Id'd say the PSP has a fantastic upcoming line-up but I wouldn't say it completely out paces the DS's. The DS has higher profile upcoming games like Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Dragon Quest IX, and Pokemon gold/silver remakes. Those are the best of the best. The PSP has sheer number though so i'd say its a tie right now.

The PSP is region free except some UMD movies... but any game is playable on any PSP ;)

Ds has a lot of RPGs (FF, DQ...), great Nintendo games (New Mario Bros, Brain training, Nintendogs...) and also good games like Mario and Sonic, Zelda, the 2 Advance wars, Fire Emblem, Elite Beat Agents, and now also the DSi games (now are just a few but the japanese people has a lot of great games to download!!). I think also that DSi has a great design, it's little, with a nice design, with more light than DSL and also with larger screens (not to say that's more slim!). I would have given more points for DSi's design, the others in my opinion are right...

EDIT: not to forget GTA: CTW!!

lol you are so biased and uninformed on the DS's library.  There are way  more core games out for DS than PSP, and most non first party.

and also why does only your opinion on games matter, do the girls, small children, old people not matter in the real world.  Do the fact that they like nintendogs or whatever mean shit and thus should not be counted.  Hell no, the PSP has no penetration in that market so you want to conveniently ignore it.  And so did CNET.  DS and PSP may be close in the hardcore games volume, but DS destroys it utterly in total software that appeals to everyone and that is what shoudl be represented when rating a product.

This is just a biased review, just like every other review in the video game world.  

Do you really own a DS? You seem to know nothing about it.

You put it to sleep by flipping it closed. There aren't "dual control schemes" on DS games like there are on some Wii games. Games that use the touchscreen always use it. There is very little that plays better without it, and a lot that plays much better with it (Zelda, The World Ends With You, Elite Beat Agents, Canvas Curse, any shooter, etc.).

For someone with an (admittedly very bad) JRPG in their avatar to complain about the core games on the DS versus the PSP is laughable. The amount of great core DS games trumps the game library of every system in existence. While there are absolutely great games on the PSP that rival the best on the DS, the tradeoff is like 1 great PSP game per 4 or 5 great DS games. It's not even close.

There are 2 genres I agree that the PSP has an advantage in. Racing and shooting. Racing it controls better and has more games. Shooting it just has more games, but controls much worse.

Any other genre I can name you at least 3 great DS games for every PSP game. I use my PSP signifficantly more than my DS, but for its media functions and as an anime player. In games this is not even a reasonable discussion. It's like a giant joke.

I would give the victorry for PSP over DSi because Sony products are always number one and I have a biased against non-Sony products.

@irstupid

It is called an OPINION and I am entitled to have one just as you are. I do not believe that I am biased or uninformed about the DS library. The reason why my DS library is small compared to my PC or PS2 library is because there isn't much on DS that interests me. I "currently" own every single game that is in my profile. The games I have sold, lost, misplaced etc. are not there.

The fact that DS has a more variety of games available is indisputable. It has a huge list of games however, from core franchises, FF, DQ, Pokemon, zelda, mario etc. there are not many games IF you discount GBA games. All of FF and DQ games currently available are ports (discounting Tactics games).

@naznatips

- There are several SRPGs that allow you to use either (if I remember correctly). I believe teh stylus controls were not good (critics opinion). I always use older method (buttons).
- I am aware how DS saves, I just like the PSP system better.
- your opinion about "the last remnant" is just that, an opinion, one that I do NOT share. I like the game, I enjoyed it. I thought it was a refreshing change from all the other RPGs. Admittedly it has a pretty generic story but it was interesting nonetheless.
- I own both and I like my PSP better mostly because of its connection with my PS3, ability to play my PS1 games (from PSN) and media capabilities (skype). To me it is just a more complete handheld.

"Features"? WTF. I thought we were comparing them on their gaming ability.

Anyway, I'm sure CNET uses gamespot reviews as their "library" indicator.

However, they fail to calculate the libraries appeal to a casual audience which is largely interested in LOWER RATED games. Nobody is interested in the PSP's lower rated games. Thus, the library in actuality is much better on the DS, because it encompasses completely the core and casual markets, and by their own logic, this comparison is faulty and ignorant.

On a personal level, the PSP is a good machine, but it just doesn't stack up gamewise, to the DS. For every SotN port on the PSP, there are 3 equally great games on the DS. In fact, the PSP's library numbers are vastly inflated by yearly games that get meandering reviews, like Madden and MLB 05,06,07,08,09 The SHOW, ect. The best handheld games are undeniably on the DS. I mean, name the best handheld games this generation. How many are on the PSP? Phoenix Wright, EBA, Hotel Dusk. Those games are MUCH better to have on your console than the highly touted yearly entries of MLB The Show, or the latest Soccer game. Ugh. Am I wrong?

That bolded part indicates to me that you are a fan of popular opinion.

However, in this case, popular opinion runs vastly contrary to your preference towards the PSP.

I'm just pointing that out. You have a perfect right to your opinion. However, I feel it is my duty to inform you that only the most hardcore PSP fans would share it. Even this tech-biased comparison had to resort to skype to find a way to call the PSP a better "machine." It is, in my opinion a "better machine" but a worse "game console."

After reading this thread I can see that some people in here (including cnet, I guess) instinctively made false assumption that there're only a couple of "hardcore" genres, that they choose to be "hardcore" themselves, (e.g. racing, shooting) and others should be considered casual (e.g. adventure, strategy). Is this a complete blindness? "Hardcore crowd" strikes again.