Thinking about getting either PSP or a DS for Christmas but would like peoples opinion on which is better
2006-11-06 09:47:26 · 6 answers · asked by theriskbasedapproach 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear
< 10 years old - DS
> 10 years old - PSP
2006-11-06 09:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by fay_chai_kai 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do not buy a handheld system based on anything other then games. If the DS has more games you like but it. Same for the PSP.
**********My PSP Rant**********
True, the PSP can play music and you can watch movies but it does neither of these things very well. That is the usual problem with these types of multi-task devices; they do many different things, but none of them well.
As an mp3 player the PSP is one of the larger and more difficult to use and you have to buy expensive Sony memory sticks to expand the memory of the system.
As a movie player the PSP is a joke. Let's think about this for a minute. Who is going to sit in front of this thing for 2 hours to watch a movie? Answer: no one. This novelty will wear off about 45 minutes into your first movie. Don't forget that if you want to watch one of your favorite movies, you have to spend another 15 to 20 bucks to buy it on a UMD. The UMD is failing miserably and probably won’t be around much longer. Studios are losing money and will not continue the production of these disks soon.
With some modification and downloads, you can surf the web wirelessly (although not very well; another novelty that will be as useless as watching movies after about 10 minutes) as well as download and store all kinds of media in the device.(buy a video ipod for this instead).
**********End Rant**********
it all boils down to the games. Nintendo has dominated the handheld market for 10 years because they know handhelds are mainly for younger players and produce the majority of their games accordingly.
Adults simply don’t have as much time to play mobile games. When we go somewhere (adults), it is for a reason, not because we are being dragged by our parents and need something to pass the time.
My advice is do not buy either if you are over 15, you simply wont use it.
2006-11-06 18:22:57 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a PSP and a DS and the PSP has better graphics and bigger screen but the DS has a touch screen. if you want something to just play games get the DS if you want like music, movies, music videos, if you want that stuff totally get a PSP.
2006-11-09 21:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by Chuck Norris Rules!!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trust me i had a psp but i traded it in for a DS. I got the DS because it takes along time to download songs on to the psp. pictures are faster than songs but to download anything off the computer you need to download a service called PSPWare. type in pspware on google to keep looking for a place to download it. well i just found the place for you. ill attatch it to the soursce.but to use the internet on the psp (it has internet along with videos,songs,pictues) you need to be near a computer.its stupid cause if your near the computer then why dont you jsut use the computer? i say get the ds. it has an alarm!!!! and a bunch of other great things
2006-11-06 17:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by DiRizz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DS has more game, PSP does more things. my son have both of them.
2006-11-06 17:58:36 · answer #5 · answered by memememememe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
psp.
2006-11-06 17:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by wunflipidjot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋