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Friday April 1, 2005 3:53 pm
Sony PSP vs. Nintendo DS
We knew it was coming, after all, the battle started before both systems were even available in the United States. Now that they’re both here, its time to look at the stats. Read them, and let us know your opinion. Who wins the battle between the two biggest handhelds in gaming history?
Cost:
PSP - $250 (includes 32MB memory stick, headphones, AC adapter, carrying case, demo disc and wrist strap
DS - $150 (includes stylus, AC adapter and wrist strap)
Size:
PSP - 6.7 x .9 x 2.9 inches
DS - 5.9 x 1.1 x 3.3 (6 when open) inches
Weight:
PSP - .62 lbs
DS - .61 lbs
Screen Size:
PSP - 4.3 inch LCD - 16:9 ratio
DS - Two 3 inch LCDs - 4:3 ratio
Screen Resolution:
PSP - 480 x 272 pixels
DS - 256 x 192 pixels
Colors:
PSP - 16,800,000
DS - 260,000
Memory:
PSP - 32MB - 4MB DRAM (plus memory stick)
DS - 4MB
Media:
PSP - UMD - 1.8GB capacity
DS - Cartridge 1 gigabit (Note: 8 gigabits = 1 gigabyte, so PSP UMD discs hold about 14 x as much as the DS cartdridge)
Wireless:
PSP - IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) up to 11Mbps - 16 players
DS - IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) up to 2Mbps - 16 players
Battery Life:
PSP - 2.5 hours watching UMD movies - 3-6 hours playing games (depending on brightness and multiplayer function)
DS - 6-10 hours playing games
Features:
PSP - USB 2.0 port - Analog stick - JPG pics - MP3 music - MPEG4 video
DS - Touchscreen - Compatible with Game Boy Advance - Built in microphone
These are the facts. You decide.
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Here’s something I noticed: A lot of people in my school like the PSP more than the DS, but these people are all those “bad” kids who always get bad grades and get sent to the prinipal’s office every day, you know what I mean?
So this proves that the people who like PSP are mentally retarded.
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PSPisforlosers wrote:
“A lot of people in my school like the PSP more than the DS, but these people are all those “bad” kids who always get bad grades and get sent to the prinipal’s office every day, you know what I mean?
So this proves that the people who like PSP are mentally retarded.”
Dude, most people I know think im a genius(just what they think)because I can read really fast , I pretyy much get straight A’s and finish my work really quick, I dont think Ive been in serious trouble since the third grade, so by your standards that makes me mentally reterted?
I may not ask for trouble but I have my limits, and buying a DS is one of them.
Some of these posts make no sense.
Think before you type!
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tr..y..ing t..o th…ink be..fore type…ing ca..n’t re…sist a….hhhhhh uhrao9gahegfo9aewg9oauwe9gawe9gap9ep9repvghjn lnbho;
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PSP is for losers if really that much of a genius you could spell retarted correctly.
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i mean hey “psp owns ds” your not much of a genius if you can’t spell retarded correctly.
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hey PSP_OWNS_DS jus cuz u can read fast dosen’t mean that ur smart - and ur buying the DS over the PSP proves that ur a complete dumbass - and not reallly as smart as ur frens say u r
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hey “pspsucks” , i think u shud be the one getting professional help cuz u must be the first person i’ve met who’s obsessed about other ppl’s grammar - ITS NOT LIKE I’M WRITING A BUSINESS LETTER FER AN EXAM !!!!!!! GET A LIFE U F#@$%^G MORON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think you should get a life defending sony like you work for them sheesh.
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okay im gonna stop posting this is retarded.
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I didnt spell retarted, I copied and pasted what PSPisforlosers wrote, so what does that prove.
Im done posting here.
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the other one was a typo.
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I’ve got a huge ###### scratch on my ds and i didn’t do anything to it. Does any1 no anyway to remove it? Please help….
Glikmo
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Hey, “PSP ALL DA WAY,” I couldn’t read your post (again) because the spelling was so bad, but that proves you’re a dumbass, like pspavenger.
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The PSP sucks, it’s even worse than the PS one. (which still sucked)
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I bought a DS and PSP at the same time. The DS was awesome, while the PSP sucked. I returned it the very same day.
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To:DS Owns: How can u return an item u have already opened?
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me buy ds.it goood.make smart me good. got ridge racers on it.it goood. ds make me smart good.mmmmmm…smart good. Me no have PSP it make people stupid no smart.
This is what happened to one of my good friends who knew English as good as you and I, after having a DS for less than 1 month. I advise you(if you want to have a brain) to not buy the DS. Why would you want a piece rubbish like that anyway? Get the PSP it’s better trust me on this one.
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The funny thing is that all these sony lovers that are claiming that the PSP’s amazing specs will ensure success forget that the PS2, the most popular home console in the west, is in fact the least powerful when compared to the Gamecube and XboX.
Clearly, any arguments based upon superior power are somewhat paradoxical.
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There have always been #### games - look at the PC market - the difference is that sony has made #### games acceptable. Most PS2 owners are quite happy to play what are essentially #### games with flashy graphics - they know no different.
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yesterday i turdned my psp into a automatics wieapon
because rapid firer works good on it. plus i shott people who saied ds is good. people claimed that ds stik is a good wepon, but you have to be i n close reange to stabs somebody. pssp is gooder for shootings.
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HEY
im not 6
im 74, you meddling kids!
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i dont want no twizzlerx bar
i dont want no hershay crunch
i dont want no caindy cane
but i need a good snack to go wif my lunch
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obviousley, pspsucks, ds owns, and kill sony are all the same persons
pathettic moron
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Ok Will you guys just shut up already. I’ve recieved enough emails about this post with the same people going back and forth saying the same things. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Neither of the handhelds have been out long enough to really say which will be better in the end.
I have nothing but love for Nintendo, however I think the PSP beats the DS. I hope Nintendo does better on the next Gameboy.
However, many feel that the DS is better. In the end it doesn’t matter. Buy whichever system you feel is better, (Or both and get the best of both worlds) and stop coming here and saying the same stuff over and over.
Anyone who continuosly comes and posts in a thread saying DS sucks, PSP sucks, you suck, I punched someone for having a DS/PSP is going to be ignored by anyone who is trying to decide which to buy. On’y intelligent posts where the person actually gives specific reasons for their feelings will be considered. Such as I feel that the DS is better because the screne is better protected from scratches because of it folding to protect the screen, or I feel the PSP is better because it is capable of much better graphics, and I can’t stand to play games with bad graphics after playing whatever games that have amazing graphics.
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Why do you DS fans think the DS is better than the PSP? I will tell you why. You DS fans have a DS, right ,and you think it sucks. And u r pissed that u wasted it on the DS. So u try to convince other people to buy the ds so that u r the not the only one who got screwed. Short, sweet and to the point. That’s it. That’s all I have to say about u “DS fans”. Admit it u know I’m right.
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Cool Facts: Did u know May 17 is the norweigan constitution day? 2)Dolphins sleep with 1 eye open. 3)Cows have 4 stomachs. 4) Black is usaully the first color used up in a pack. 5)Crocodiles tongue’s are stuck to the roof of their mouths. 6)Baby robins can eat up to 14 feet of worms in 1 day.7) Elephants can’t jump.That’s all for today tune in next week.
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i got the ds and it suks. the psp is way better. if my calculations are correct there are 1,000,000 psp fans in this column and only 1 lonely virgin ds fan. boo hoo. (!_!)
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why the ### doesn’t any1 talk on this column any more?
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I can’t see how anyone can say the psp sucks. Look at the facts before you post a goddamn comment.
The PSP’s only down side is the cost. I personly bought a DS, but thats me. The Sony has been kicking nintendos ass for years and it still will. The only reason why the DS got any sales at all was because of one the cost and to the fact that it launched right around christmas time. Thats sad when a company releases a product before it’s competiors just so they can start off with more sales.
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The nintendo ds sucks so bad. Does anyone even buy them anymore? I went to gamestop to get my psp and I saw 11 nintendo ds’s in the window from people who traded them in. Plus one more ‘cause of mine. People were just curious about all its features but now they are just tired of that piece of garbage. They don’t even deserve to be in a gamestop, they should be sold from behind a dumpster or something.
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“DS Sucks” is definatley a ####### homosexual son of a b*tch…
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Hé Noriko, Vous avez une droite de DS de Nintendo ? Bien quels jeux a-t-que yo dessus ? J’ai les Coureurs d’Arête, l’Araignée-Homme 2, Mario Super 64 DS, et le Metroid le Modèle de demonstration Primordial. Vous vraiment détestez le PSP cela beaucoup ? Je pensais d’obtenir un PSP. Le genre de DSis d’obtenir d’ennuyer. S’il vous plaît répondre.
Sayit2mygun
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Uh TRANSLATE
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Okay, DS F***nuts, LISTEN UP.
The PSP is ####### awesome in every conceivable way. You keep on denying it and playing your kiddie Mario and Pokemon games while developers on PSP-Hacks.com put emulators and roms of GB, GBA, NES, SNES classics for FREE onto the PSP. My 1GB stick is coming in the mail and I got Die Hard 1 (260MB), 6 episodes of anime (300MB), and 10 CD’s in Atrac3 (300MB) ready to slam onto my kick ass PSP. Not only that, soon I’ll be playing FF7:Advent Children and the new FF7 PSP exclusive game with the new battery that sony is coming out with to unlock 111MHZ more power (currently it runs at 222MHZ to save power) for the PSP, making it more powerful than the PS2. And finally, when I hook my PSP to my PS3 this fall and can use it to play all my UMD PSP games, music, and movies HDTV, what are you gonna say, Nintendo DS faggots.
O W N E D ! ! !
P.S. None of this is made up except the PS3 functionality, which is up in the air for now…
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ok i c another psp and ds war. i can say that both systems are good. ihave both and here are pluses. Psp has betetr screen good quality movies and betetr graphics on games plus music and other videos u can dowmload also psp has more good games than ds cause ds mosty has old adventure games which i h8 exepct mario
psp has all those good gams and when grand thef auto, grand turismo 4 and godther comes out ds is dead ma only gonna play psp prolly right now games are all righ but still more fun for ds. Ds plus is thta ists duel screen and that its touchable i love that. but overall psp is way betetr for me i got ds becasue psp was late if psp came out at same tiem as ds ds would be a goner cause its jsut anotehr gameboy just it has touchable screen and betetr graphics
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Bonjour “Sayit2mygun” !
Tu peux parler français très bien ! Est- ce que le mien est bien ^^ ? Oui, je vraiment détèste la PSP et ses types qui l’encouragent ! Ceux comme “PSP Avenger” et “DS Sucks” ! Ils sont très merdé ! Je les ne comprends… J’ai beaucoup des jeux pour la DS !
Comme “Yoshi” et “Mario 64 DS” et “Project Rub” et beaucoup beaucoup autres ! Si tu veux acheter un système Sony; j’achèterais un Playstation 2. Les “Graphiques” sont plus belles ! Mais il y aura aussi un Playstation 3 l’année suivante. Alors, je te suggeste a attendre jusqu’a l’année suivante.
Mais bien sûr, c’est un suggestion ^^ !
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What The Hell Is All This Crap ? Some Of You Guys Do Not Know What The Hell You Are Talking About ... I Myself Vote For The PSP, For Its Multimedia Capabilities, Nice Screen And The Game Selection Thats Soon To Come. You Can Also Browse The Internet With The PSP Right Now With A Copy Of Wipeout Pure And An Access Point Which Is Nice When My Mom Is Hogging The Computer ... It’s Not The Most Functional Browser On Earth But When Sony Decides To Include A Browser With A Firmware Upgrade In The Future I’ll Be Happy ... The DS Is Nice Metroid Freaks Right Now ... But I Wouldn’t Buy It Otherwise ... Are There Even Any Games On That System ? I Mean Seriously ... But I Don’t Own One So I Wouldn’t Know
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So you should SHUT UP !!
If you don’t own one, how the hell can you say if it’s good or not ??! My brother is a fatbag, and he owns a PSP, It’s a STUPID PIECE OF JUNK !! I’m gonna KILL the one who invented it ! And YOU stupid PSP fans too !
Shuff it up your ass !
With much Love !
Noriko
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OK Bitch, Yeah I Don’t Have A DS But I Said That I Think The PSP Is Better Because Of It’s Features ... I Play My Friends DS Almost Every Week ... And I Think That The PSP Is Better ... Your The Kind Of Person I Am Talking About ... Jesus ... All You People Say Is “The DS Is Better Because It’s Just Better Im Gonna ####### Go To Japan And Kill All Those Sony Bastards” or “The PSP Is Better Because It’s Just Better Im Gonna Kill Those Stupid Nintendo #####” ... What The Hell Is That ? Please Learn How To Spell And Get A Woman ####### ...
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For all you losers bashing the PSP read these things that will make the PSP teh OWNAGE!
The iAudio X5. It’s a 20GB MP3/Video/Picture Player/Viewer that has a USB host function. In other words, it can hold files and send them to your PSP on the go.
http://www.dapreview.net/news.php?extend.1573
A PSP external battery pack. 13 dollars gets you all the extra battery life without much bulkiness. Woot Woot!
http://shop.brando.com.hk/pspexternalbatterypack.php
I have one thing to say to all you DS supporters. GRAND F***ING THEFT AUTO!!!
http://www.psp-hacks.com/images/gta-psp.jpg
Let’s see your mini N64 (with D A T E D graphics) play this!
P.S. I don’t hate the DS. I just don’t want to be seen with it in public, esp. if I was playing Mario or Pokemon. Whenever I pull out my PSP everyone around me is veryyy interested.
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World War 3: Sony PSP vs. Nintendo DS
By: Sayit2mygun
A war has begun between two companies to see who is King of the Handheld Market. You may even call this war World War 3 (I wouldn’t go that far, but there are some people out there) or you might not even call it a war. These two companies have worked, designed, and achieved making awesome handheld gaming systems for you, the people (Or should I say the game freaks). Nintendo has long been king of the handheld systems, but a newcomer has just entered the game (You can probably guess who the newcomer is from the title). The newcomer is Sony.
Sony is a company that makes electronics. Like televisions, DVD players, video games, game systems, and other electronic appliances. It is most remembered for its great PlayStation 2. That is the feed back on Sony now on to Nintendo.
Nintendo makes gaming systems and video games. Its latest non handheld system was the GameCube. And that is the feed back on Nintendo. Easy enough right?
Nintendo’s newest handheld system is the one the only Nintendo DS. Just for your information DS stands for Dual Screen. Yes that’s right it does have two screens. One screen is a normal color screen and on the bottom of the Nintendo DS there is the other screen. The screen is a touch pad screen. Just touch it with your stylus and voila. In some games you can speak through a mike to command your character. The average battery life is about 6-10 hours. It is priced around 1,500 kroner in Norway. Sounds pretty cool huh? I would give the Nintendo DS 8.6 out of 10.
The Nintendo DS
Sony’s latest and greatest handheld device is the Sony PSP. You are probably wondering what PSP stands for, huh? Well it stands for PlayStation Portable. Unlike the Nintendo DS the Sony PSP has only one screen. The screen ratio is 16:9. The PSP is sleek, smooth, and was designed very well. It has the normal PS2 controller buttons and it even has an analog stick! Just incase you don’t have a PS2 and you don’t know the buttons they are: X, O, triangle, square, up, down, left, right, the R1 and L1. The Sony PSP uses UMD format for its games. That means you can’t play your PS2 games on it, but you can play European UMD games on an American PSP. The PSP can play DVD’s in UMD format, but it can’t play ordinary DVD’s. Its graphics are pretty much well Godly. The PSPs release date was set for March 24 of 2005 in the United States. The release date for Europe is going to be on September 1st. The battery life is about 4-6 hours. It will be sold in a value pack for $249.99. I would give the PSP 9.7 out of 10.
The Sony PSP
What handheld will you choose? I personally would go with the Sony PSP, but that’s my opinion and with that said let the fun begin!
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There is really nothing to be fighting about. We all know that the DS is garbage compared to the PSP. People shouldn’t have to suffer with the Nintendo DS. My PSP is great. I don’t know why I even bought the DS, I just ended up trading it in.
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Yo “Noriko” or whatever the hell your name is, sometimes the truth hurts and the truth is DS is a piece of trash. How could you DS fans have any fun with that lame excuse for a handheld? The only way you could have fun with the DS is by destroying it. Nintendo sucks. They keep trying to create a good system but they always fail. Hey buddy, is it my fault DS sucks?
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All of you people who say the DS sucks are complete *ssholes. The PSP is a piece of garbage that will entertain you for about five minutes. The DS is a lot better than the PSP, but you idiots won’t admit it since you’re all so in love with your PSP’s.
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The PSP sucks. Everything other non-sony system in the world is better than it. Ds is better. Gamecube is better. Dreamcast is better. Xbox is better. GBA SP is better. GBA (original) is better. Nintendo 64 is better. SNES is better. NES is better. Famicom is better. GB Color is better. GB light. GB pocket is better. The original game boy is better. Virtual boy is better.
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Boooooo !
PSP is a piece #### !! BURN THE PSP !!
I HATE IT ! And you STUPID PSP fans too !!!
You ALL know the DS is 100 Times better !! But u r too pathetic to admit it !! ‘Cuz you’re stuck with your stupid PSP and you can’t get rid of it !
Stupid losers !!!
DS RUUUULLLEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZ !!!!!!
PSP SUUUUUUUUUCCKKKKSSSSS !!!!!
And by the way; I think I know more about games and stuff then you stupid PSP nerds do !
With much love !
Noriko from Japan
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NINTENDO IS THE BEST !!!!!!!!
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Hey Noriko, nobody cares if your from Japan. Nintendo still sucks, the DS is still garbage, the Revolution is gonna blow chunks and the new gameboy micro is just another pathetic attempt to sell more GBA games. We already have a GBA, a GBA SP and a freakin DS do we need another GBA game player? Nintendo is lame and they should just give up. Noriko do us a favor, go play your DS, watch some anime and shut the hell up!
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Hey Noriko is something wrong with you? You need help and I’m serious. Your post from May 29, 2005 is the stupidest thing I have ever read. Your just mad that you have a DS and are stuck with it. I’m guessing somebody’s jealous of their brother;s PSP. Noriko, I am sad to say it but you’ re an idiot.
You spelled “shove” wrong you dumb twit.
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“Hey Noriko, nobody cares if your (correct form: you’re) from Japan.”
In case you didn’t already know this, the DS and PSP were made by Japanese people, so “Noriko” knows a lot more about this stuff than we do.
Stop being a racist and shut the hell up.
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