Sunday 4 October 2009

PSP versus NDS

Let me share you about PSP or the Play station Portable and Nintendo. These two are both games machines that are also intended for game addict. PSP are for those who loves to play Play station 2 with a joystick and DVD games before. In this game machine it is portable meaning it is transferable, transportable. You can bring it anywhere you want and also it has nice and advance features that you will surely enjoy the moment you will hold and explore it. . The PSP is obviously more expensive than NDS.

The Playstation Portable (PSP) is the best handheld console out today. The closest competition when it comes to gaming is the Nintendo DS. While the DS trumps the PSP in terms of its library, the actual games are better on Sony’s advanced little device. But let’s go down the list to see exactly why the PSP is better than the DS. The PSP also has an analog numb. While it’s not the most intuitive piece of gaming hardware out there, having analog control on a portable device is a great thing.

The PSP-1000 is the weakest design out of all of the DS and PSP designs. The D-pad was horrible (diagonal directions were incredibly difficult to perform), and the Circle button was prone to breaking. Sony realized this and remedied those problems with the PSP-2000. The PSP-3000 offers the most options. It carries over the large and responsive D-pay from the 2000 model and adds a microphone.

Meanwhile, Nintendo has remained fairly consistent with their setup. The D-pad for the DS is highly responsive and easy to handle. However, if you have bigger hands, the DS’s small pad can become problematic. There are no problems with the face or shoulder buttons. Of course, the DS’s most innovative design choice is the inclusion of the stylus. This has been both a blessing and a curse, as some games benefit greatly from it, such as puzzle games and strategy games, while some games have suffered. The DS is a landfill for gimmick games that use the stylus. It’s also a puzzle-game lover’s dream come true. And it’s got its fair share of original titles to boot.

Another drawback that the stylus users often encounter is that it isn’t always precise. Sometimes you can be direction touching an object and it won’t respond to the stylus until it is tapped several times from various angles. The DS has a rarely-used microphone. When it does have a use, players are more likely blowing towards the microphone than actually saying anything into it. Lastly, the DSi has a camera. I haven’t seen a practical application for the camera just yet, but the DSi is still fairly new.

by Rhea Juliet

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