Topic: Is Nintendo DS really inferior to the SONY PSP?

[Noble~Feather]

Man, I don't want another GameBoy...

[couchmonkey]

Personally, I think the press (particularly IGN) are being very biased against the DS, but I think they have every right to be because so far Nintendo has failed to deliver must-have games for the DS, and has indeed taken a step backwards in terms of losing analog control for 3D games like Super Mario 64.

Having said that I have no idea why IGN is so positive about the PSP.  Basically they're being seduced by graphics, I think. Without enough games to judge the systems on, they are getting judged on hardware, and obviously Sony has the more powerful hardware.  It's what they do with it in the end that matters, though.  

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Actually the games library in Japan is pretty good, its just that most have yet to make the trip across the pacific to the states...in no small part due to the fact that there is no comdefenestration to the DS in the states as there is in Japan, as a result there is little reason to push the software until the PSP arrives.

[mT3]

the PSP overtook the DS in sales this week. (japan)  



Industry //  Media Create Hardware Sales: 10 - 16 Jan  11:30  
platform this week last week 2005 total
1 PlayStation 2  65,837  124,401  189,238  
2 PSP  64,602  62,052  126,654  
3 Nintendo DS  53,527  108,561  162,088  
4 GameBoy Advance SP  18,289  70,851  89,140  
5 GameCube  7,475  19,703  27,178  
6 Gameboy Advance  588  1,719  2,307  
7 Xbox  506  1,179  1,685