Famitsu Weighs In On Battle Between DS And PSP

Thanks to IGN Pocket for its discussion of a recent Famitsu-sourced Japanese magazine article quizzing readers and game creators about their impressions of the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP handheld consoles. In a reader survey, it's revealed that "14.8% checked that they'd like to purchase a PSP, compared to 11.8% who checked that they'd like to purchase DS... 7.1% stated that they think the PSP's design is cool while just 2.3% stated the same for the DS." It also polled developers and industry figures on questions such as "Which design do you like better?" ("PSP = 251, DS = 42"), and "Which do you want to be left standing in the end?" ("PSP = 84, DS = 156".) Which handheld do you want to be left standing?

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Re:A Note about the DS...

[Anonymous Coward]

We just meant 2 hours if you're watching a movie." To me, this sounds like Sony got caught with their pants down again, and are hastily trying to increase battery life before it ships.

Seems to me that if you announce a new portable console and haven't thought about battery life, you're not getting caught with your pants down.

You've come to the party with no pants.

Re:A Note about the DS...

[Boing]

Sony made the Betamax...tapes weren't long enough to record baseball games on TV, though... so they lost to the VHS standard made by an upstart company. (This by way of the informative airline video I had on my last trip to Japan.)

...which, ironically, was played from a laserdisc.