? Or let's say Hotel Dusk (very well-written and mature script/dialogue), Final Fantasy III or Metriod Prime? They are indeed cutesy but it doesn't mean that a mature person could no longer enjoy them. Also the games available on the DS Lite are best played using a handheld. If you want long and complex games -- go for a PS2 or PS3 or better yet a PC. Most PSP games are just rehashes of games already available for the PS2. But with the DS Lite you get hours of interactive and novel fun because of the mic and touch screen functionality. Imagine blowing on the mic to create fire or remove dust. Imagine using your stylus to scrape off blood. You cannot do these with PSP. The DS Lite also have a longer battery life, it looks sleek too.



I have both handhelds so this review is without bias.

Answer 8

PSP is the ultimate thing man!!! There may be 100's of things to do with a DS but remember there are 10000's of things to do with the PSP!!! Do a research on PSP homebrew in google and you will know ;-)

Answer 9

The PSP if you like games with cheap graphics,but besides that you can add music, videos, pictures, & even surf the web with that thing. It can do a lot of stuff now because the newer ones can do more things now than the older ones. It matters what you really want to do,play a lot of fun games then you should go with the Ds but if your into media and music then go with the PSP. Personally I'd Choose the PSP.

Answer 10

My wife and I each have both a DS and a PSP and that is the perfect solution because they're both excellent systems. But if you must choose just one, this is what you need to do. It is the most practical way to choose any game system.



Go to a store where they sell these and look at the games available for each. (You can do this online as well.) You will notice that the DS has games more suitable for younger players like the Mario-style games, you know...cutesy games. This is not a bad thing because they are excellent games! But PSP has games more suited for more mature players such as Grand theft Auto, Metal Of Honor, etc. The graphics on the DS is perfectly suited for the games it plays, but not quite as advanced as the graphics on the PSP. There is one big point in favor of the DS though....

There are more games available for 2 players using a single cartridge than there is for the PSP (using a single disk) which I feel is a BIG mistake on Sony's part. For instance, my wife and I can play each other on the DS playing Bomberman using a single cartridge wirelessly, but to play Super Puzzle Fighter wirelessly on the PSP I had to buy the game TWICE! (A disk for my wife and one for me.) So, as you can see, Nintendo is much more generous which will save you a ton of money if you expect to be using your system for wireless 2-player games. I liked the DS so much that I even bought an extra one!!!! Why? Because the Clubhouse Games cartridge has a wireless 2-player chess game on it and I can hand one DS to a friend at work and although he works in a different department, we play wireless chess all day! SWEET!!!!



Now, one nice thing about the PSP that the DS doesn't have is the ability to play your favorite movies in the palm of your hand. That's kinda neat if you'll be doing a lot of that kind of thing. It's not a big deal if you won't be watching movies that much. (You buy a $30 software thingy that copies and converts your favorite DVD to PSP format - works good for home movies recorded on DVD as well!)



So, the bottom line is, you need to look at the type of games available for each system and decide which games you'll want to be playing.



There you go! I hope this helps. Good luck!