DS is no competition for PSP, says Sony

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FishyJoe said:

ils411 said:

sc94597 said:

Skeeuk said:
grafix - sound - functionality - games are all better on psp, ds is no match in any way what soever. what the ds does have is, a very high purchase rate amoungst family/child type gamers, and will sell lots and lots in years to come.

 

Bolded doesn't matter for a GAMING machine. Now where did you get the idea that psp games are better than ds? It's your opinion not fact and even if this all was true it has no revelance to the thread. Who has the main series dragon quest game coming to it? Who has the more diverse offerings? I bet your answer is ds.

grafix and sounds to matter in a gaming machine. if it didnt then there would have been no need for nintendo, sega, sony, and microsoft to develop more powerful machines which can render better graphics and output better sounds.  through out gaming history, graphics and sound has always been improved with every new game console.

you may argue that the wii is currently kicking both the x360 and ps3's asses and it is the least most powerful machine of the three. but take note, wii graphcis and sound capabilities are > gc (though i dont know by how much as i dont have a wii).

now functionality does really matter for a gaming machine if gaming is all your looking for. but if our on a budget or you have a limitiation in space, having an all in one device would be a nice addition. 

as for gaming, i say, to each his own. those who prefer the psp over the ds obviously like the psp games better and those who perfer the ds would obviously prefer ds games better.

 

 

 

There is a lot more to gaming though sound and graphics. You don't need sound and graphics for cerebral games like brain training or tetris, yet they will be amongst the best selling games of all time.

Also, for a portable things like battery life, size, form factor, durability and other features are just as important as graphics and sound.

To a degree, you do for every game.  You can play with the sound off, but it won't be as nearly enjoyable not hearing the music or effects while your in the middle of gameplay.  Certain clings and dings in a game make it more appealing to the senses, you're not supposed to really notice them thus they effect our subconcious.  Brain training's "cling" sounds and interesting electronic music actually impact your enjoyment of the game just like any other game.  Play with the sound off, then with it on and you'll see what I mean.

 

As for graphics, no matter what the game; you'll always enjoy it much better with better graphics that appeal to your eyes.  Some say that they don't really care if the graphics are intense or not, and they probably don't.  But they're lying if they say they wouldn't enjoy the game even more with intense graphics even if slightly.  Of course, there are some games that have a backwards effect to this, but that's in some rare cases.  An example might be FF7; some gamers might prefer silly polygon characters as opposed to life like figures as to keep a certain charm attached to FF7 when it might be lost with full 3D characters.  Hard to say though.