To those with both a DS and PSP...

[Neo]

As soon as I start playing it my hands start to hurt. I think it's because the controls are right on the edges. The angle forces your thumbs in tight.

[Dark Samurai]

They both give me hand cramps.

[MuGen]

Well this guy told me that both handhelds have depleted uranium in them and it makes the hair on your hand fall out...

lol... (winks at Dark Samurai)

[Dark Samurai]

Originally Posted by Kyuzo

Well this guy told me that both handhelds have depleted uranium in them and it makes the hair on your hand fall out...

lol... (winks at Dark Samurai)

HA!!! That was so funny, Sony, with their "ignorious" battery life compared to DS's.

Nintendo obviously has un-depleted uranium, making it the better handheld for the masses... Therefore the obvious choice...

(What you winking at me for?)

[Jonbo298]

Both handhelds and have their strengths and weaknesses DS obviously has touch screen, PSP has graphics and other various things. Both will do well. Nintendo will lose some market share but its a given. Both will live on forever.

[Teuthida]

Thanks for all the input guys.

Since some people said their hands felt cramped with the DS, how do you hold your system? Thumbs straight flat on the buttons or poised to attack like I do where the thumbs are bend and the tips press the buttons. I used to have a magazine that diagrammed all the ways one could hold a gameboy.

I actually like DS more as a system...but I need to play some of the games on PSP. Lumines, Mercury, and the like. (I'm a puzzle whore.) See, I would much rather these games be available for systems I already own. I would be buying PSP for games and not for the sake of the PSP whereas I think if I bought a DS it would be for the system and not so much because of the games.

Hmm, *takes a look at the list of PSP games out right now* Is Lumines worth buying a PSP for? All the other titles don't interest me in the least. And DS...well nothing on it interests me right now.

One more thing. On the train today two guys were talking about the PSP. Does Spiderman 2 (the movie on UMD) come bundled with it for free as they mentioned?

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Danchastu

Hmm, *takes a look at the list of PSP games out right now* Is Lumines worth buying a PSP for? All the other titles don't interest me in the least. And DS...well nothing on it interests me right now.

One more thing. On the train today two guys were talking about the PSP. Does Spiderman 2 (the movie on UMD) come bundled with it for free as they mentioned?

Whether or not you'd think Lumines is worth buying a PSP for would depend on your financial status. However, I can tell you that the game is totally awesome, bordering on brilliant. If you've played and loved games like Rez, you'll have a pretty good idea of what to expect with Lumines. With these games, it's not just about the fun and exciting gameplay, it's also very much the experience. It's like therapy for the soul, they take you to a zen-like zone, with complete immersion into a fantastic world.

Yeah, I know, same people will say "it's a puzzle game, you drop squares and make noises", but its so much more if you can just go beyond the obvious.


Anywho.... Spide-Man 2 the movie comes bundled free with the PSP value pack.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Neo

As soon as I start playing it my hands start to hurt. I think it's because the controls are right on the edges. The angle forces your thumbs in tight.

vertical ones always did that the worst to me, like the GBC and the GBA SP. i hated the vertical design,

i find with the horizontal ones you can hold them differently to make it more comfortable.

Like i dont hold it with the edges touching my palms or base of my thumbs, i first wrap my index fingers over the sides so they're touching the shoulder buttons first. my other fingers curl up underneth to give it suport, and then i can play with my thumbs fully extended cuz the unit sits higher up in my hand.

[MuGen]

I find the PSP to be more comfortable, but thats just me. Nintendo seems to think all their customers have small hands...