DS vs PSP

[Leynos]

Cerebralbore101 said:

d21lewis said:
I think the biggest drawback for the original DS was that it did 3D gaming but it didn't do it nearly as well as the PSP. Lots of games, while still good, were 2D or 2.5D. I constantly found myself looking for a graphical showcase and too often found myself with underwhelming games like GoldenEye. Its strengths were creative game design and accessibility.

I championed the DS for years and I guess it deserved to beat the PSP in sales. I'm glad it did, actually. I hated Sony's arrogance. But when I got that PSP, my whole world changed.

I understand where you are coming from, but I think we've all gotta remember what the landscape was like back then. In 2004-2005 the PSP was a handheld that cost more than most consoles. Today's comparison would be a GDP Win 2 for a whopping $740. The fact that PSP sold at all, at the $250 price point, back in the early days blew my mind.

Funny thing is there was a more powerful mobile chip and cheaper to produce than what was in PSP. Dreamcast on the chip which was the DC specs doubled and could push more PPS than PSP. 5-6 million PPS. PSP was around 2MPPS real-time performance. Sony back then loved their own tech however. https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/57324-renesas-announces-dreamcast-on-a-chip

That was also the time period Sony loved to throw way out there numbers that were not realistic. 60 million PPS for PS2 (lol no) and 35M for PSP and again lol no.