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Originally Posted by Lkr721993
but the DS is in its coffin in the UK(according to BigNDS), and its been in its coffin here in the US. euan, just listen. The PSP is a better system that has more to offer for me than the DS will ever have. Nintendo is basically just releasing a bunch of old technology.
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I'm not trying to get you to change your mind (something I'm sure a narrowminded PSP-fan like yourself never could do anyway), it really does disgust me the ignorancy on display. You would have made a better argument for the PSP by just being quiet, because then I would have gotten a headache from reading your post, and as a result of that not having my confidence in Sony-fans being lowered yet again. Anyway, you claim the PSP is a better system that offers more than the DS ever will, because the DS just reuses old technology. Now, sure taste is subjective, but these claims are just ludicrous, and here's why:
The PSP is nothing more than minilized PS2. It offers nothing new, innovative or even mildy exciting in terms of gameplay (apart from the odd title like Mercury or Lumines, which I must admit look gorgeous), and is in that sense way more outdated than the DS. With the DS Nintendo is really expanding gameplay. Sure, it's no revolution. Touch screens are nothing new (although they sort of are gaming-wise, seeing as hardware using such technology in the past such as PDAs were never focused on gaming), but they expand on gaming and try to make it more accessible to the public, a claim you can't possibly try to accuse Sony of doing. Releasing titles you've already played in the past on your PS2, just ... less is one thing, but it isn't rocket science to see that this isn't the direction that gaming needs to move in. For example, let's take a concept everyone is fairly familiar with: The first person shooter genre. Now, moving two sticks in separate directions is not intuitive. Rather, touching the screen and looking around by moving a pen, much closer to a mouse used on a computer, is much more logical.
My guess, and hope, is that the public will recognize Sony's handheld machine for what it is: Nothing new or interesting beyond better graphics and multimedia abilities that aren't especially thought-through or exciting in any way.
Ugh, it's almost four in the morning. I'll write more tomorrow, I swear.