Another problem the PSP had was dead pixels. I dont know if they've improved the manufacturing of the PSP's LCD screens yet, but apparently for no reason (I haven't had much direct contact with anyone who has owned a PSP) some pixels would just "die" and stop working. Apparently they would be replaced under warranty if you had 5 or more dead pixels on your screen... not really a big issue just a friggin pain. Just outta curiosity... can any PSP owners out there tell me where the PSPs are actually made?

Don't know where psps are made but i own one and the only thing i really use it for is playin snes and nes emulators and music.Soo for gaming my ds is far better...

I have never had any problems with dead pixels though and I have owned minefor about 6 months soo sony must have fixed something with the screen

me too, i also download full psp games

there have been many problems with psp, the dpad is so shit u wont believe it, and there have been many reports of the analogue stick snapping, it is begging for another analogue stick on the right.

even tho i download psp games, most of them suck. maybe ultimate ghosts n' goblins will be good, i have just downloaded the jap version and im gonna find out.

other than that PSP sucks, i dont think it is what most people would want on a portable game system. good graphics just look shit on a portable system, and i personally preffer 2d games or side scrollers, 3d doesnt do it for me.

edit: sorry for my language, but it really does suck.

Listen i've had one for about a month and that's ridiculous to even think that, the only way u could break one by merely opening it is if u yanked straight open till the hinges wouldn't allow it to go any farther. It may not be a tank, but it's not a piece of paper. I love my Lite and I think it's much better than the PSP in everything except for, like HM said, graphics and the other settings that have nothing to do w/ gaming.

U should definitely trade in old for the new. Believe me, I ain't lyin...I have no idea y or how u got the idea that Nintendo knows this happens alot and they won't fix it just becuz they want money from ppl bringing them in to get it fixed. 1st of all I doubt so many ppl break their Lites and 2nd Nintendo can't help it, they made it lighter and more comfortable(more slender) so they can't make it sturdier. It's not possible when they did those things to it.

Just thought ya'll should know.

And actually, the ds is also capable of the multimedia features of the psp, and it can use batteries, just so you know

It is as though the nex-gen console war is with these very hand-held systems concepts:

One's a multi-media player with great graphics. Only about 1/5 of it is actually a portable GAME player(and I'm not saying that going on the Internet with it isn't cool, its just not something many gamers really wanna do).

One's a GAMING system with decent graphics and a whole new twist to gaming(wii-mote sensor, touch screen and microphone).

Then there's Xbox over in the corner screaming "GO HALO WOOT"

Not one is better than the other. They are UNCOMPARABLE, theyre both totally different. I barely ever use my psp, yet, i take in on long travels, and save films on it. I always use my DS and DSlite, because the games are great.
So not one is the winne, its just a matter of choice and opinion. Me, well i always buy nintendo, because ways of playing are different to normal gaming methods. ie, xbox, and ps2, psp

DS wins... PSP is just a remake of PS2 in a handheld.. DS is completely new generation to handheld... nuff said

I dunno about all u psp haters but i dont think its that bad. PSP is a very good multimedia device as u can watch movies, music etc. Its hard for me to say though as in Japan, the top10 games have like 8 DS Games and like 0 PSP Games. In Australia i dont think that many people have DS in comparison to PSP, i think there has been to much of an image to people saying that nintendo is very "kiddish" i mean u ask lots of people, why dont u buy a wii, gamecube, DS? and they dont no a single thing about it and say straight away that they only have kiddish games. Well, Wii will show them who is kiddish.......

i think the psp would have been more popular if it came out the same time, or even after, the ps2 was released. but i still go with ds just because its the only touch screen console out atm

I love the ds and i have a psp aswell and it is boring. ds is lotts of fun!!

I think the DS wins this one guys

Oh my god I post one topic on the Wii in this forum I go to and there're so many freakin' Sony lovers. o.O Sony is retarded.

LMFAO @ this.

Them: "i dont like nintendo.... SONY ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i know this is random but I HATE Nintendo DS!!! DS = Damn Stupid."

Me: "yep... the ds is so stupid, that's why its sold more than psp. "

BAHAHA.

The DS rocks. <3

Show me one PSP fan that has said this at this forum (or any forum for that matter) and i'll give you a cookie. You're generalizing Sony fans and their arguments which is EXTREMELY hypocritical because most Nintendo fanboys say the same thing. Now don't get me wrong, I am by no means a "Sony Lover", but it just amazes at how right you think you are and wrong you think everybody that supports the PSP is. It's all a matter of perspective I guess.

She nvr said that Nintendo fanboys don't do it, she was just giving us an opinion of a Sony fanboy which happens to be consistent w/ many of them. Listen, if u went to 5 Nintendo forums and 5 Sony forums guess which one would be more biased?...ya, the Sony ones. Listen, I know u r trying to protect Sony fanboys, which is okay, but u shouldn't do it just to make an argument.

I myself have a PS2 and have more games for the PS2 than my GC, and I admit that it is better. Some games r from my cousins and stuff who gave me **** like Spongebob, Gran Tourismo 3(which sucks mega time!!!)and this one game w/ an insect on it...but that's besides the point, the point is that the only games I like on PS2 r the Ratchet & Clank series and some others.

But in the handheld console world, Nintendo will always be #1 no matter wut, and the DS kills the PSP for sure. The PSP is an example of wut Sony really does, they don't give u anything that u'll remeber for the rest of ur life, they just try to deck there machine out w/ the latest tech(which doesn't make it any better)but, in my opinion, I think they do think that makes it better. They don't understand that u have to put heart into making video game consoles and video games, they're not just cold-hearted machines that r supposed to look nice and be $700.

Whew, glad I got that off my chest

I like them both but i like the DS a bit better than the PSP because you get to play with people from around the world but the down side to this is the DS has Ps1 graphics

psp is boring, thats why i don't use mine, not even for emulators, i used my emulator on the ds (through gamboy cartridge) i can even watch movies through there too (with a 2 giga cartridge) and then when i'm done watching movies and listening to music ON THE DS, i simple reset and play FUN GREAT GAMES, not boring ones, so yea. plsu the batt last WAYYY longer...