Comments on: iPod Touch Compared to Sony PSP-3000 and Nintendo DSi

By: Sauconysean

Sauconysean — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:34:21 +0000

It\'s kind of annoying to have to go out and buy a memory card for the psp, they are exspensive and carrying them around is no good. Psp can run YouTube but it can\'t play the videos. The iPhone and iPod get big overhauls with there firware updates, so they are upgradeable, in my opinion the iPod touch does everything more and better than the psp will ever be capable of.

By: Sauconysean

Sauconysean — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:31:26 +0000

It's kind of annoying to have to go out and buy a memory card for the psp, they are exspensive and carrying them around is no good. Psp can run YouTube but it can't play the videos. The iPhone and iPod get big overhauls with there firware updates, so they are upgradeable, in my opinion the iPod touch does everything more and better than the psp will ever be capable of.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:05:38 +0000

I owned an Atari Lynx, waaaay back in 1990 or so. Cost me 200 bones, which was A LOT of newspapers delivered. I loved that thing. When I played it in public places, people would gather around just to see the widget, it was SO far ahead of its time. Too bad the games were only OK. Todd's Adventures in Slimeworld was awesome, but most games, especially the launch titles (with the exception of CA Games) weren't good enough to carry the day for such a spendy toy back then.

You look at a PSP side-by-side with an Atari Lynx, and you can definitely tell there was some inspiration there. PSP is an analog to what I thought the Atari Lynx would be by 2000 or so back in the day. Naive waif I was, I just assumed Atari was never going away despite some of their recent setbacks. The Lynx was too cool not to sell I thought, and besides…it's Atari! Too big to fail! Live and learn…

By: square

square — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:18:28 +0000

the psp 3000 is great because you can update it every month, and get awsome stuff like internet radio and rss (free demos and shows). The psp also has a memory card, so you can download as much crud as u want, and u can just get a new memory card. the psp 3000, unlike the other versions can run complex web pages like youtube. the ds sucks because it cant have vids songs and pics. the iphone is easy to use, but it cant be updated.

By: thegavino

thegavino — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:17:37 +0000

Hmm very interesting..

By: blakespot

blakespot — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:47:53 +0000

Quoting @M: "You are just forgetting the BIGGEST difference between game devices and computer(like) devices. Computers unlike gameconsoles( and such) do NOT run a complicated OS."

?? Modern "computers" run much more complicated operating systems than game consoles, in general. The iPhone runs a more complicated OS than either the DS or the PSP–OS X (UNIX). The iPhone is a multifunction device that is not only positioned as a games machine. Does this add overhead to the iPhone as compared to the DS or PSP? Almost certainly. But with a fast processor like that in the iPhone and an efficient OS such as OS X, the effect on a running game will be small.

By: Games und so #67 (SD) | Games und so

Games und so #67 (SD) | Games und so — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:47 +0000

[...] Nintendo DSi – ohne GBA aber technisch gar nicht schlecht im Vergleich [...]

By: Moroboshi

Moroboshi — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:55:50 +0000

CPU power is only one aspect for a mobile gaming device. The most important thing by far is developer support. DS due to it's huge success has the full support of the likes off Square-Enix, Capcom, Konami, and many others. PSP has a little less but the big guns are still there producing pro-quality fully fledged games.

The iPhone on the other hand is filled with little but total shovel-ware made by bedroom coders. There is simply no comparison.

By: whooley

whooley — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:39:31 +0000

@Thom-22

If it's all about the games, how can you say the iPhone will never rival the DS or PSP? The App Store have only been online for < 3 months. How many DS & PSP games were available within 3 months of release?

The important point is – the iPhone now has an impressive list of big-name game studios/publishers (id, EA, THQ, Atari, Sega, Vivendi, Gameloft, Namco etc) while there's already a growing list of small, innovative game designers.

I can't wait to see what games are available in a year's time.

By: TTom

TTom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:16:24 +0000

I own a NDS, PSP, and iPhone and I believe the iPhone is the best for mobile gaming. The iPhone has innovative, entertaining games that are stored on the device and not external media (such as UMDs or cartridges). The iPhone has alot of sensors that help the games become more interactive (multi-touch, microphone, accelerometer, camera, hell even proximity and light sensors) and it has alot of power under the hood allowing for amazing visuals that will suppress all the other handheld gaming systems once developers learn to better code games for the iPhone.