Which handheld was more for hardcore gamers?

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In my opinion, neither

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brendude13 on 26 July 2013

GOD DAMNIT SPURGE!

Both, "hardcore" gamers can still have preferences.

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Xen on 26 July 2013

Equally so.

There's plenty of "core" content on either, DS edging the PSP out.
But there's plenty of other things you can do on the PSP with homebrew, traditionally something associated with hardcore gamers.

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ryuzaki57 on 26 July 2013

PSP although DS was far from bad. DS was best in its early years, but got overtaken by PSP in recent years.

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BasilZero said:

PC since you can play both NDS and PSP games on it.

@OT - PSP I would say but the NDS has a share of some games that would be great for hardcore gamers but it mostly appealed to casual gamers with games such as Nintendogs, Cooking Mama, Brain Age - like the Wii it brought out a lot of people who normally do not buy game systems.

Casual games can still be played in a hardcare manner.

Gamers need to understand that the style of game dosn't determine if a player is hardcore or not. It is the approach the gamer takes to games that make them hardcore.

That said, neither has more than the other...or at least in a means that could be quantified.

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