DS or PSP, which one gets your $$ ? Options

[unitself]

So, which of these two new handhelds are going to get you hard earned cash? Is it going to be the DS, with its revolutionary two screens and touch screen, or is it going to be the do-all PSP, with its excellent screen and general coolness?

Here's my thoughts.
At first, I was all DS and anti PSP. One reason was the cost of the PSP. Everything I read was that it was going to be close to $300. That's alot of cash to doll out! Another was the rumors that the battery wasn't up to par. My reasons for leaning towards the DS were the massive game library that already existed (the GBA's) and the thought of playing a bunch of cool things with two screens and the touch screen.
Now, my thoughts have changed.
I just read that the PSP is going to cost $200. Still a bit expensive, but better than $300. I also read that they got the battery life up to six hours. To me, that's a long life. Sure, my GBA lasts for ten hours, but I'm never going to play it for ten hours straight so...
So far, the DS's game library is a complete joke and I don't see it improving anytime soon. Nothing they have released so far has my interest. Nothing. There was one game I was interested in, Animal Crossing, but it's delayed until Sept. 2005. Now, I know nothing about what games are in development for the PSP, but I am thinking that it's going to be more up my alley. I have never owned a Sony game console but I read alot of magazines about games and the PSOne and PS2 have a boatload of great games I wanna play so I am betting that the PSP is going to follow in the same footsteps.
So, to sum up. Unless some games comes out on the DS that interest me in the near future, I am saving my money for the PSP. I will always have my GBA, which I still love and which there are hundreds of great games for. Or maybe I will forget all this handheld talk and pick up a PS2.

What are your thoughts on the new handhelds??

[kyori]

Alright continuing the next day!

I actually should have said that the analog is a bit far but still works. Holding the PSP itself isn't too bad. HOWEVER! I was one of the really unfortunate ones that got a unresponsive Square button so my placement in general is a bit uncomfortable, like currently trying to play Ridge Racers and when I want to brake it doesn't happen :/ But aside from that, RRacers is one beautiful game :D Not to mention it also includes tracks from the previous games. It's most likely one of the best Ridge Racers to date. And welcome back to the true race queen, Reiko Nagase! Though to note, Rena in R:Racing wasn't bad but Ai in RRV was urgh IMO.

Now for Lumines, it could possibly be the next tetris for folks. (a gateway game I mean, like what tetris did for the Gameboy) Very easy to figure out and completely addicting. My younger sister, who's not much of a gamer, really enjoys it and has currently been beating out my high scores since I've neglected it to play my DS. The soundtrack for Lumines is quite mindblowing too, well if you're into the stuff that Rez had and more so. Rock on Mizuguchi! Look forward to Meteos on the DS gang!

And finally, Shin Sangoku Musou! (Dynasty Warriors) All the moves and music made the leap but no dialouge :/ But the battle voices did made it intact though. Seems to be based of Dynasty Warriors 3 to note. Visuals itself aren't too hot, but you do see a somewhat impressive amount of soldiers on the field. No huge battlefields this time either, but instead they're done in sections. Which does add a little bit more of strategic movement. Anywho, my enjoyment with this title hasn't been too high due to my retarded Square button. But being able to kill chinese men on the go is a great option :D

Now for the media options! The picture viewer and movie player are quite nice. Image display quality is pure clarity, and the movies in widescreen itself is fantastic. The MP3 player is also pretty nice, and simple to use to boot. Now for actual usage itself: You'd hook the PSP up through a usb/firewire sorta cable used with sony electronics. (In my lucky case, I had my MD player.) Once you hook it up, your PC will recognize the PSP as a portable hard drive. (Yes, if you wanted you could use this as a jump/flash drive too! provided you have a adequate sized memory stick) Then it's just simple drag and drop for the images and mp3s. Movies on the other hand must be in MP4 format, which most likely means a lot of reencoding for current files you have on hand. The tools out there (both third party and official) are actually very easy to use and do a good job about it, but not of the most efficent quality. Still it's quite nice how I have GITS 2nd gig 18 and FMA 51 on my PSP :D

Also about the startup, its changes background color depending on the month and if you want you could also change it's BG as well! I haven't bothered to figure it out yet however. (Hell, I still need to figure out and find wallpapers for my new cellphone!) The PSP also tells you how much battery life is left in a good estimate of time and if the source is external or internal :D A big plus compared to the DS IMO. Also to note, save game files have gotten even more fancier now. Remember how silly the filesizes were on PS2 saves because of the animations? Guess what? PSP saves have their own background image, animation and possibly even BGM! (Dynasty warriors is the only culprit all that matches all 3)

Oh and to answer a previous question, yes, the PSP does indeed have WiFi capability. It's how you'll update the firmware in the future.

Also about both lineups. IMO PSP's launch lineup is much stronger but it's actual future upcoming list isn't very strong. The DS on the other hand has tons of promise but it's been extremely slow unless you're a importer. (I have around 5 DS games already! My current DS games are: Super Mario 64 DS, Feel the Magic, Puyo Puyo Fever DS, Band Brothers, and Yoshi Touch n' Go (Which BTW is one of the best DS games yet to take advantage of its features and can possibly be a great gateway game) Personally at first, the PSP intereseted me for it's media features and was gonna be a manga reader at work for me. But now everything else about it is goddamn awesome :D

And about the DS scratching, it's possibly from when you start to wear out the Stylus. I've been trying to figure out myself if my current Stylus has a sharp point now :/


In any case, here's a image explaining that arrogant bastard's masterpiece thats pissing me off every once and awhile. (Kutaragi that is)