TWRoO on 04 December 2007
| SlorgNet said: The DS and PSP can't really be compared. The thing is, they have very different price points - $169 vs. $129 - different control systems, different functionalities, different audiences and consequently different sales patterns. I have both systems, and love both with a passion -- they're probably the two most satisfying gaming purchases I've ever made -- but they do very different things. The PSP is more of a high-end gaming and media device, with that glorious screen (which I've decorated liberally with assorted FF12 screenshots... sky-pirates ahoy!), while the DS is more of an intuitive, casual gaming device built around stylus input, which trades customization for ease of use. |
Now i agree the PSP is no failure, in fact I see it as a pretty good success against Nintendos handheld might. [Though i think Sony may have expected to trounce Ninty like with PS2] If you are going as far as to state PSP and DS as different markets and therefore not comparable. then Wii, 360 and PS3 are all seperate too because they all do very different things at different prices. are they not comparable either? Surely the point of these forums is to compare these devices. Also i think PSP might actually be the same price [or very near] as the DS in Japan, yet it does no better [when comparing to DS]
