What do you like better DS or PSP?

I am getting to like both because one has Mario, Zelda, and Metriod and the other has MGS, Ratchet and Clank, and more teen and mature games. I am thinking about getting a PSP so I can enjoy both the handhelds and watch movies on trips and stuff. Although the DS is more fun to play especially when you have friends to play the games with like Mario Kart and Call of Duty 4 (surprisingly it is a really good FPS on the DS if you have friends to play against, I recommend it but it lacks WiFi connection).

PSP is getting more attention lately, but I kinda hope it just never pulls itself out of the slum it started in.

Honestly, what's the difference between a PSP and a PS2?  Slightly less 'horsepower' for one.  A little less storage-space on the disc.  A non-standard movie-disc format.  And on the plus side, it can run applications, it actually has built-in Wifi, and it's decently portable.

But other than that, it's nothing more than a slightly-less capable PS2.  They've even ported a few PSP games TO the PS2(with slightly lower resolution and polygon count for starters).  And the majority of its games are either watered down PS2 games, or sequels to those games, and a few spin-offs like the MGS card games.

What makes it a joke for me is the newly-included TV-out.  Yeah, Nintendo has had their Super Gameboy and Gameboy Player for GB-thru-GBA, but there's a difference between playing GB games on a system you own, and having to buy a mini-SNES in order to play new SNES games during the end of the SNES era and the beginning of the N64 era.  You just have to ask yourself 'why didn't they just release this game on the PS2?'  Sometimes they actually do...and given the right kind of PS3, you could skip both systems altogether and play PS1/PS2 games on that.


Sure, PSP is basically what Gameboy players always wanted: console-sized gaming on the go....but I think it came at a really bad time.  It's really not all that impressive....it's hardware, and it'll do its job of playing games just fine.  But we're kind of past that now.  Portable games don't have to be slightly underpowered console games, they can also have their own identity.  Which is what the DS has actually brought, while the PSP is just a visible/obvious extension of the PS2's lifespan.



And yeah, the final nail in the coffin for 'myself buying a PSP', would be the fact that there just isn't a game I'm truly desperate for that'd make me buy one.  I'm sure there are a few here or there that might be nice to have, like that whole Sega Genesis Collection(WHICH is also on the PS2, so if I already had one...no need for PSP there either), but nothing that the starting $250 or even the current $180 pricetag would be worth.

PSP -

Better graphics
Able to access the internet with the built in web browser
Not that much fun games, the good ones so far are Final Fantasy Crisis Core, God of War.
Have wifi games
If dropped, there is a VERY HIGH chance the system would break/stop working

DS-

Alright graphics
Fun games such as Mario Kart, Metroid Prime Hunters, Pokemons etc.
More varieties of great games
Features wifi through NWFC
Awesome durability
Zelda Phantom Hourglass - yes

Hmm -- I'd go with the DS for me. For one thing, the PSP batteries cost way TOO much. Over $40 dollars if I remember correctly. Sure the games have better graphics and stuff, but there's no way in heck that I'd pay that much just for a replacement battery.

That's mainly what detracted me from the PSP for the most part, along with how fragile it supposedly is.

Thanks but no thanks, I prefer the Ds's sturdyness and less expensive battery .