Nintendo DS

[Brittany]

PSP vs DS

I think PSP is far better than DS. GO a1337a!!! You have another PSP fan-girl.
Sure, Nintendo may have dominated the handheld gaming industry in the past, but you all forgot one important fact: Sony has not been in the handheld gaming industry past. You all talk crap about PSP, like it has a past of crappy games and crappy system specs.


This scenario Does seem very familiar:
Nintendo has a past with NES, SNES, and along comes n64.
Then Sony replies with PS1 and everyone complains that PS1 will become a crap system compared to n64,
the arguing continues until PS2 and GCN. Guess which system is prefered to the average gamer today? PS2.
Infact, the GCN has suffered from numerous price-cuts, because PS2 is dominating.

The same thing will happen with PSP and DS:
Nintendo with its history of GB, GBp, GBC, and GBA...The along comes DS.
Sony replies with its PSP and everyone complains that PSP will become a crap systen compared to DS.
Guess what happens next?


I love PSP's game line up compared to the DS's.

 

[JoWood]

A couple of questions thats been in my mind,

-Won't the stylus scratch up the DS screen?
-What is WiFi Internet connections? Both PSP and DS have it.
-UMD disks, doesn't Sony make those? What are they anyways?

Mmmmmm apples....
Yes the walkman was a great idea, but did Sony make the things it played? No, music companies made the CDs that Sony's walkman played. Hmmm I see something similar going on with the Playstation and Playstation 2. All of the games that the consoles are famous for were made by other companies and not Sony itself, such as Square-Enix, Rockstar, EA, Capcom, etc.

Yeah but if it wasn't for Sony's products...

 

[aaaaaa]

The stylus probably won't under normal use, damage the screen. But once one edge begins to wear it, it forms a sharper point, and it will. I've seen it happen to too many iPaqs.
The Wireless Internet basically means when you go to 'hitspots', Starbucks for example, you'll be able to access the internet from within that area. It won't be free, though.
And the UMD disc is kind've like a thin silicon media housed in a tough plastic casing that is non-removable. Like a minidisc, but better.

 

[JoWood]

The stylus probably won't under normal use, damage the screen. But once one edge begins to wear it, it forms a sharper point, and it will. I've seen it happen to too many iPaqs.
The Wireless Internet basically means when you go to 'hitspots', Starbucks for example, you'll be able to access the internet from within that area. It won't be free, though.
And the UMD disc is kind've like a thin silicon media housed in a tough plastic casing that is non-removable. Like a minidisc, but better.

XD, you work at EBgames. Give me an estimate of how much this will cost...

 

[aaaaaa]

Hah :P The system has $4000 for the PSP and $99,999 for the NDS.
In other words, Head Office has nooo idea.

 

[JoWood]

This is the only image I could find. The screen is too venerable, very smart design Sony.(<----- sarcasm)

 

[Brittany]

Geez

Yes the walkman was a great idea, but did Sony make the things it played? No, music companies made the CDs that Sony's walkman played. Hmmm I see something similar going on with the Playstation and Playstation 2. All of the games that the consoles are famous for were made by other companies and not Sony itself, such as Square-Enix, Rockstar, EA, Capcom,etc.

So what If Nintendo makes its own games? I do my own laundry, and I don't go lookin for attention.

Plus, Square-Enix, Rockstar, etc.. makes great games, AND THEY DON'T MAKE THEM FOR GCN.
It doesent matter WHO makes the game, its the fact that the game is made for that specific system. Maybe Square-Enix and Rockstar dont make games for Nintendo, because they think that GCN is such a crap system.

When it comes to gaming, you might-as-well consider Square, Rockstar, and all those other companies a division of Sony.

It was that kind of attitude that made Square change from Nintendo to Sony. Nintendo didn't like how another company could create games that sold comparably to thier own games.
With that tension, Square sought another console to continue their series. With the usage of the CD on the Playstation, Square found a console that used media that could support the kind of game Square wanted to create. The result was a game that millions of people believe is the greatest game of all time.

...And the prices don't matter as of now, because no info is approved by Nintendo or Sony. Its all merely specualtion.
I have heard that PSP will cost around $250 and DS will cost around $200+.

aThe PSP has a proper 16:9 widescreen.
Bluetooth Wireless
Movie Playback
Music Playback
UMD Media.
Cartridges are expensive and cannot compete with todays high capacity media.
UMD is the future of portable gaming, simply because it's a step forward, not backwards.

All those extras... that DS doesent have.
DS is just for gaming... and in my opinion(and hundreds of thousands of other people), their gaming is begining to stink.
PSP will be the ultimate gaming system AND a bag of chips.

UMDs are not only the future of gaming, but they are also the future of digital media itself. In case you don't know, how it started I will list a chart of the discs evolution:

Record- one layer of non-digital media
CD-Smaller disc, digital media
DVD-Same size as a CD. Finer lines of coding on the disc to provide more memory. Uses two layers of discs that are stacked upon each-other an innovative idea that doubled information.
UMD-Smaller than a CD. Even finer lines of coding to increase memory. Uses Three layers of discs layered upon each-other. Innovative idea triples memory. Games are saved on a memory card, so there are unlimited gamesaves.


Heres the line of the cartriges evolution:
Cartrige- more expensive than a disc. Extremely low amount of memory compared to a UMD. Not innovative. Gamesaves are limited to the size of the cartrige. The only way the cartrige has evolved is by using higher capacity chips that cost more and are still inferior to the UMD.

And to JoWood, that is not the final design of the PSP. Once I find the picture again, I will post it.

 

[bass sp]

hey. capcom, square-enix, and konami(i think they do the best games for ps2) do games to nintendo like megaman battle transmission, ffcrystal chronicles,and metal gear solid the twin snakes.

 

[Brittany]

Voila

Here are some links

Please click on the links. They show High-Quality Pics of the PSP in action.
Go to my third link. If you read the box, it says the PSP version is not at all inferior to its PS2 counterpart. Meaning, games are PS2 quality. Lets see the DS do that.

And as a1337a said, you wont have to worry about scratching your UMD, because it is in a nice plastic casing.

 

[bass sp]

hey its the pirate copy of gamboy advance. if they are better why do they not creat another model. o and psp. could have good graphics but if psp have multiplayer it would not be as good as the nintendo one.

 

[Torn]

My part in this discussion is over.

I'm buying both. Somehow.

My last post was late this after-noon and the recent posts are way too controversial to even touch. Given a 50 metre pole, I might, but I'm afraid I don't have one...

 

[Brittany]

WTF(it means what the freak, I swear)

Do you know how to read and write? Use better grammar.

hey its the pirate copy of gamboy advance. if they are better why do they not creat another model.

Its not really a Pirate copy. What do you expect for Sony to do? Make it designed like a normal GB? Wtf are you thinking?

o and psp. could have good graphics but if psp have multiplayer it would not be as good as the nintendo one.

What makes you say that its multiplayer will not be as good a the DS? Think before you speak.

 

[bass sp]

i think first hahah. but i hve played multiplayer games from gamecube,x-box,and ps2. at first it goes gamecube playing super smash bros. meele and mario kart in multiplayer make you live good. secondly x-box halo is one of the best multiplayers i have seen . but it is cool but not so cool.and finally ps2 it only have a multiplayer game that i like and it is marvel vs. capcom.

 

[Brittany]

i think first hahah. but i hve played multiplayer games from gamecube,x-box,and ps2. at first it goes gamecube playing super smash bros. meele and mario kart in multiplayer make you live good. secondly x-box halo is one of the best multiplayers i have seen . but it is cool but not so cool.and finally ps2 it only have a multiplayer game that i like and it is marvel vs. capcom.

This isnt a discussion about what the games you like are. Many people like PS2's Multiplayer games. You obviously don't think before you speak:)

 

[JoWood]

Brittany, all those features of the PSP are overrated. I'm making a list to counterattack what with you said,

Things the DS offers but the PSP doesnt:

-The DS doesn't require memory cards
-Cart-based games mean less loading time
-Plays all GBA games which gives it a bigger library of favorites
-Nintendo has ruled the handheld market for over 15 years.
-Nintendo makes better first party games in buisness and a few million people will be willing to buy a new Pokemon game.
-Its possible to play multi player games across multiple DSes was only one cart game.
-Good gaming producers have already signed with Nintendo.

PSP weaknesses :

-Disc based media mean shorter battery life and loading.
-The screen is vunerable to scratches.
-Sony doesn't have the best track as far as dependable hardware.
-Cost. Media guesses $300. Is Sony crazy? PS2 didn't cost that much.

 

[Brittany]

Not True

Brittany, all those features of the PSP are overrated. I'm making a list to counterattack what with you said,

Things the DS offers but the PSP doesnt:

-The DS doesn't require memory cards
-Cart-based games mean less loading time
-Plays all GBA games which gives it a bigger library of favorites
-Nintendo has ruled the handheld market for over 15 years.
-Nintendo makes better first party games in buisness and a few million people will be willing to buy a new Pokemon game.
-Its possible to play multi player games across multiple DSes was only one cart game.
-Good gaming producers have already signed with Nintendo.

PSP weaknesses :

-Disc based media mean shorter battery life and loading.
-The screen is vunerable to scratches.
-Sony doesn't have the best track as far as dependable hardware.
-Cost. Media guesses $300. Is Sony crazy? PS2 didn't cost that much.

Excuse me!?
-Loading times are extremely short, I can wait an extra two seconds to play games that are next-gen quality.

-Not having memory cards is a minus, not a plus. The PSP comes with a free memory card, and DS has limited saves. If you want, you can buy extra memory cards to have extra saves. The DS is limited to the space on the cartrige

-Actually, your completely wrong about the one-cart multiplayer games. The PSP has multiplayer maddness whearas you can play the FULL quality multiplayer game with only one disc by use of its nice WiFi connections. Check the PSP site for details on that. When you play a GBA game with only cart, the game is lower quality.

-Nintendo making better games is purely your opinion, take your opinion somewhere else.

-Screen is not vulnerable to scratches, it has a cover that fits onto the back of the PSP when the screen is in use.

-Good gaming producers have already signed with PSP too

-Sony DOES have the best track on dependable hardware, thats why its the worlds leader in electronics.

-The Prices are estimates.

All were just your opinions , matched by PSP, or just flat out lies

 

[bass sp]

first you can not tell jowood to take his opinion to smewhere else. this is a thread of nintendo DS.and it is worse to hve memory cards if you lose the memory card you need to start again and if a cartidage erase only do a new game and if the memory card erase you need to start like 5 or 10 games.

 

[JoWood]

Lol, did you forget who made this thread Brittany? I'm fully educated on the DS.

AHEM, THAT WHOLE LIST:

-The DS doesn't require memory cards
-Cart-based games mean less loading time
-Plays all GBA games which gives it a bigger library of favorites
-Nintendo has ruled the handheld market for over 15 years.
-Nintendo makes better first party games in buisness and a few million people will be willing to buy a new Pokemon game.
-Its possible to play multi player games across multiple DSes was only one cart game.
-Good gaming producers have already signed with Nintendo.

PSP weaknesses :

-Disc based media mean shorter battery life and loading.
-The screen is vunerable to scratches.
-Sony doesn't have the best track as far as dependable hardware.
-Cost. Media guesses $300. Is Sony crazy? PS2 didn't cost that much.

came from Electronic Gaming Maganize. View their website if you dont believe me. These people has put together clear facts and composed them, I just restated their works. Are you going to question a media magazine that knows far more about gaming than you. No, exactly.

 

[Brittany]

The point is: dont lose your memory card. I could say the same thing about your cartrige.

'If you lose your cartrige, you lose your game and you lose its game save'

Sorry, but that was an extremely retarted statement.

 

[JoWood]

The point is: dont lose your memory card. I could say the same thing about your cartrige.

'If you lose your cartrige, you lose your game and you lose its game save'

Sorry, but that was an extremely retarted statement.

Right, but if you lose your memory card that ones thing, then your game disk, thats another.

Its easier to have a cart-based games with less loading. And the cartidge is designed to hold all the memory you'll need.