Moving to the dark side...[a DS-PSP thing]

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:31 am

You need to think of it per-square-inch .. in that respect, it destroys even a 15" tv Smile

TD

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:54 pm

Get the DS for sure. I've played the PSP and DS for about 5 hours a piece now because lots of people have them at my college, two have imported PSP's for £200 and they are the better designed and look nicer IMO.
However, the touch screen for the DS is sheer heaven! Playing the mini-games on mario 64 DS is ace, because you have to use the touch screen you get lots of mates joining in and working together on breaking the mini-game records. IMHO the DS is miles better than the PSP.

Kai Regular Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 92 Location: Canada

That was sarcasm, right? How can a few 5-second touch screen minigames win you over compared to the Screen of God?

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:49 pm

XCondor @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:31 am wrote:

You need to think of it per-square-inch .. in that respect, it destroys even a 15" tv Smile

TD

So...? It still has less pixels.

How about I give you a screen with one, really small pixel. Wow! Per-square-inch, it completely destroys even a 10" TV! That one pixel is amazingly small!

see what I mean? Less pixels = lower quality.

It's close enough that UMD movies should look fine, but you'll have to compress anything to fit it on a 1 GB card.

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:52 pm

rlwelch @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:14 pm wrote:

That was sarcasm, right? How can a few 5-second touch screen minigames win you over compared to the Screen of God?

When that screen only allows you to play PS2 ports, on a smaller screen than you normally would, while the DS has a fun to use touch screen and brand new games, it does compare Wink

Handhelds are about games, not hardware.

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:07 pm

Hey chill out peeps lets not start flaming Twisted Evil

Ive made up my mind, PSP is the way to go. This thread has helped me decide that although it may not be perfect it IS better than the DS in many ways....

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

I have already said i dont want a flame war here.

At the end of the day both machines will have a following. The PSP gets my vote over the DS, the main reason, is that it works on kai, and it has the games i want to play.

Yeah i know the DS will also have simular, if not the same games. But does it work on Kai? ermmm nope.

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:05 pm

[BS]duke_uk @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:40 pm wrote:

I have already said i dont want a flame war here.

At the end of the day both machines will have a following. The PSP gets my vote over the DS, the main reason, is that it works on kai, and it has the games i want to play.

Yeah i know the DS will also have simular, if not the same games. But does it work on Kai? ermmm nope.

It will when the online capable games come out...

Kai Admirer Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 369

Praxis @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:05 pm wrote:

It will when the online capable games come out...

not on kai.... unles an independant bloke makes a major breakthrough....

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:23 pm

if u ask me the superior power of home consoles makes those little lifestyle toys superfluous as hell. Why play inferior games, when owning a XBOX or a GC.

The only situation I can imagine using a DS or a PSP is while traveling with public transportation. I'm already playing enough when I'm home, so I guess I would rather pick a book then.

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:12 pm

Yeah books definitely beat the psp and ds they’re much cheaper and there is a much larger library to choose from. I highly recommend them.

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:02 pm

Stray @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:04 pm wrote:

Praxis @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:05 pm wrote:

It will when the online capable games come out...

not on kai.... unles an independant bloke makes a major breakthrough....

The online games will use TCP/IP just like the PSP, so why not?

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:02 pm

cs4664 @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:12 pm wrote:

Yeah books definitely beat the psp and ds they’re much cheaper and there is a much larger library to choose from. I highly recommend them.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy owns any game, ever Very Happy

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:06 pm

Yeah too bad douglas adams is dead oh and theres a movie coming out in april bet it blows but hopefully not

Kai Admirer Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 369

cs4664 @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:06 pm wrote:

Yeah too bad douglas adams is dead oh and theres a movie coming out in april bet it blows but hopefully not

yea, it will probably be good but nothing like the books or the tv series say it should....

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:39 am

http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy/trailer_3/

Looks good to me so far Laughing

Kai Admirer Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 369

Praxis @ Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:39 am wrote:

Looks good to me so far Laughing

nothing like it should be though....

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:30 pm

Stray @ Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:45 am wrote:

Praxis @ Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:39 am wrote:

Looks good to me so far Laughing

nothing like it should be though....

It always amazes me how threads can just totally change subject like this Wink

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 4061

This is about the DS and PSP. wanna read a book? go elsewhere.

Stop HI-JACKING threads!

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:04 pm

rlwelch @ Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:14 pm wrote:

That was sarcasm, right? How can a few 5-second touch screen minigames win you over compared to the Screen of God?

No it wasn't sarcasm - 5 seconds?
Just yesterday, some friends and I spent 35mins playing one mini-game to set a new high score of 263 Very Happy

. The PSP is the handheld to go for if you don't have a console IMHO. Ridge racer etc look superb, but will always be better on consoles, whereas currently there aren't any consoles that have a touch screen. Therefore imo the DS is better for people who own consoles because there aren't any origional and good games out for the PSP that I have seen.