And In Other News, the PSP is Dead. Uh...Right?

[NoQuarter]

Great article!!!I personally sold my ds for my psp
Long Live the PSP!!!!!!!!!!

[SSaxdude]

I own both a PSP and a DS Lite and I would have to say without homebrew/hacking the PSP wouldn't be anywhere near how good it is. The DS has some really fun and innovative games. The PSP has a couple games that are almost 100% like the PS2 counterpart and more functionality.

Here's what makes the PSP bad:
loading on UMD (I ditched UMDs a while ago)
expensive
worthless firmware updates
low battery life

Here's what makes the DS bad:
cartridges hold not a lot of information
needs Supercard or M3 to run roms/homebrew
graphics are nowhere near as good as PSP

Both handhelds are very different and can't substitute the other one. Without homebrew/hacking I think both my DS and PSP would be collecting dust.

Final judgement: best for homebrew/hacking PSP
best for commercial games DS

[motormaniac]

Well said

[Cap'n 1time]

you guys often bring the "homebrewery" into this discussion far too often. The success of a system has very little to do with how many consoles are sold, but rather how much software is sold... everyone should know that by now.

Ive changed my opinion on the psp's "death" status from being dead... now it will just be known as "a console that currently BLOWS." Fortunatly we have the dev scene to keep our psp's from gathering dust... sadly thats about all.

[juliusceasar]

How cool would it be if thay made a PSP version of Crash Bandicoot? Just think...... *drools over thought* haha
-Xiofire

It's sad to know that the next crash is a DS title.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble.

Bandicoot titles lost their steam towards the end anyway. For me Wipeout Pure is the PSP killer app, it was what made me buy a PSP (oh and homebrew too!), but as mentioned in the article it's not to everyones tastes.

[QueadlunnRau]

It's sad to know that the next crash is a DS title.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble.

NOT TO WORRY!!!

I am working on a functional DS mod for the PSP! Bwahahahahaaha

It will involve Duct Tape (or 3m mounting adhesive depending on price) and THAT'S ALL U NEED!!! When Crash comes out you can play it "on" the back of your PSP.

I will post pictures once I have done this mod ... need to borrow someone's ds tho, anyone willing to mail me one for this mod? -_^

[krazyx86]

I disagree. You are wayyy too much of a PSP fanboy for me to listen to what you wrote. Get less biased when you write an opinionated article. And BTW, "my PSP is gathering dust" is a figure of speech, jackass. Just means that people don't use it as much/at all. And yes, the games do suck..*crosses fingers for loco*

[Alucard]

I find it funny that some people call other people fan boys then go on to say why their system is the greatest. Wouldn't a fan boy be someone who only owns one system and is always talking about how great their one system is?

I realize that owning both systems is hard as it is expensive, but why comment on this if you only own one system?

I own both a PSP and a DS. The fact of the matter is that I like both. When I bought my DS Lite, my friends were like, see you broke down cause you know the PSP sucks.

Not true, I bought it so I could play other great games that I currently don't get on my PSP. Some of those games like castlevania, mario 64 and new mario, metroid, Megaman ZX and so forth. However, on the other hand, I have been playing games for the last 2 years on the PSP. Ridge Racer, Wipeout, Burnout, Prince of Persia, Namco Meseum, Hot Shots Golf, and the list goes on.

I know many people will say these are only ports of PS2 titles, but my response is who cares? I don't. I have a family and don't have the time to play my PS2 at all anymore. So, I am happy that I can play some of the ports out there that I missed the first time around. And to be fair, a lot of the games that I want to play on the NDS Lite are ports of N64 games.

In my opinion, after owning both is that the PSP is better. The games to me are equal. However, I like the screen and the graphics better on the PSP. On a solely non homebrew basis they are pretty close, and that is the topper for me.

Once you introduce homebrew into the mix, the NDS Lite really falls behind. However, do I hold that against the NDS? No, because I couldn't play any of the above mentioned games.

The only thing I hold over Nintendo is that they conciously released a product that is not as good as the technology allowed it to be. The PSP showed that PS2 type games can be playable now. Nintendo should have released a handheld system that was comprable to the Gamecube instead of the N64.

[krazyx86]

Don't know if your post was torwards me, but I imagine it was with the fanboy comment.

I own the 3 major current gen consoles, played the hell out of XB360, and own both a PSP and a DS. I am a "hardcore" gamer, and not one system holds my attraction more then another.

Me calling someone a fanboy about a PSP, when they are stating many things that point to what I said, then why not say it.

[Alucard]

Post wasn't directed at you. It was more of an observation. My point was most of the time, the people arguing only have one system, and talk out of their ass. This goes for PSP only and DS only owners.

By the way, just curious, you said that the PSP games suck. Have you tried any of the below:

- Megaman
- Megaman X
- Hot Shots Golf
- Wipeout
- Ridge Racer
- Burnout
- Prince of Persia
- GTA
- Gradius Collection
- Lumines
- Namco Museum
- Splinter Cell
- SSX
- Syphon Filter
- Virtua Tennis
- Daxter

All those I found pretty enjoyable. I beat 8 of them actually, others still haven't had time to fully get stuck on. Burnout has been occuping me lately. So I wouldn't say that the games suck on the PSP. I have a list here of 17 games that are pretty good. I think people can add to them. 1 really enjoyable game every 2 months is enough for me on the PSP. Especially with all of its homebrew capability.

I think the DS has about the same ratio of 1 enjoyable game for every 2 months of release. Once the Opera browser becomes available, I think the DS will top the PSP in terms of browser. The PSP one is horrible. Only good thing is that it is free.