BF2S Forums Nintendo DS Lite (considering buying one)

1) NO, for £30 more you can have a PSP, which means you can also watch dvds and upload all your music onto it and listen to them also, and there are some bril games out for it.
2) DS games comprise mostly of pet loving games, mario saturated storylines, lame simuators like doctor thing, cooking mama and other bullshit like that, with the PSP you get proper games like GTA Liberty/Vice city, Medal of Honor Heroes 1 and 2, Call of Duty, Pro evo 6 and 8 , Fifa 06/07/08, Final Fantasy, Need for speed Underground/Most Wanted/Carbon/Pro Street and many more to which your tastes suit.

Last edited by ELITE-UK (2008-07-18 08:26:16)

Yeah, I was gonna question whether or not the DS has anything to offer other than typical Nintendo crap and a touchscreen but the first guy really summed it up.

PSP really is better overall.  I should ask for one for Christmas.

ELITE-UK wrote:

1) NO, for £30 more you can have a PSP, which means you can also watch dvds and upload all your music onto it and listen to them also, and there are some bril games out for it.
2) DS games comprise mostly of pet loving games, mario saturated storylines, lame simuators like doctor thing, cooking mama and other bullshit like that, with the PSP you get proper games like GTA Liberty/Vice city, Medal of Honor Heroes 1 and 2, Call of Duty, Pro evo 6 and 8 , Fifa 06/07/08, Final Fantasy, Need for speed Underground/Most Wanted/Carbon/Pro Street and many more to which your tastes suit.

Not a fair opinion, at all.  PSP faboy anyone?

I have a DS, ad although I dont oen a PSP, I have played one quite a bit.

I bought my orginal DS several years back for $130 USD and Im still in love with it.  Games wise, it really shines one the RPG/Strategy side, with games such as Advance Wars, the FF  remakes as well as a few orginal FF titles, and a whole slew of third party RPGs/strategy games.  It does have a few simulators, which are fun, although most arent really worth their hefty tag for such a short game.  There is a massaive collection of Ds games out, spanning every genre, still the best value I've gotten in a handheld.

On the PSP side, if your not investing in hacking the PSP to get homebrew stuff on it, dont waste your time and money to be honest.  While it does have some great games, it doesnt have a whole lot of great games.  Movie side, unless your ripping your own, expect a small variety in the UMDs, and pay more then what a DVD would cost(at least last time I saw them in shops they were).  If you plan on doing the homebrew aspect, well worth investing it, can become quite the great multimedia handheld.

The sole factor pushing the DS better then the PSP for me is the battery life.  PSPs is realtivly short, whereas I've gotten 18 hours+ out of my DS depending on what your using. 

The last posts seem to fall in line with th last generation ahtred ont he gamecube, because apparently if you dont have graphic violence in all your games, your system is terrible.  God forbid you enjoy a platfomer, or puzzle game without blood all over   Lets all hate on Nintendo, they were only the ones that revived the dying gaming market back in the 80s.

Last edited by r2zoo (2008-07-18 12:06:39)

Sup3r_Dr4gon wrote:

DS > PSP (for lack of better phrasing). Smaller, lighter, better battery life and it can play all GBA games. Also, if you get an R4 (or equivalent) you can play your music too.

2) DS games comprise mostly of pet loving games, mario saturated storylines, lame simuators like doctor thing, cooking mama and other bullshit like that

You say that like its a bad thing.

It is

But by all means, get a DS if you think you would like one, but you'll get bored quickly of the games avaiable for the platform.

http://www.overclock.net/video-games-ge … sp-ds.html

ELITE-UK wrote:

1) NO, for £30 more you can have a PSP, which means you can also watch dvds and upload all your music onto it and listen to them also, and there are some bril games out for it.
2) DS games comprise mostly of pet loving games, mario saturated storylines, lame simuators like doctor thing, cooking mama and other bullshit like that, with the PSP you get proper games like GTA Liberty/Vice city, Medal of Honor Heroes 1 and 2, Call of Duty, Pro evo 6 and 8 , Fifa 06/07/08, Final Fantasy, Need for speed Underground/Most Wanted/Carbon/Pro Street and many more to which your tastes suit.

Fanboi, anyone?

1) You can have customized content on the DS. There's a few threads in Other Titles about the R4 and such. Don't forget that the PSP requires separate memory to be bought for savegames, as its games run on CD.
2) While DS games have 'saturated' titles like Mario, Zelda, Metroid and Castlevania, it also has Final Fantasy, Advance Wars, an upcoming Metal Slug and is backward compatibile with all Gameboy Advance titles. Look on Nintendo's site for lists of games that go beyond the PSP fanboy stereotype of the DS.
3) The PSP has some great titles going for it. Honestly, if I want blow-your-socks-off movies and 3d gaming, I'd just go for a laptop.

Compared to the PSP, the DS has brighter screens, better sound, better ergonomics and has been more of a joy to play than the PSP. There's a good reason it sells better than the PSP, and I'm coming from the angle of someone who has both systems and has enjoyed both reasonably well.

Bertster7 wrote:

The only thing the DS beats the PSP on is battery life - in every other respect the PSP is much better.

Only half-true. I don't need to shroud the DS Lite when I'm playing it on the road due to interfering sunlight.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2008-07-19 04:49:24)

Bertster7 wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

There's a good reason it sells better than the PSP

There is indeed. It is more accessible for more casual gamers, especially young kids and girls. This is a huge market segment that Microsoft are now trying to edge into, so far unsuccessfully. With a much bigger target market, it is quite normal that the DS should sell better than the PSP (which to be honest is not that great unless the firmware is cracked, when it becomes superb).

I currently have a couple of films, God of War, GTA Liberty City, Patapon, FFVII Crisis Core, Burnout, Metal Slug Collection, Pirates, Breath of Fire 3, Doom, a SNES emulator with about 50 games, a CPS2 emulator with about 20 games and loads of music all installed on my PSP. I can take it anywhere and not have to worry about carrying games around or anything like that. That is what a great handheld is all about, having a great and diverse range of entertainment that you can access on the move. The only letdown is the comparatively limited battery life.

Yea, but all you do is buy 2 or 3 extra batteries, charge them all up when the PSP is not in use and then your good to go.

Get a DS if you like Pokemon or Mario because that's some of the best stuff you can find. If you cant stand that stuff then I don't think the ds is for you.

ELITE-UK wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

There's a good reason it sells better than the PSP

There is indeed. It is more accessible for more casual gamers, especially young kids and girls. This is a huge market segment that Microsoft are now trying to edge into, so far unsuccessfully. With a much bigger target market, it is quite normal that the DS should sell better than the PSP (which to be honest is not that great unless the firmware is cracked, when it becomes superb).

I currently have a couple of films, God of War, GTA Liberty City, Patapon, FFVII Crisis Core, Burnout, Metal Slug Collection, Pirates, Breath of Fire 3, Doom, a SNES emulator with about 50 games, a CPS2 emulator with about 20 games and loads of music all installed on my PSP. I can take it anywhere and not have to worry about carrying games around or anything like that. That is what a great handheld is all about, having a great and diverse range of entertainment that you can access on the move. The only letdown is the comparatively limited battery life.

Yea, but all you do is buy 2 or 3 extra batteries, charge them all up when the PSP is not in use and then your good to go.

There's that word again. It crops up often where the PSP is concerned.

Mutantsteak wrote:

Get a DS if you like Pokemon or Mario because that's some of the best stuff you can find. If you cant stand that stuff then I don't think the ds is for you.

HSG wrote:

Mutantsteak wrote:

Get a DS if you like Pokemon or Mario because that's some of the best stuff you can find. If you cant stand that stuff then I don't think the ds is for you.

Quote for false. Some people seriously don't research libraries.

Despite what some say, the games available for the DS are all similar in their target audience and general feel.  If you like those types of games, the DS is great.  Personally, the PSP has a much larger selection of games that appeal to me.  I can't stand the style of games available on the DS... I like realistic graphics, not japanese anime graphics.

So it really depends on what types of games you prefer.  If you want to play as  a bloodthristy warrior who rips heads off and graphically maims his enemies, get the PSP.  If you want to play as Sonic with a bunch of bright happy colors and a fast pace, get the DS.  To each his own.

Last edited by SpIk3y (2008-07-20 16:30:29)