| loves2splooge said: Also if I were to mention one real advantage to the PSP over the DS in western culture, it's that it's more socially acceptable for a grown man to be playing a PSP in public rather than a DS. I love my DS and I have used it a lot indoors (not that much lately though since my Xbox 360 is hogging most of my gaming time these days. That is until Feb 16th.. Ace Attorney Investigations baby! lulz) but I never use it in public (unless no one is there to watch me. lol) because it takes balls for a grown man to whip out a DS in public in North America. Heck I've seen people online say that if you see a grown man with a DS in public, he's probably a pedophile (a perception that I find very offensive. You can be a grown man and still find DS games to be fun. The DS has a number of fun point-and-click adventures, has some fun stylus-oriented games like Elite Beat Agents, NSMB, Mario Kart, jrpgs, srpgs, etc. I hate it when it gets branded with the kiddie label. People in the west are so out of touch with their inner-child and reject their inner-child so much that it is sad.) |
Hmm, I've never had this problem. Does that have to do with the area you live in? Or your age?
I play the DS in public all the time, myself, I'm in my 20's and in the NY area. I don't exactly get weird looks, hell, I've seen other guys play on the DS on my long bus rides about as often as PSP's (both kind of rare). The console is used plenty in my college as well, more so than the PSP (again, among guys my age).
I can understand a small segment looking down on such a thing, but I doubt the majority really care about the difference between a DS and a PSP. I imagine those that do are the same people that find the Wii to be "kiddy," and I can honestly care less about what that bunch thinks.
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