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Sony PSP/Nintendo DS Opinion Piece

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday October 13, 2004 @02:45AM from the two-new-players-at-an-already-crowded-table dept.

Mr Nash writes "The Armchair Empire has posted a lengthy op-ed about Sony's PSP and Nintendo's Dual Screen where the writer comes to the conclusion that "the market just doesn't appear to be ready for a pair of new handhelds to step onto the scene."

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Re:Analysis seems flaky by Westacular · 2004-10-13 03:55 · Score: 4, Informative

It has a large and growing library of games stretching back to the original GameBoy

No, it doesn't; The DS is backwards compatible with only GBA games, not older GB or GBC. Furthermore, its compatibility with GBA games is limited to single-player and does not support any form of linking with non-DS games.