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daveofficer · 09-02-2005, 17:13

yea but the games will suck balls compared to the ds.

in project rub you can blow into the ds' inbuilt microphone to blow a wee boat across the two screens. the harder you blow the faster it goes. the psp is just gonna be great for yuppy types who want to show off gran turismo on it while listening to their dido mp3's(for the hour that the battery will last while doing this) but the nintendo ds will have the games and the skills to blow it away. also a number of psp's had to be recalled because the square button kept jamming. just think of zelda with touchscreen and voice recognition. it'll be mental good!

word.

R.Borlax · 09-02-2005, 17:44

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Originally Posted by Jake The Ape

Never mind this new-fangled stuff and concern yourself with getting me my Streets of Rage 3!

3 was shit, that robot character was a right plank shaft

>>RosS<< · 09-02-2005, 18:10

Ive had my ds for a few days now, id say its absolutely awesome!

The game i got with it was spiderman-2, pretty generic side scrolling beat em up making next too no use of the ds touch screen, although it does show off how well the ds can handle 3D, and the sound quality compared to an gb advance game is highly superior.

But the one thing that has had me glued to the (dual) screen is the demo of metroid prime hunters that came with, thats one unbelievable game right there. I cant believe how quickly i got used to using the thumbstrap and touch screen to aim, its remarkably responsive. And when it is finally released, im sure it will be as great a title as the original metroid prime.

DS owns, full stop.

Skull Commander · 09-02-2005, 18:25

The psp has a number of issues attached to it, even this early in it's lifespan.
Firstly a number of the units have the problem of not having anything to secure the umd discs in with, so when you tip it upside down the disc falls straight out!
The battery life is dodgy at best. The energy consumption varies depending how often the machine acesses the umd. So although you may get 5 hours if playing a non graphic intense game, if watching a film you will get a reported 2 hours max. Basicaly that fucks up any notion of watching godfather on the go!!
Loading times are also a concern, with all the reviews of the graphicly basic darkstalkers (street fighter with ghoulies), critisising the 20 second waits inbetween fights, as the umd loads in the next one.
Perhaps the sony head honcho summed it up best when he said that most people will play it at home, so battery life is not a concern. In other words the playstaion 2!!!!!

Skull Commander · 09-02-2005, 18:28

Besides Nintendo never meant the ds to be in direct competition with the psp. the D.S. is meant to be another platform to sit alongside the current generation of machines, with the emphisis on the different way of playing games via the touch screen. The psp will be better technically, but I think the ds will be more succesfull thanks to the good price of it, the overwhelming third party develpoers support, and nintendo's experience in the handheld market.

Chris · 09-02-2005, 19:27

sony will kill off the DS like they killed the dreamcast. Who wants two shitty small sreens. The PSP is all screen baby.

BTW I'm sure I posted in this thread yesterday but it appears to have disappeared.

Skull Commander · 09-02-2005, 19:43

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Originally Posted by Chris

sony will kill off the DS like they killed the dreamcast. Who wants two shitty small sreens. The PSP is all screen baby.

BTW I'm sure I posted in this thread yesterday but it appears to have disappeared.

Who wants one big screen, when all that will appear on it will be inferior versions of recent ps2 games, sold at a higher price?

Chris · 09-02-2005, 19:50

but the point is they won't be inferior versions.

>>RosS<< · 09-02-2005, 20:00

But the ds is absolutely killing the psp in terms of sales...

Besides, nintendo owns the handheld market. and with the ds has done something original, i cant see the release of tekken p, fifa 2005 p, ridge racer p (get the picture) etc doing anything to shake nintendo's hold on the handheld market.

And wait til someone whispers pokemon ds...

Chris · 09-02-2005, 20:08

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Originally Posted by >>RosS<<

But the ds is absolutely killing the psp in terms of sales...

only in nintendo owner's fevered dreams:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01...p_vs_ds_sales/