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1. 
   Jason 5 years ago Staff

   Wow. This is going to be huge.
   
   I wonder what the battery life will be like though - with all the wireless stuff & a tasty screen.

2. 
   chris m Unregistered 5 years ago

   yeah, I have a feeling this thing is going to suck up tons of power. Friggin huge screen+optical disk drive+wi-fi+powerful processor = Sony better pull a new battery technology out of thier rears for this thing to last more than 2 hours.

3. 
   brbubba Unregistered 5 years ago

   I just hope they make enough for launch this time. Don't want to repeat the PS2 launch fiasco. Pre-Order, Pre-Order, Pre-Order...

4. 
   B-man Unregistered 5 years ago

   Yeha, The DS is gonna pwn this thing.

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   Bob Unregistered 5 years ago

   Anyone who thinks the DS is going to own the PSP is blind. The PSP is going to stomp the DS. Nintendo is for little kids.

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   Jason 5 years ago Staff

   Who want bluetooth when you can have WiFi?

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   logicdisorder Unregistered 5 years ago

   It looks pretty sweet for a handheld. It would be nice if it supported MP3 or OGG but I am still looking at getting one. Can not understand why they went with 802.11B over G but I am sure they have there reasons and as for not have Bluetooth well that is not that much of a loss really. I never really thought they would have put it in there anyway.

8. 
   Loras Unregistered 5 years ago

   Bob's right. Nintendo's for little kids.
   
   Nintendo's also for people who have been enjoying games since before the Famicom was released, me included. (You see, some gamers are over 25 and have been gaming for just as long -- to us, Nintendo simply provides a kind of gaming you can't get from many other developers/publishers.)
   
   Lastly, Nintendo's for everyone in between.
   
   BTW, GCN Zelda 2005 is looking good.

9. 
   Edgar Unregistered 5 years ago

   Dam....the PSP is gonna be a big money maker after the big hit of PS2.
   
   I can't wait to buy one for me.
   
   What is the price of a PSP??
   
   When is it coming out???

10. 
    anon Unregistered 5 years ago

    I think it looks ugly

11. 
    NoRelish Unregistered 5 years ago

    Will it connect to the PS2 for extra functions like the GBA connects to the Gamecube? It's a cool idea that is underused and has loads of potential imho.

12. 
    Kitten Kong Unregistered 5 years ago

    I love Ninty, always have always will. I applaude them for the DS and will be first in line to get one and play some new innotive games.
    But the PSP is gonna wipe the floor with it and sell so many more cause it's so safe and unoriginal. It is gonna make Sony and EA a ton of money but it not gonna expand the horizons of gaming that at least nintendo is trying to do.

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    Jesus H. Unregistered 5 years ago

    The Nintendo DS has great graphics and a touchscreen. If the PSP does not have a touchscreen it will fail to compete successfully with the Nintendo DS.

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    Xtr3m3bug Unregistered 5 years ago

    "ergonomically designed controller that Sony hope will fit snugly in the hand"
    OMG You got to be kidding me? That looks like the most unconftorble thing ever. They obviously don't know comfort since their ps2 controller feels like crap (GCN and xbox controllers fit like a glove)
    
    Anyways, I bet you anything the first day someone gets that their screen is going to be scratched up to hell if they put it in their pocket. BTW: Why the hell would you need a keyboard for this thing?
    

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    Jungle_Munky Unregistered 5 years ago

    blue tooth = suck ass, good not to go with it

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    ??? Unregistered 5 years ago

    GPS could be used to plot wifi spots so you can acess the internet, if this thing can be used for war driving, i mean pda's are used for it so im guessing you will ba able to, which would make this thing unstoppable.

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    ??? Unregistered 5 years ago

    also who needs bluetooth when you got USB 2.0 and a memory stick, blue tooth is so damn slow compared to both these options

18. 
    anon Unregistered 5 years ago

    what about a backlit screen?
    remember the gba before the sp?
    I didn't catch whether this screen was lit or not...

19. 
    tima Unregistered 5 years ago

    UNIVERSAL MEDIA DISC
    
    "...and UMD are copyrights of Sony Entertainment Corporation..."
    
    :/
    
    The system looks unwieldy, but I've yet to see the graphics in person. Oh, and, to quote the front of the Gran Turrismo disc:
    
    "...quality not at all inferior [to] PS2..."
    
    someone in marketing should get fired. :D
    
    -Tima

20. 
    neal Unregistered 5 years ago

    is the wirlese internet thing u can go any where that has a wirless router and go on the internet or is the like a catch to this

21. 
    Never Wise Up Unregistered 5 years ago

    Yet again, another gaming platform that the rest of us, the world, has to wait for our "masters" to release. While I understand that they can make more per unit in profit off of the japanese market, but the our market is needed but not respected.
    
    Save your money for something real, not a rehash of old games on a gimick platform.

22. 
    L3EX Unregistered 5 years ago

    WOW!!! I was just about to buy a Nintendo DS (saving up) BUT NOW THAT IVE SEEN THIS... SCREW YOU NINTENDO, make way for Sony. w00h00!
    
    :) :)
    :) :)
    :D :D
    :O :O

23. 
    imac japan Unregistered 5 years ago

    Where does it say about the battery life ???
    
    let me guess maybe 2 hours plus - Like my Sony Camera ?

24. 
    qwerty Unregistered 5 years ago

    so what ever happened to the promise the Sony CEO made about having phone functionality in this one?

25. 
    Zed Unregistered 5 years ago

    To whomever made the comment about not having bluetooth being a deal killer. Um, catch a clue... if you have wifi you do not need bluetooth. Unless you want to do something wacky like download your address book from your cell phone to your psp. But really, you won't do that ... you will synchronize both to your PC/Mac. Cell over nice, but slow buetooth, psp over nice and fast wifi. Killer game machine, I hope someone makes some good PIM software as well so I can dump my blackberry, etc. :D

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    Rojer42 Unregistered 5 years ago

    Well, you guys probably aren't going to be happy, but media experts are thinking it'll be priced 250 or above. Insane price for such a little thing, huh?

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    foo sew yah Unregistered 5 years ago

    Nintendo DS is gonna wipe the floor this thing while breakdancing, porking a supermodel, and getting knighted by the Queen of England.
    
    Sony doesn't "get" portable gaming. Sony has published their high-end claims for battery life for music and movies; why not for games? That's right, it's because dynamic graphics and sound processing, game logic, repeated game disc seeking, and controls all eat away at power even more than straight disc playback and audio/video decoding do. 2.5 is going to be _longer_than_the_maximum_ time that you're going to be able to play games on the PSP. And that's why it has no chance except for wite people who carry backpack nuclear generators to power the thing. PSP Population: 4 Ghostbusters, max.

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    Carey Colvin Unregistered 5 years ago

    I dunno, this stuff is pretty sweet. No doubt the graphics will be the best on this handheld. But the DS offers soooooo many possibilities. I think nether one will "own" the other, but the competition will be fierce. BTW, nintendo isn't just for kids, I mean, the new tagline for the DS is "We're about kicking ass! We're about taking names! We're about Games!!!"
    
    Pretty bold.

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    af0787 Unregistered 5 years ago

    everyone must be forgeting about the specs on the DS and it physical features. umm the DS has TWO(2) LCD panels one of witch is a touch screen. So stop complaining about the estimated 2.5 battery life of the PSP. And I say estimated because the PSP is designed to be portable so i doubt SCE would create design such a flaw purposly. And on top of that, the 32mb of ram the PSP has makes me wonder if it'll have caching abilities which would help with the battery life. And for those of you who say the DS will kick the PSP's butt. I hope you can back up what ur sayin. Lookin at the Specs for both consoles, the DS has an ARM9 and ARM7 proccessor which run at a mere 200~250mhz but the PSP uses dual MIPS R4000 32bit processors both run at a max of 333mhz and each consumes 1.2v of power, it also has a GPU that runs at a max of 167mhz and also consumes about 1.2v of power. And for those who think the DS is superior to the PSP may i remind you that the PSP is more than just a game system. Its a portable Entertainment System. Even some leading record companies want in on the PSP's UMD medium. And with its wi-fi connection and ability to utilies the Memory Stick storage medium, I wouldnt be supprised that if a later date, you were able to download and execute programs. Like AIM or some other mobile messenging software.
    
    Think about that.
    

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    Hey Unregistered 5 years ago

    DS has wifi for your information along with wireless networking and touch panels. The PSP looks gr8 but honestly sony sucks when it comes to design and this thing will prob explode after a long period of use. O you think im crazy tell that to all the owners of playstation 1 who can forget 56 degree angle playstations and non blue disc playing ps2s? GPS? what the hell do i need that for to go find my way to radio shack to buy more batteries? The only game i was going to buy this for was metal gear and wow that was shot to hell with the gr8 card battle it turned out to be. Ill stick with my non blue disc readin ps2

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    Jock Unregistered 5 years ago

    Both the PSP and the DS look great!
    
    With The power behind Sony machine, and that you can play mp3's and also video's I think that is a great Idea, I have sucy features on the SE P900, both are great, the downfallis fitting these features to a Mem Stick Due where now with the Disc, this will be sweet.
    
    As for the DS I mean come on for years people have went my Amiga is better than your atari, the Megadrive is better than the SNES, well the only way to get the best! is simply buy them both! that way you get the best of both worlds,
    
    I have to just say that If nintendo is just for kids, then simpy theres alot more kids in the world!
    
    

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    Wayne Unregistered 5 years ago

    I quote "DS has wifi for your information along with wireless networking and touch panels"
    
    DS has bluetooth which speed is at absolute max 720kbps . PSP has 802.11b which average speed is 3-4 Mbps and anyone who's tried to play online games knows the more bandwidth the better ;)

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    ThePlayer Unregistered 5 years ago

    Will only consider it when someone finds a way to fix the region code and anti-consumer encryption that Sony will include. I'm tired of this childish nonsense and being locked into paying whatever the local criminals choose to charge for games (not to mention the hardware costing more than twice what it does in Europe which is already more than that in the US).

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    -dis Unregistered 5 years ago

    BlueTooth isn't that much of a loss for something like this because it doesn't have near the range. You can get what 10-15 feet with bluetooth? The benefit is less power consumption but still, unless you're sitting around a table with friends gaming all the time you're going to want wi-fi.
    My main concern with the PSP is if it will have video out. If I could use it as a portable player as well as a gaming system I'm more likely to buy it. Also why didn't they just go with DVD/CD drive? I can't imagine it driving up the cost much more especially beyond the reach of people who would already buy it.
    BATT life is kinda a concern for me but not too much of one, especially if there's some way I can stick in a few AA's if necessary. If there's no VIDEO OUT shelling out several hundred for this thing is pointless.
    Oh .. I doubt it will be $250 .. I'm thinking $350 at launch. Cd player bits cheap but that TFT screen and Lithium batteries aren't.
    

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    Gambit Unregistered 5 years ago

    1.2v of ... power? Interesting way to measure power. What's the current usage?
    
    And you can't just compare the MIPS to the ARM. The actual games on the actual hardware will tell how the devices perform.
    
    I wouldn't expect Sony to allow the use of any unencrypted data or software on the device. They're very big on locking you into their products and very much anti third party unlicensed developers. Presumably someone will hack the system to correct this deficiency.

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    Kung-Fu Lee Unregistered 5 years ago

    The battery is gonna be internal, Lithium and it's gonna last for more then 10 hours game play, 3 hours DVD play. Additionally, there is gonna be an external pack (sold separetly) for external battery placment. And of course, the internal battery is re-chargable. And who ever said that the PSP doesn't have the touch screen capability will fail, man such ingnorant remarks... touch screen isn't like online, it's not high profiled and demanding. Maybe touch screen will be much more attractive towards the ladies market...

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    Juke Unregistered 5 years ago

    Sony knows exactly what they are doing. They are tapping into the IPOD fashion trend, where the PSP will become more of an accessory than a game system. It's sleek, it's ergonomic, it's nice to look at. They are reaching for the 25-35 demographic.... The ones with the most money. "But, what about gameplay? What about innovative?" As Sony has proven multiply times, you don't need to have the best system to be the most successful.

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    Hey Unregistered 5 years ago

    maybe u should all watch the nintendo press conference IT HAS WIFI

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    nonbiased1 Unregistered 5 years ago

    Sony needs to study some video game history.
    tons of systems have come out over the years that have been superior to the gameboy over the years.
    (lynx, game gear, turbo express, etc) all have either failed or had very low popularity.
    The reasons these systems failed is because they were too expensive, too large in size, too much power condumption, etc.
    The Sony will be all of these things. It may be better than the nintendo - but - video game history shows us that means NOTHING. The majority of handhelds are owned by kids. A parent will not pay more than 150.00 for a handheld video game system.
    Sony will only be a small niche of the handheld market
    

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    Seige Unregistered 5 years ago

    "Even some leading record companies want in on the PSP's UMD medium. "
    
    of course they do. do you think sony is going to ever make blank UMD disks? do you think they will make UMD burners? Hell no. Will anybody ever be able to? Probably not.
    
    remember this:
    UNIVERSAL MEDIA DISC
    
    "...and UMD are copyrights of Sony Entertainment Corporation..."
    
    Also remember that sony owns a large entertainment conglomerate that makes movies and music and they are all about locking the content back up and preventing piracy.
    
    i will not be buying a PDP. no internal storage (on purpose), only an external memory stick slot (another sony proprietary technology) and now UMD. They are the kings of innovation but they need to realize that times have changed and an ultra-restrictive platform is going to push away consumers.

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    SnideCoder Unregistered 5 years ago

    The DS will own this thing, the DS has LOW battery consumption, 2 screens, touch screen, and it will have Metroid Prime 2 (a sequal to the pervious Metroid Prime that was Game of the Year).
    
    And it has the ability to Play Game Game Boy Advanced Games, instantly Making the Nintendo DS have a bigger game library than ANY rivaling system.
    
    But, this system will be good, it will just be insanely dwarfed by the DS...

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    Kitten Kong Unregistered 5 years ago

    Sorry, but it's not Metroid Prime 2, thats still on GC, it's a special multi player variant of Metriod Prime called hunters.
    
    I really do hope that the DS does win through, but I have trouble believing that the masses will understand it.
    
    The PSP will win through and the reason will be the killer app of (as soon as it's announced) Massively Multi-player Portable Grand Theft Auto. A city full of other players all connected by wi-fi, robbing and beating each other up. Anyone under 16 won't be able to resist.

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    N/A Unregistered 5 years ago

    Where's the promised joystick???

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    master Unregistered 5 years ago

    I own pruducts from Nintendo and Sony but i think nintedo has the best games.Who cares if something can play DvDs. its the games that make the system. Sorry sony but i think Nintendo is going to have higher quatliy games. but i am still going to buy Sony psp and Nintendo DS :) (wish you good luck to nintendo and sony)

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    TX Unregistered 5 years ago

    Anyone who thinks Nintendo is for kids is buying the wrong games. I could claim that the PC is for kids merely because of all the educational software on it, but I don't. Why? Because I have the sense to think before I mouth off.

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    Poo Unregistered 5 years ago

    Who needs a 1.8 gig disc? That seems a bit big for a portable game, and the batteries will run out before you finish a movie that long.
    
    And about the movies. Do you really want to stare at a 4.5" screen for 2 hours by yourself? Gaming by yourself is cool. Watching movies by yourself is kind of wierd.

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    xlilxcrazyxe Unregistered 5 years ago

    after reading the specs i fink that PSP will kill the DS, ok ok u could say that the PSP isnt dat gud with the hand but if u think about the things dat come with it its one of the best things playstation has ever made, the games and graphis would be wicked and thats what you really want with a portable gamer not portable dvd players, if i wanted one i would go out an buy one!!!, and why dosent the PSP connect up to the PS2 like the gamboy advance connects to the game cube, surely that would get more people to buy it ,as every1 knows that your game boys from day are getting dusty and not being put to use! peace

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    HighlyEvolved Unregistered 5 years ago

    I see much debate over the power and design of both the DS and PSP. I personally think the most important issue is the quality of games. Being a gamer for more than 15 years now and from what I have read about both handhelds it is the DS that will offer the best gaming experience. Nintendo have always been about innovation and offering new and ground breaking gaming experiences. The PSP looks like its games will offer nothing new than what the PS2 offers now (95% of PS2 games are mediocre IMO). Both handhelds will have an audience though and competition is always good. I just hope they keep the price down on both of them. If I do ever decide to purchase one it will be the DS.

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    master of puppets Unregistered 5 years ago

    i think nintendo ds is going to look great. You will be able to text messages to friends wireless and nintendo DS will have voice recognition so you can tell the system what to do. Its going to look great. The thing about playstation portable is that it is so plain looking.All sony pruducts are all the same coler.Nintendo pruducts are more attractive looking and gives you more options with the coler. :)

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    ??????? Unregistered 5 years ago

    anyone who thinks ds is gonna win is stupid. jus look at it. the touch screen is good though.

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    acidraven Unregistered 5 years ago

    ok my 2 cents. Fist off PSP is more expandable USB 2.0 is good. It may be posible for PSP to connect to PS2 but at USB 1.0 speeds (as far as I know PS2 can't do USB 2.0) Memory stick is Sony tec so they are going to use it. UMD is a new (I haven't see it) sony tec, so they are going to use that as well. Probly around the same tie we will see a Batch of Sony Products that use UMD Rangeing from Portable Audio Players, DVD replacements (I would go with Dule Deck if I was sony) Audio Recorders and what not. I would not be suprised to see Sony create a USB based Recorder. The big thing is that with the 128 bit encrytion And Disk Id's You can Digitaly Sign a Program and it will only work on that disk. along with being encrypted. So why not make a recorder it's just an other product to sell people. I saw nothing about ROM or anything about the OS. I would not be suprised if Sony had PIM features preloaded, we can just hope that they create a web browser for it (I am still waiting to see one ps2) I would also be intersted in a Poketstation style PS2 Games that alow you to connet your PSP to your PS2 Copy the Save File to it and Play to some degree your game. Ok so I have some Grate Ideas and if anyone Ever whants and Idea Person I am willing to work .. LOL
    

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    Jewmanji Unregistered 5 years ago

    1. Nintendo's products hav always been promising except for gamecube (which totally sucks)
    
    2.Gameboy advance will have no competition with both DS and P2P
    
    3. P2P graphics way better!!!

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    bammie Unregistered 5 years ago

    it doesnt matter to me the wireless tech,the usb cam and online stuff included in the game console.wat i want is a console that can compete against the next gen consoles(xbox and the rest )in terms of quality games

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    Jonny Unregistered 5 years ago

    What i wanna know is if the PSP will have a phine built into it so is it like a nokia ngage or a game boy?

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    RAM_Mod Unregistered 5 years ago

    It seems that PSP has either NO speakers or that crappy narrow grill on top of the system are speakers-Talk about experience

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    RAM_Mod Unregistered 5 years ago

    ...Never have i seen such a fierce competition on video games

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    GunBlade Unregistered 5 years ago

    the ds and the psp are both gonna be sweet. lay down 500 bucks for both of em and live in the happiness of owning both systems.

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    PS FANBOY Unregistered 5 years ago

    PSP RULEZZ!!!1!111!>>>>>GB Der Shiitzzz SOOXXOOORR!!!1!!1!1

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    TomTheGeek.com Unregistered 5 years ago

    The DS will proably have better games, but the PSP looks so much better! I was always kinda thrown off by the looks of the GBA, just a direction pad and two button on this big square you hold onto. Spice it up a little!!! I don't think the games are for kids, but the looks sure are, just fisher-price knockoffs. Sony has a much more mature look to it.
    
    I don't know about the two screens. Interesting, but we'll have to see what games really make use of it. I think mostly they are for show and you will end up looking at the second screen only 10% of the time. Better to have 1 good screen than 2 crappy screens.
    
    I am pretty bummed by the UMD discs, but if they are the same size as mini DVDs I can garuntee they will be hacked and we will be copying DVDs in no time.
    
    Its a sony, so it uses memory stick. Memory stick and MiniDisc can both take a long walk off a short pier, they are useless. Sony should drop them both ASAP and move on. Quit wasting resources on dead formats. MAX size of memory stick is 256Mb, any other format and you can find 1Gb. Sony knows this is a problem because on their higher end digital cameras they include a CF slot so you don't have to carry around 50 memory sticks. And don't get me started on MiniDisc, as far as i'm concerned its an LP.
    
    WHEN WILL SONY REALIZE PROPRIETARY SUCKS!?!?!?!?
    
    As for battery life, 10hours for music (max), 2.5 hours for movies (min) and gameplay somewhere in between.

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    smbr Unregistered 5 years ago

    I've been a loyal to nintendo for my entire life. I still have my NES and play it all the time. Both DS and PSP look good, they're supposed to. I am going to go for DS mostly because Nintendo has a history of reliable systems and games. In the market, I don't know what is going to happen. DS should win out because Nintendo has pioneered the handheld game market since the days of original Gameboy, but also Playstation is obviously making a run for this market because over the past 5 years or so Nintendo has had some fierce competition from Sony since Sega's system making was eliminated so I think this will be a pivotal time where either Nintendo can remain a top gaming provider or if Sony wil sort of tak eover

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    TomBalla22 Unregistered 5 years ago

    both of them look good. But did you kno that DS has an Instant Messanging System?

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    firesword of damnation Unregistered 5 years ago

    well,if you have played games as long as some of us who still remember playing asteriods .through the years one thing is made perfectly clear..nintendo has the best games and can do what you cant even though you "suposedly" have the superior system.they will trump you everytime .especially in the handheld market.

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    robert carter Unregistered 5 years ago

    i realy like this

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    robert carter Unregistered 5 years ago

    i realy like this

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    Aaron Unregistered 5 years ago

    Anyone who thinks that these new handhelds are going to be too large is obviously not looking at the dimensions. For example the PSP dimensions are 170-mm (L) x 74-mm (W) x 23-mm (D). That’s not large...AT ALL (~8"x4"x1"). Its pocket sized at least (not bulky like gamegear). And the DS is an even more compact on account of the folding action and smaller screen. As for the others...Who cares, they're gonna flop. And to comment on the GBASP it's cool, small, and it doesn’t eat the juice. BUT IT HURTS TO PLAY! The design is horrid for human pinkies. Sad but true.

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    Invalid Unregistered 5 years ago

    The PSP looks good, these kind of graphics in the palm of your hand would give a heart attack to any video game manufacturer even 2 years ago. But to be honest I don't understand how Sony can quote 8 battery hours on games and 2.5 on movies... Rendering a game requires tons more processing power, and uses components like wifi.. Maybe your UMD spins a little less, but that can't take 5.5 hours off your battery, especially when Sony also promises 10 hours of audio playback (assuming they mean disc, and not some cheap ass memory stick playback). I'm also curious if the PSP isn't gonna heat up to egg boiling tempertures in your hand after some intense action. The DS looks good as well, go watch the press conference or any comments by reviewers who have actually test drove their 2 screen system, and you will understand how much potential it actually has... The messaging system will also be a big sell with younger audiences like classroom students... The DS problem is that it's a butt ugly brick, I hope Nintendo molds a new shell for it before release. That would certainly help them get some hype about it. I think DS will also benifit a lot from backwords compatibility with previous gameboys. Sony on the other hand will benifit from big ass games on their 1.8GB discs. I don't understand why some people complain about that, personally I would love portable games to be as big as possible, since you have no choice with them but to pay full store price. I also think Sony will benifit from people stupid enough to think they will actually use the 4" movie playback or the GPS or the USB keyboard for data entry.. A phone would really benifit the PSP. It should be an interesting battle. I really would love to see a fancier looking DS, that would put Nintendo over the top. Or a phone funtionality in the PSP that would put it over the top. Personally I think the PSP is a better technology but the DS is a better system. The DS is a real handheld console, and I don't see anyone talking trash about it's functionality or performence. The PSP on the other hand is full of contreversy over it's battery life, or "added functionalities".

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    Aaron Unregistered 5 years ago

    As far as Battery life goes (on PSP). It would eat up more juice to play movies, yes games do eat up processing power, but the processors and memory are designed for mobile devices and use minimal power. When playing a game (on any system) the game loads onto the memory and then you play that section of the game. So, on a game w/ ten large level, the disc would only spin something like 1% of the time. I don't think that the PSP will put off much heat, if any. Walkmans and MD players don’t heat up. And the UMD is a brand new format. All said, I think that the PSP will stomp the DS into the ground, I love Nintendo but the PSP is already more advanced. I guess it will all come down to how much you want to spend, and what age you are. That’s not to say that Nintendo only makes kid games, but no parent is going to buy their 8 year old kid a 200+ dollar "BREAKABLE" thing...well maybe some parents would.

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    zack Unregistered 5 years ago

    dude this is awesome!!! ds will not do as good i mean the psp you can store like movies ( you know what i mean guys) and bring them to sckool. but im a little concerned about the battery life but i have faith in sony. i think itll be the biggest thing that hit america since the ps1.i cant wait!!

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    j.r.m Unregistered 5 years ago

    another thing all the things about the dvd play bak an music on the PSP is pointless because if i wanted to listen to music i would use my mp3 player, most ppl have 1 now so there isnt much point in having 1 on the PSP unles u can play music while playin the game which would b ok. peace out.

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    Chase Unregistered 5 years ago

    I like the article but I would like to know when the Psp is coming out to stores.
    

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    billybobjoe Unregistered 5 years ago

    PSP and the DS both look awesome to me. I plan on getting both but I'll need a good way to make money. I heard DS games are $50

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    Logan M. Unregistered 5 years ago

    All this system needs is a light and it will be unstopable!!!

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    hamole Unregistered 5 years ago

    From what I hear the usb2 port can connect to your ps2 to act as a controller like the gameboy advance and possible even play or transfer the ps2 ganes.
    
    What i want to know is if there is going to be software to write your own umd's with your own videos and music?

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    chaosflare Unregistered 5 years ago

    The only way to solve this, is to get both :), which I plan on doing. both will be SWEET

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    robitrice Unregistered 5 years ago

    I agree with most of you, with such power there is no telling how much battery life will provide for gameplay. I'm wonder if it will be rechargeable like the GBA SP? I have heard updates that the Sony PSP will be available in 2005. I'm not sure what month but it will probably be available in either Jan or Feb of '05 since Japan will have it available at the end of 2004. I heard that the rough price is going to be a wopping $250!

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    kenny Unregistered 5 years ago

    how much will it cost

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    jeff Unregistered 5 years ago

    man, it sure would be great if atari would make a comeback. those were the good old days. video games for kids? well those "kids" are now "adults". games rule, young or old!!

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    skift182 Unregistered 5 years ago

    i really am leaning towards Nintendo DS but i only have two BIG problems. the nintendo 64 like graphics, and whether we will be able to bring in new media onto the ds( ie run programs &play music and videos)
    Also the PSP only needs to be able to bring data other than music and videos onto it to make it truly da king.
    What do you think?

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    Facts... To Aaron Unregistered 5 years ago

    Yo aaron u misunderstood me. i only stated that nintendo made a great mistake that costed them dearly. they were lucky enough that square was kind and decided to allow games for nintendo systems. But like i said... (and i hate havin to repaeat myself for peeps who are one minded), nintendo will never have a final fantasy worthy of that title... fantasy fantasy crystal cronicles was was lughable... sad attemp.

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    cbcc1119 Unregistered 5 years ago

    Not sure but I heard that the ds will be 200 so if the psp is like 250 or less it will kill the ds seeing as you will be able to buy multiple batteries this thing will rock the portable realm I mean it is slick and the graphics aer better then the ps2 in some cases and the movie capabilities will make it a hit also.

81. 
    ak16 Unregistered 5 years ago

    What games are coming out for the PSP? I hope that they have Madden with an in-depth franchise mode b/c that would be SICK!!

82. 
    Online Gaming World Unregistered 5 years ago

    well theres obviously a ton of contreversy regarding the 2 great handheld systems.
    
    PSP has the best graphics by far
    DS has touch screen and instant messaging
    
    PSP will probably have better games suitable for all ages
    DS will probably have little kid games with a few good ones to hit the shelves a little later
    
    but we need to consider the facts.
    
    with every new system that comes out, the price is going to go up another 100 big ones. i mean for a hand held system 300$ isnt a little price to pay. When the next generation of consoles comes out (xbox2, ps3, gc2) the prices are going to be whopping 400-700$$. then the games just get more expensive too. its too bad they couldnt lower the prices a little so that everyone could get a piece of the action.
    
    for full reviews on the PSP and DS along with updates for the next generation of consoles...visit
    WWW.ONLINEGAMINGMAGAZINE.TK

83. 
    razor Unregistered 5 years ago

    hi im paul
    

84. 
    ubsurvir Unregistered 5 years ago

    Listen guys...I don't think tech specs are that big of a deal, because these systems are for games, so let's discuss games. I own basically every Nintendo system there is, and, sadly to say, Nintendo's heading down the wrong path. The media has been listening to the savage cries of gamers saying "Nintendo's for morons and babies" and " Gamecube doesn't play DVD's" so all the developers will flock to the PSP due to their shallow insight of what the customer wants.
    
    Nintendo is probably the wisest of the 3 gaming giants in marketing strategy, but support is dwindeling, and the DS will not quench thirsty gamers, due to corporate backstabing. The DS showed up to a fight with a watergun, using N64-esque graphics to combat PS2 graphics. Developers will not want to go backwards in time, touchscreen or not, and will unleash their creativity upon the PSP.
    
    Nintendo is the more innovative than Sony, but their are higher powers from above that will shun the DS due to Gamecube failures. GC wouldn't have been for kids if weren't for the lack of support by ALL the companies.
    
    PSP wins by default, which is unfortunate for those (including I) who grew up around Nintendo.

85. 
    SETH Unregistered 5 years ago

    DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY RELEASE A PRICE MARK ON THESE SYSTEMS? THINK BEFORE YOU SAY!

86. 
    ggc Unregistered 5 years ago

    bill gates is an idiot

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    Facts... to aaron again Unregistered 5 years ago

    man. i dont mean to be rude but are u ignorant? i told u sqare-enix may make games for nintendo systems but they will never have a title worthy of final fantasy, which if u havent noticed is top game for square-enix. sure nintendo had great games, and sure i enjoyed them.... especially perfect dark, but that dosnt chage anything. facts are facts.... and as for zelda... im sorry but that was a sad attempt to fight its way into the 'rpg' world. Its more like an action game.

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    ((S))The Great Unregistered 5 years ago

    I Love PSP I LoVe Sony!Ps2,Ps1 Have Been The Greatest Consoles Ever!Nintendo Will Lose Infront Of This One,,Sony Rules....Not That Ds
    

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    Syqusar Unregistered 5 years ago

    Hmm DS or PSP?
    I normaly buy both PS&Nintendo because I love Gaming. This time around though I think I will only buy one....the DS. Why? Nintendo givs a dam.. Sony wants your money. Nintendo wants to make quality games "Thats why they dumped sony when the 2 were making a system, the PS1was a Nintendo... "
    At first I didnt get this but after a fiew hundred game titles of both, I like nintendo's First party stuff better, its inovative and has that new game fealing, while PS games kinda blerr into one another. The best stuff on the PS is third party i.e. Final Fant. Now that nintendo has a new prez we will see way more of that on the Nintendo. Buy DS Help keep Mario off of wellfair..
    O and for the persons that think Nintendo is for kids..The Nintendo version of BMXXX was the only one with nudeity....

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    char char (pimp WD-40) Unregistered 5 years ago

    the psp looks good, but the fact of the matter is that it looks like the battery life is going 2 run between 2-3 hours which chaps my ass really good, i mean what's the point of having a psp if u can only play it 2 hours at a time? we'll see if it's still worth getting when it comes up, but im thinking that the DS will pwn the psp and nintendo will be like "Hahaha Sony got pwned with the psp!" but who knows the psp might pwn the DS, we'll just have to see lol peace out ppl for listening to me and i hope my hoes comes over and we'll be having a spring bling! muhahahahahahaha!

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    wish Unregistered 5 years ago

    specs on battery life are "up to 10 hours," so with the multi-media capability, that's most likely 10 hours audio only playback, 6 or 7 hours continuous gameplay, and at least 2.5 hours video playback once the movie companies get on board with the UMD format

92. 
    michaelDiggs Unregistered 5 years ago

    when will it come out in the usa

93. 
    God Damn Idiots, Unregistered 5 years ago

    For all the idiots saying "Why doesnt the psp have a backlit screen!?" ITS TFT LCD SCREEN A MONITOR, THINK GAMEGEAR, It makes its own light,
    
    
    Psp will pwn,....

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    did any of u actually SEE the PSP in person at E3? i did... Unregistered 5 years ago

    and pictures DO NOT do the PSP justice. escpecially when talking about the display...it's AMAZING! sharp, bright, deep, etc. etc. it's a sight to behold.
    
    a couple of corrections from earlier posts:
    
    - the PSP ISN'T "huge"...it'll fit in your pocket just fine. (though i wouldn't do so without putting it in it's soft case first...don't wanna scratch up that screen.)
    - that ISN'T a speaker below the d-pad on the left. it IS an analog thumb pad. (even if u weren't at E3...u could look at the high res image on this site and see that that isn't a speaker grill.)
    
    as a few have already stated, the PSP skews toward an older demographic. and everyone needs to face facts that nintendo has been synonymous with "kids" in the public eye for years. they've made their bed and have been trying for the past few years to change the sheets so to speak. they've added some 'older' games to their roster (1st and 3rd party) but we ALL know what their bread a butter has become. it would be bad business to try to change their stripes now when every parent knows they can feel 'safe' about buying their kids a nintendo product or game.
    
    simply put, next to the PSP the DS looks like a toy. same with the GC when compared to the XBOX or PS2. i dare anyone to try to rufute that. by no means am i saying that the PSP wil trounce the DS or vice versa. but from a marketing and social stand point...the PSP will be the way to go for many consumers simply because it 'looks cooler'.

95. 
    Pollo Unregistered 5 years ago

    This SOny psp would be cool if it was a phone like the n-gage
    

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    Moogle/Sasuke/Mac! Unregistered 5 years ago

    I hate to be repeating what most of the sensible people said, but PSP will dominate the sales and interest of the DS. To the person who said "it should have a touch pad!", that would take up xtra battery life &, it would be very bulky and wouldnt fit into your hand, and to those of you who said "designed to fit in your hand ahahahh, it looks so uncomfortable" when actually indeed it does actually feel good in your hand. The PSP is a great product, and if you havent read, it also will be coming with an extra "harddrive" only it being a slot insert memory stick thing allowing you to upload files on to the stick, and possibly playing it on the PSP -music, video's-
    
    -Conrad

97. 
    Necko Unregistered 5 years ago

    I forgot to add, you know you can plug the psp into an outlet through a wire to recharge the system while you can play it at the same time, and for those ignorant people, its for recharging, if i hand said that there would be a bnch of messages going "WTF ITS PROTABLE FOR A rEASON, IT WAsNT MAdE SO YOu CAN PLAY IN ONLY ONE pLACE *has a seizure and dies*" and it WILL indeed have kingdom hearts 2, (kickass) and it is making its own dvds/cd's such as FF7 AC :D

98. 
    the nudge Unregistered 5 years ago

    Hey does anyone know if the DS has proper backlit screens or those sidelite washed out sp screens?

99. 
    martin Unregistered 5 years ago

    dudes! the psp is the best portable game ever made! it has insane graphics and cool features. i just cant wait for it to come out. you guys are the best. this portable playstation will change peoples lives bigtime duders. technology gets great every year. i like what mankind creates. im eager for the psp!

100. 
     wil Unregistered 5 years ago

     well i've never owned any portable handheld game systems, and being a normal consumer who represents the majority (at least i think so), i think i would prefer sony psp because of its multimedia capabilities..because gba ds is for gamers only, which a lot of us aren't, so i guess normal people would prefer a system more versatile than just playing games, and that would be psp...
     but one thing bad about psp is the umd...if there's no burner or the price of it is expensive...then there's no point, unless the whole world supports it, which i doubt..
     i think memory stick is fine, since i use sony digital camera, video camera..i guess memory stick would be a good storage medium, for me at least..
     and i think we can view other stuff like photos or video clips or a sound file just recorded from a sony ericsson phone on the psp through the memory stick..
     overall i think psp is good, that is if all the electronic gadgets you use are sony products and you don't mind taking the risk of paying huge expense for the umd

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