DS Lite or PSP; what would you get and why?

[Kensee]

I got some gift cards for Christmas, which would pretty much pay off most of the ds lite or the psp, and now I'm stuck....

Which one should I get?

Ds lite has fun games (elite beat agents, advance wars), but PSP has been getting some good games in recently as well (MGS Port Ops, Tekken, Gitaroo, Ultimate alliance, etc). Both also have other options too as to play music and stuff.

The thing that prevents me on a solid decision is which will last me longer, are more fun and more enjoyed in the long run. Anyone who has bought a dslite and or a PSP who can give me their input on how they like their systems and why I should get that would be great. Gift cards and cash only allow for me to buy either a ds lite or a psp, not both (so please don't say get both =P).

[UChessmaster]

If you can get the right psp i suggest getting it, it allows for some homebrew and perfect emulations of the psx, not to mention some near perfect emulations of most consoles, handlets, so you have a damn big game library

[Kensee]

If you can get the right psp i suggest getting it, it allows for some homebrew and perfect emulations of the psx, not to mention some near perfect emulations of most consoles, handlets, so you have a damn big game library

How well do the roms and stuff run on the screen of the psp? Does it also loose any graphic quality while playing them on the psp (in other words, the normally visable rom appears blurry on psp screen?)

I voted DS-Lite, 'cause the DS has a much more compelling, much more interesting library than the PSP.

I mean, you named 2 games for the DS, and 4 for the PSP, but really I'd say there's better than a dozen particularly fun ds games that I know of, and I don't even HAVE one .

Not to mention backwards-compatibility with the gba and its insane library of games.

Everyone I know who bought a PSP enjoyed it for about two months ... it's a nice little system with some really good specs and nice graphics and all, but ... there's just not a lot of interesting games for it.

(this may or may not hold true for you, depending on your definition of "interesting" games...)

Ah I always been a nintendo fan, and I know there are A LOT more fun games on the DS (just was in the bathroom while typing this .. so I couldn't list all that I could).

The people who you said bought the psp... did they still play around with their psps? Or is it just collecting dust somewhere. I'm curious how well the music playback is on it.

Edit: Oh yeah, how is the online game play on the ds? (DS seems like a good choice for me but a very stubborn picky side of me is still hanging on to that psp.)

[UChessmaster]

How well do the roms and stuff run on the screen of the psp? Does it also loose any graphic quality while playing them on the psp (in other words, the normally visable rom appears blurry on psp screen?)

The psx emulator is 100% perfect IMO it has an option to play it fullscreen or 3:2, same with GBA, but not EVERY psp has homebrew capacity, that`s why you got to make sure you get the right one

i was thinking about showin you castlevania for psx on psp but my cam quality is terrible

[ChaosK]

PSP, provided you can also get yourself a decent sized prostick duo.

The most fun two games of the DS I've played are phoenix wright: ace attorney and advanced wars 2. The PSP has some great other games such as the recent bleach heat to the soul (something like that) 3.

if you know what you're doing with the PSP it's definitely worth it to use Devhook so you can place PSP isos directly onto your memory stick and play from there. Basically, the only game you'd ever need to buy would be Grand Theft Auto: liberty city stories (to hack it).

the PSX emulator is also kickass and great, never thought I'd get to play narutimette hero 3 on the go.

Edit: also mentioned before with movies, with PSP video 9 you can convert any video (basically) to an MP4 so you can watch it from your PSP which means you don't need to buy the UMDs just download the movie and convert it and you're ready to go.

[UChessmaster]

PSP, provided you can also get yourself a decent sized prostick duo.

The most fun two games of the DS I've played are phoenix wright: ace attorney and advanced wars 2. The PSP has some great other games such as the recent bleach heat to the soul (something like that) 3.

if you know what you're doing with the PSP it's definitely worth it to use Devhook so you can place PSP isos directly onto your memory stick and play from there. Basically, the only game you'd ever need to buy would be Grand Theft Auto: liberty city stories (to hack it).

the PSX emulator is also kickass and great, never thought I'd get to play narutimette hero 3 on the go.

Edit: also mentioned before with movies, with PSP video 9 you can convert any video (basically) to an MP4 so you can watch it from your PSP which means you don't need to buy the UMDs just download the movie and convert it and you're ready to go.

you dont need devhook to play isos anymore nor GTA and narutimate hero 3 is not on psp o.0 you meant narutimate portable?

[Ryllharu]

As a proud owner of a DS Fat, I can say hands down that a DS is the only way to go.

1) Cheaper by a considerable margin
2) Stronger library (consistently better titles out there)
3) Load times are short
4) Nintendo knows the DS is their powerhouse device, and will continue to support it.

I can honestly say I've bought more games for my DS in the two years I've had it than for both the 360 and my PS2. The Phoenix Wright series, Mario Kart, Yoshi's Island DS (excellent platformer by the way), Trauma Center, Meteos, and the list goes on. There's variety with the DS that you really couldn't get anywhere else until the Wii.

The PSP "allows" for some great customizing, but you'll have to put a lot more time (and some money) into it to really get everything you can out of it. The DS, jam a cartridge in and go.

Battery life is a concern too. The DS defeats the PSP pretty handily on that one.

[FrogKing]

The psx emulator is 100% perfect IMO it has an option to play it fullscreen or 3:2, same with GBA, but not EVERY psp has homebrew capacity, that`s why you got to make sure you get the right one

i was thinking about showin you castlevania for psx on psp but my cam quality is terrible

I too am in the same boat as Kensee and was leaning towards the psp...how do i know which is the right one? I am very interested in the psx emulator. Thanks.

[UChessmaster]

if your psp is BEYOND firmware 2.80 then no homebrew for you, no isos, no psx games, nothing, the firmware that we want is 2.71 or lower, then you have to go to a process to make your psp to 1.5 and then 3.03OE-B wich allows non oficial sony programs, AKA homebrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqvcHhbN2Lk Castlevania circle of the moon on an old GBA emulator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRVmOxx_bKg Castlevania simphony of the night on the psx emulator

[complich8]

The people who you said bought the psp... did they still play around with their psps? Or is it just collecting dust somewhere. I'm curious how well the music playback is on it.

In the couple cases I can think of offhand, they bought the psp, enjoyed it for a couple months like I said, then it sat on a shelf for a couple months while they realized they'd rather be doing other things, then they sold them for a maybe 10-20% loss, realizing they had no desire at all to do anything with their still-shiny still-new handhelds.

Which isn't to say that's what'll happen to you, but ... out of 3 people I can think of who bought it, all three ended up that way.

That said, all three of them also bought it closer to launch (like, within 2 months), so I'd hope that the library has gotten a bit better since then ... That's one of those"ymmv" statements though.

Generally, when I'm considering buying a console, it's for a couple of specific games. I bought the ps2 for 3 games (ffx, disgaea, dmc3)...

I can come up with three or four titles I'd probably call compelling to buy a DS (if I were into the portables deal, which I'm somewhat not), but I'm having trouble coming up with any such titles for the PSP offhand. That could very well be because all the people that I usually get game recommendations from went through their psp phases, got sick of them and sold them off . Regardless, I can't think of any other reason to buy a system than for specific games you want to play. So I'd say make yourself a list of the games you're really interested in, and decide from that.

2 things can be known from this
1) you've clearly spent a shitload (if we say each game cst $30, and you've listed 6 that's already $180 and you say "the list goes on") of money on the DS for all the games, making up for the "considerable margin" you say it's cheaper by.

The point being (all prices USD): PSP = $199 + Memory stick ($50) + we'll say $30/game average = for $400, you get a psp and 4 games. DS Lite: $130 + no memory stick ($0) + say $30/game again = for the same $400 you get a DS Lite and 8 or so games.

It's no fun to have a console with no games to play on it. If you've got $200 to spend, you don't have games for the PSP, you do for the DS. If you've got $300 to spend, you've got one or two games for the PSP, or you've got a reasonable library for the DS.

If you're gaming on a budget (and really, who isn't?), then spending an extra $70 on the base console and $50 on a memory stick is (assuming you want to ... you know ... save your games) ... not exactly appealing.

clearly, I spend way too much time composing replies

[ChaosK]

The point being (all prices USD): PSP = $199 + Memory stick ($50) + we'll say $30/game average = for $400, you get a psp and 4 games. DS Lite: $130 + no memory stick ($0) + say $30/game again = for the same $400 you get a DS Lite and 8 or so games.

It's no fun to have a console with no games to play on it. If you've got $200 to spend, you don't have games for the PSP, you do for the DS. If you've got $300 to spend, you've got one or two games for the PSP, or you've got a reasonable library for the DS.



clearly, I spend way too much time composing replies

Well, my whole point was that with a sufficient memory stick, there's no need to ever buy a game (besides GTA which can be USED to revert the firmware to 1.5)

[Spiegel]

I chose the PSP because I like it better from what I have seen with my friends getting them. The PSP has more options and I just like it better in general. That may be a completely Bias opinion.

[Kensee]

Hrmm.. haha thanks guys, this is helping a lot. The ROM idea for the psp sounded intersting but I would like to upgrade my system to the newest, which rules that out . I'ma go make a list of games and see how it goes.

yes and no, even though having a non-homebrew available psp (2.81 and higher) is bad, programs to "downgrade" your psp are always in development, when i bought my psp i had a 2.5 ta-082 psp, a year ago ppl would tell me "youre screwed" but now that is not the case at all so... in a future is almost guaranteed that you will be able to use homebrew, but, if you can get an older psp then go for it

Yeah upgrading so far isn't bad. Sony is developing an emulator for psp which will allow the playing of ps1 games on the psp, it was released with information about the ps3.

[UChessmaster]

A) you can upgrade to the latest firmware and still have acces to all homebrew o.0

B) the emulator is out already, what do you think we use to play psx games?

[complich8]

I voted DS-Lite, 'cause the DS has a much more compelling, much more interesting library than the PSP.

I mean, you named 2 games for the DS, and 4 for the PSP, but really I'd say there's better than a dozen particularly fun ds games that I know of, and I don't even HAVE one .

Not to mention backwards-compatibility with the gba and its insane library of games.

Everyone I know who bought a PSP enjoyed it for about two months ... it's a nice little system with some really good specs and nice graphics and all, but ... there's just not a lot of interesting games for it.

(this may or may not hold true for you, depending on your definition of "interesting" games...)

[dark maginn]

i would get a psp cause theirs good movies and some good games for it but ds lite is fun to.....i think its for kids like 7-12 years old.
this is my opinion.

[complich8]

i would get a psp cause theirs good movies and some good games for it but ds lite is fun to.....i think its for kids like 7-12 years old.
this is my opinion.

So, you'd seriously consider getting movies on UMD?

... seriously?