Graphics: DS vs PSP

As far as this debate goes, I think if you're primarily a console/pc gamer the DS is a better secondary device. So if you're the type that plays your handheld only on trips or for short quick sessions before you go to bed the DS will fill that role nicely. It has unique games that are unlike what you'll find on the consoles, has better batterylife, and is easier to carry around.

However, if you are the type of gamer that actually will sit down and play a couple of hours on your portable and play it as much or even more then your home consoles then the PSP is the better choice. It really is the first portable that can be a home console replacement with games that are very close to home console titles with impressive graphics and in covering pretty much every major genre.

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intro94

I'm interested in Rpgs and so far I'm more leaning torward getting a DS because I love Nintendo handhelds.

Lack of graphic filter and ramhurts ds games.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/playstation/2005/02/psp_officially_as_powerful_as_ps2.html

PSP has better graphics, still horrible, but DS has much much better games.

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[QUOTE="jeffdoomsday"]

I'm interested in Rpgs and so far I'm more leaning torward getting a DS because I love Nintendo handhelds.

[QUOTE="SragentThom"]

[QUOTE="intro94"] theres as much as twice rpgs for ds than for PSP. and high quality ones.Like Chrono Trigger, more final fantasies .Maybe a hundreth of ds rpgs.On graphics , surely the psp games SOMETIMEs look better, for some reason,despite the huge difference in power, games like Zelda for DS push more then machine into showing beauty than the PSP.is like they try the psp game to look like a grand epic game while its not possible so it looks watered down.In the other hand, DS tries to show a great portable game(Ninja Gaiden) and it shows.

intro94

You have facts to back that up.Also don't call me bias because I have A ds and don't have a psp yet.

Also note that is a real time cutseceen.

...see your making the biggest mistake of your gaming life.. don't look for graphics when looking for a portable gaming device, do it for the mobile fun and gameplay..

...see your making the biggest mistake of your gaming life.. don't look for graphics when looking for a portable gaming device, do it for the mobile fun and gameplay..

ShadowTech_FTW

New users are new.

[QUOTE="SragentThom"]

[QUOTE="intro94"] theres as much as twice rpgs for ds than for PSP. and high quality ones.Like Chrono Trigger, more final fantasies .Maybe a hundreth of ds rpgs.On graphics , surely the psp games SOMETIMEs look better, for some reason,despite the huge difference in power, games like Zelda for DS push more then machine into showing beauty than the PSP.is like they try the psp game to look like a grand epic game while its not possible so it looks watered down.In the other hand, DS tries to show a great portable game(Ninja Gaiden) and it shows.

intro94

Ds to psp comparsion

http://www.subgamers.com/ds-specs-compared-to-n64-psx-psp-ps2-238812.html

[QUOTE="ShadowTech_FTW"]

...see your making the biggest mistake of your gaming life.. don't look for graphics when looking for a portable gaming device, do it for the mobile fun and gameplay..

SragentThom

New users are new.

i do own both a psp and a ds myself, and you CAN be biased against a system you dont own. While its a real time custcene ,is not the way you play the game.You arent playing the game with the camera 2 inches in front of Link. You play the game from upward or behind the ship, the way nintendo wants you to look at the game.In the GTA picture, you do have a typical gameplay shot, the way the devs want you to.And it proves the point, it attempts to look like a console game, but in the end looks bad.If i did a close up shot at any model in GTA ,it would look blooky and just bad. PSP never impressed me with its graphics, and the DS much less, but when they go with an artistic and simple aproach,both succeed.And that aproach usually doesnt really takes much proccesing power. You also cant check framerates or smoothness in gameplay with stills. Facts they can be, but weak as argument tool.To verify your bias we must believe you are impartial, which is not possible. Facts are numbers, at least consensus, something meaningful. Not just the opinion,your word and 2 screenshots we have to believe they are unbiased because you say so. IF you ask me ,the force unleashed is one the best looking PSP games, much more than GTA is, and still is too weak to satisfy a console player. Just as Ninja Gaiden its impressive for DS and doesnt hurts the eyes, but still cant satisfy a core gamer. So the visuals are not the drive to buy either handheld.But overall, both achieve to have great looking games for their limits.intro94

stating opinion as fact priceless.Still have no proof am biased.

Also this is a psp vs ds GRAPHIC theard lets use facts and games.The ds lack of Graphicsfilter tend to make some games look wrose than some n64 games.But at least it capable of better textures than the n64.Also at least the psp have a sound chip:)

The PSP is roughly equivalent to a PS2 and the DS is roughly equivalent to the Nintendo 64.famicommander

And everyone knows that a Nintendo 64 is far graphically superior to the PS2, so get the DS.

[QUOTE="famicommander"]The PSP is roughly equivalent to a PS2 and the DS is roughly equivalent to the Nintendo 64.knight0151

And everyone knows that a Nintendo 64 is far graphically superior to the PS2, so get the DS.

Joke post/?

DS= N64 in grafix (it is superior in some ways but also slight inferior in others)

PSP= Somewhere in between Dreamcast and PS2 in grafix.

PSP, but I prefer the DS for its games.

PSP pulls of better graphics than the DS can.

PSP has better graphics. DS has better games imo

PSP has better graphics. DS has better games imo

PAL360

You mean more games?

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

789shadow

We don't have choices wow.

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

789shadow

I can do more things on a psp than a ds.(internet suck on the ds)

The PSP falls in between the PS and PS2 in terms of graphical proficiency (leaning closer to the PS2) while the DS falls in between the SNES and N64 (leaning closer to the SNES, pretty much a SNES with 3D ability).foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

SragentThom

I can do more things on a psp than a ds.(internet suck on the ds)

Gonna Try to find the Best screenshots I can of a DS and PSP game. PSP definitely looks nicer, But DS has its fair share of beautiful games

DS:

3D :

2D :

PSP

3D:

2D :

Again- I'd assume game quality was more important than Graphics, but this thread is about what looks nice. I, at first, wanted to do FF comparison shots but I realized there there isn't a 2d FF game for DS (Revenant wings doesn't look too nice) So I chose the nicest I could find of both systems.

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

SragentThom

I can do more things on a psp than a ds.(internet suck on the ds)

If you want a multimedia device, buy an iPhone. THese are gamin devices, and that's the most important aspect.

PsP is obviously better but you should be looking at the game libraries. I personally have a psp that I dont really use that much but played through ff7 crisis core and grand theft auto liberty city stories on some plane rides and they were awesome.

I would say most of the current and future PSP games, since 2008, look on-par with late-gen PS2 games. Games like GoW: Chains of Olympus and MGS Peace Walker basically look like their PS2 counterparts to me... which is quite impressive, since God of War and MGS3 were heralded as some of the most beautiful games on the PS2.

But aside from all the multimedia features, that's what you're getting after all, a handheld PS2. Which isn't a bad thing... especially now that the PS2 has basically passed on, the PSP is developing a more clear and defined library of exclusive games.

if you arent blind you will know its the psp

[QUOTE="FILIPINOMAZTER"]psp graphics is between the ps1 and ps2 ds graphics is like ps1 and n64SragentThom

wrong The psp have close to ps2 hardware and the ds have n64 hardware but lack a graphic fitler so the reason why 3d games look so fussy.

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

PSP has better graphics. DS has better games imo

SragentThom

You mean more games?

I have both PSP and DS...I bought myPSP for Daxter when it first came out...and i havnt touched it since...I bought My ds for Pokemon Diamond. The last game i bought for it was Rhythm Heaven... That should tell you which one i think is better! The PSP has better Graphics by FAR! Although with a game like Scribblenauts coming to the ds that can compete with any game graphicaly and gameplay-wise...i would choose a ds (Just kidding about the graphics...Scribblenauts has horrible graphics). But seriously Scribblenauts should be reason enough to buy a ds! What other game will let you summon God and let him fight Death or Cathulu (and many others)! Btw he looses when he fights Death...o_O......

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[QUOTE="789shadow"]

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

789shadow

I can do more things on a psp than a ds.(internet suck on the ds)

If you want a multimedia device, buy an iPhone. THese are gamin devices, and that's the most important aspect.

But you can't easily hack ds:D

ok ok at least buy A 360 instead of a ps3.

When it comes to graphics this is not even a contest, PSP wins. But when it comes to games I think the DS is much superior.

Umm your buying a handheld purely pased on graphics? Well if thats the case then it's definitely the PSP.

Graphics: DS < PSP

graphics =/= fun. ds>>> psp (in terms of fun, at least for me)joe11king

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

PSP, but shame on you for making graphics the decisive factor.

SragentThom

I can do more things on a psp than a ds.(internet suck on the ds)

I'm thinking of getting a handheld and both handhelds are pretty close in the price range but which one has better graphics?jeffdoomsday

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="Homesrfan"]Huh? It's pretty much a slightly more powerful N64. Mario 64 looks better on the DS than it did on the N64, so I've heard.Homesrfan

So how is it closer to the SNES? o_O

Pointless thread is indeed pointless.

This thread is going back to where it came from: 2008