Re: PSP or DS?
 

so far outside the box that its becoming pointless.

nintendo taunts just as you did, all games. yet the DS does more then games, its has things like a pda.

well i just want to play games. not fiddle around with a PDA or things that i can do on the PC.

i'd want to pull it out of my pocket, flip it on and play a quick game on the go. Nintendo IMO seems to be loosing sight of that. because if they just stuck with SP, i think they'd of won this contest easily. Thats how they won it with the regular GB so long ago. they didnt try to make new hardware to compete with each new handheld. they just strongly supported the one they had.

i dont think nintendo is all about gimmicks, but its becoming easy to see what is and what isnt. All nintendo talks about anymore is innovation and how they need to save the gaming world with innovation. But they're pushing SO hard to find innovation where its not needed. the innvative stuff will come on its own. Nintendo almost seems desperate to find something so innvative. they never needed to try so hard before. And out of all that stuff they added, seems to me sony added the best and most important feature. a simple little analog stick. which is very ironic considering nintendos flip top lid shoulda made it much easier for nintendo to have the analog stick over sony. there coulda been an indent in the lid so when it folds up the analog stick would fit right in.

neither handheld is pure games. but both can be used as pure games. the handheld is what you make of it. i myself tho, just dont want to see all these extra features when all i want to do is play a quick game on the go.

Re: PSP or DS?
 

I agree Nintendo should've included a joystick. I'm surprised they didnt.

But you can pull either handhelds out, turn it on and play a game. Your not forced to use anything else for both handhelds.

The reason Nintendo kept the same GB but touched it up every few years was because there was no competition enough to force Nintendo to make another handheld. Now that there is competition enough to compete, they are bringing out something so people can't complain that "Nintendo is staying old with the GBA while Sony has the ub3r PSP'zzzzzz which will ownzorz tehm alLzzzz"

Re: PSP or DS?
 

They didnt bring out a new GB for the Gamegear, currently IMO thier strongest competition. and there were many others that coulda been great competition.

What it is, is everyone already had a GB when all that competition came out. there was no need to buy a new one. people said eh, i'll stick with GB and see how lynx does, or see how the Gamegear does. etc.

By bringing out a new handheld at the same time as sony, people are thinking well hey, gotta buy a new one. and then they're forced to make a decision of the two. bad move for nintendo IMO. if they stuck with SP, i think it woulda gone the same as the others. everyone woulda said well i already got a GBA, we'll just wait and see how PSP does. it looks cool. but no need to rush out and spend the extra money when GBA is still in its prime.

i just think nintendo woulda done better at this upcoming handheld war by sticking with the GBA and bringing out some great games.... instead i think they're going to get a big hit from this and its going to be a very tight race.