[spritzer @ Dec 19th 2005 1:48AM]

every one has made good points on both sides about each system. The DS clearly has better battery life and better inovation. The PSP clearly has a sleaker look, better graphics, and a better screen. All of these things make them great rivals. I own both a Gamecube, Gameboy, a Gameboy SP, a Playstation, a Playstation 2, and an XBOX. As you can see i have no preference in my gaming. From what i have seen though, the DS is supposed to be inovative but it just lacks the games to tap this resource. Another flaw is with future games for the DS is how are you going to grow a third hand to use the touch screen? The games are also another gripe i hold because they are not games, from what i have seen, that i want to play (excluding the Mario game). I might consider buying one in the future but for now it just doesn't have what I want. Now for the PSP. I do agree that a 3.5 battery life is not that great but it is something that it is only a minor detail for the bad. The other flaws people point out are the games and how they are just remade Playstation games, yes they are but do you feel like buying a screen, getting a power source, and lugging all of that around just to play them? My point is made. The price is possibly another damper but 50$ extra for what you are getting is nothing. The turn off for me about the PSP is really the flash memory cards but that will undoubtably be refined in the future. The last few things that i would like to point out are that Sony has never made a handheld gaming system so if you think everything should be perfect, which it isn't and neither is the DS obviously, you are very naive and so the fact that they have gotten this much right so far is incredible, compared to Nintendo who has been at this for over a decade. I am not trying to hate on Nintendo or praise Sony but i just see much more of an appeal in the PSP than the DS just because of the screen, games, graphics, music capabilities, video capabilities, sexiness, and familiarity of Sony's quality of products.