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loves2splooge on 13 February 2010
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c0rd said:
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.

I'm in my 20s as well. I wouldn't know for sure if I would get weird or dirty looks for playing a DS in public around here seeing as how I haven't attempted to do so (well I have played in public but when there's no one around or very few people. ie. like sneaking in some DS action at work during slow days and when I'm going solo) But what I do notice is that I never see any male 13 or over playing a DS in public wheras I have with a PSP (though rarely). Obviously there are plenty of teenaged and adult males who own and play with the DS but it does seem like they do so mainly indoors. Guys our age mostly either fool around with their cellphone (texting) or listen to music on commutes. And like I said, you see lots of people talk smack about it online. Hopefully as you say those are just anti-Nintendo haters who think stuff like DS and Wii are kiddie and not general public opinion since I don't care what anti-Nintendo haters think either. A Pro-Playstation buddy of mine (He thinks highly of the Xbox 360 software wise so he's not a fanboy. But he doesn't think that highly of Nintendo. Let's just say that) got a PSP and commented that he thought the DS was too kiddie (I like wrote an essay in reply explaining why the DS library is awesome even for adults). Funny thing is he stopped playing his PSP altogether after like a couple months(eventhough it has CFW even). Whereas I've clocked in a good amount of time into my DS. Just not as much as of late but the Miles Edgeworth game is releasing soon so I'll be spending most of my gaming time on that.