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"PSP VS DS"

there is a dispute over which will be better

it will prob influence my decision being a sony fan

they both have there pros and cons, im suporting the psp cause im a sony fan and it does mp3

the psp is more powerfull and plays mp3 but its battery does not last that long

the DS does have a battery that does not run out as fast and is cheaper, it does have two screens but that does not appeal to me i id rather have one big screen, touch screen will prob not be that good for gaming

DS does look a bit ugly but the nice big screen on the psp will get smashed up cause there is no protection

And the PSP looks to have a painful battery life.
Also, quite worryingly, on some preview site the loading times (sometimes just between menus, not just starting the game up) snuck up to 20 seconds. Which is just terrible.

Yeah the Wonderswan, the colour model and there may have been another.

Also the GP32, Nomad, NEC Turbografix (or whatever it was called), Neo Geo Pocket etc etc.

I think I've answered my own question in worldwide terms!

Blank wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Gameboy has defeated about 20 handheld wannabe's including SEGA
> themselves.
>
> I'd hardly call the GameGear a "wannabe," considering it
> was superior to the Gameboy in almost every way.

It was superior in graphics, sound and some of the big names supporting it. Its only big flaw was the battery life.

Sound familiar?

Mm. There was at least three incarnations of the WonderSwan I think (from Bandai?) but I believe that was Japan only.

In worldwide terms, there has obviously been more, but in the UK, we haven't had that many.

Tonnes of handhelds that saw a worldwide release and were intended for the same market the Gameboy was ruling?

I can think of:

Atari Lynx
Sega Gamegear
Neo Geo Pocket color
Nokia N-Gage/QD
Forthcoming PSP

I can't think of any others that saw an official UK release.

ßulle†† wrote:
> I'd like to know what these 20 handhelds are that Nintendo has
> 'defeated'.

There is tons, it's just no one has heard of them because they lasted about two minutes.

Sega Game Gear, all Nokia models, and the iPod.

I'd like to know what these 20 handhelds are that Nintendo has 'defeated'.

Blank wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Gameboy has defeated about 20 handheld wannabe's including SEGA
> themselves.
>
> I'd hardly call the GameGear a "wannabe," considering it
> was superior to the Gameboy in almost every way.

Which makes it all the more funny that Nintendo beat it :P