Year of the PSP: DS may have the sales, but not the games.

If PSPs price drop wasn't all, developers are finally pumping all that PSP muscle.

Chains of Olympus

Rainbow Six Vegas

In addition, there are many great exclusives this year, like StarWars Battlefront Renegade, Final Fantasy War of the Lions, Crush, Final Fantasy Anniversary, Logan's Shadow, and Jeanne D'Arc. Good time to have your PSP ready, good time indeed.

It would be just hilarious if PSP like rebounded in sales when there are a few more price drops and overtook the DS.

I prefer my DS to the PSP though just because I like the games more. Pokemon Diamond is more important to me than all the games you listed but I must admit that PSP does have an intriguing lineup this year. I'm impressed.

Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?qewrewq

no 

In your opinion.  Some of us prefer the DS liup to that of the PSP, does that make it a fact? of course not, same as your opinion.

THose games wille be fun for sure, i might evne buy a few, but overall i still prefer my DS.

Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?qewrewq

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?mjarantilla

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

There is a reason it's called the PLAYSTATION Portable!!!  

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?mjarantilla

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

Well that was true a year ago, but right now there are many good exclusive games for it..you just have to look for them. Also, why would I want to buy a PS3? :P

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?qewrewq

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

Well that was true a year ago, but right now there are many good exclusive games for it..you just have to look for them. Also, why would I want to buy a PS3? :P

For teh Future!? :D 

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?whitetiger3521

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

There is a reason it's called the PLAYSTATION Portable!!!

Would you buy the same game twice just to play it on the road?

It's not nearly as bad of a problem anymore, with these new games coming out, but even then, we've yet to see if any of them are really exclusive.

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?mjarantilla

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

There is a reason it's called the PLAYSTATION Portable!!!

Would you buy the same game twice just to play it on the road?

It's not nearly as bad of a problem anymore, with these new games coming out, but even then, we've yet to see if any of them are really exclusive.

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops?

Capcom Puzzle World?

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror?

Socom: Fireteam Bravo?

Mega Man Powered Up?

Twisted Metal: Head-On?

Killzone: Liberation?

Wipeout Pure?

Metal Gear Acid?

Field Commander?

Darkstalkers Chronicle?

Tokobot?

Yes these are all really exclusiveto the PSP

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="whitetiger3521"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?whitetiger3521

I think the problem is that people think that the PSP has few good exclusive games. So many of its best games can be found on the PS2 or PS3.

There is a reason it's called the PLAYSTATION Portable!!!

Would you buy the same game twice just to play it on the road?

It's not nearly as bad of a problem anymore, with these new games coming out, but even then, we've yet to see if any of them are really exclusive.

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops?

Capcom Puzzle World?

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror?

Socom: Fireteam Bravo?

Mega Man Powered Up?

Twisted Metal: Head-On?

Killzone: Liberation?

Wipeout Pure?

Metal Gear Acid?

Field Commander?

Darkstalkers Chronicle?

Tokobot?

Yes these are all really exclusiveto the PSP

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

i look forward to about 3 games for psp this year....

GoW:CoO

Castlevania

and another possible installment of MGS:PO if so. 

you think so?

FF:TA 2
DQ 9

those 2 do it for me

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

mjarantilla

You got to explain what this "ratio of ports to exclusives" means, because I have no idea what you are talking about.

Sorry, Pokemon still owns everything. _Pedro_

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

mahjustin

You got to explain what this "ratio of ports to exclusives" means, because I have no idea what you are talking about.

Over thirty ports out of 55 PSP games, versus only four ports out of 25 DS games.

mjarantilla  according to gamespot

DS

AAA games - 5 (0 third-party)
AA games - 25 (14 third-party)
Total AA/AAA - 30 (14 third-party)

PSP

AAA games - 5 (4 third-party)
AA games - 56 (~45 third-party)
Total AA/AAA - 61 (~49 third-party)

i look forward to about 3 games for psp this year....

 

GoW:CoO

Castlevania

and another possible installment of MGS:PO if so. 

snakeofsolid

booo... what about

Final Fantasy: Crisis Core
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Parappa
Jeanne D'Arc
CRUSH (great puzzle game)
Worms 2 (w/ infrastructure online play)
SOCOM 2
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
SWAT
Silent Hill Origins
Harvey Birdman
Monster Hunter Portable 2
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Hot Shots Golf w/ GPS
Dungeons & Dragons
Star Wars BattleFront
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
etc

[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]Sorry, Pokemon still owns everything. bleehum

Agreed, PSP's lineup is starting to look AMAZING. Seriously, can anyone say "psp has no good games" right now and NOT be totally biased?qewrewq

 I can. The games aren't out yet. I AM looking very much forward to Silent Hill, FF Lion's War, Chains of Olympus. And I'm pleased with R&C and MGS Portable Ops... but COME ON! What the hell took so long, Sony?

Enjoy your rehash pokemon with rehash gameplay and story with no dialogue.  I'll enjoy my Crisis Core with its fresh battle system, new FF7 story addition with great voice acting.NobuoMusicMaker

And I'll enjoy PW 3's awesome dialogue which rips FF's and be playing DQ IX, FF IV with new content and Luminous Arc...and Pokemon online with my friends

Have fun ^_^

you think so?

FF:TA 2
DQ 9

those 2 do it for me

omarguy01

[QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

mjarantilla

You got to explain what this "ratio of ports to exclusives" means, because I have no idea what you are talking about.

Over thirty ports out of 55 PSP games, versus only four ports out of 25 DS games.

Are we going to have this arguement about what is and isn't a port again?

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

mahjustin

You got to explain what this "ratio of ports to exclusives" means, because I have no idea what you are talking about.

Over thirty ports out of 55 PSP games, versus only four ports out of 25 DS games.

Are we going to have this arguement about what is and isn't a port again?

[QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

Yeah, yeah, I know about all of those. But you have to admit that the ratio of ports to exclusives is much, much higher on the PSP than on the DS. That creates the perception I was talking about: that a lot of the PSP's good games can be found on the PS2.

mjarantilla

You got to explain what this "ratio of ports to exclusives" means, because I have no idea what you are talking about.

Over thirty ports out of 55 PSP games, versus only four ports out of 25 DS games.

Are we going to have this arguement about what is and isn't a port again?

Multiplatform = ports?

Well... if you're going to play that way...

[QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]Enjoy your rehash pokemon with rehash gameplay and story with no dialogue. I'll enjoy my Crisis Core with its fresh battle system, new FF7 story addition with great voice acting.wavedash101

And I'll enjoy PW 3's awesome dialogue which... blah blah blah

What is PW3? 

[QUOTE="wavedash101"]

[QUOTE="NobuoMusicMaker"]Enjoy your rehash pokemon with rehash gameplay and story with no dialogue. I'll enjoy my Crisis Core with its fresh battle system, new FF7 story addition with great voice acting.helium_flash

And I'll enjoy PW 3's awesome dialogue which... blah blah blah

What is PW3? 

Phoenix Wright

the only interesting ones to me are Chains of olympus and FF Aniversary.

I can already list a bunch of DS games that can counter those Psp games.

DQ9, FF 4, its a wonderful life, Zelda:PH, and theirs FF Rings of fate.  

[QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

Over thirty ports out of 55 PSP games, versus only four ports out of 25 DS games.

mjarantilla

Are we going to have this arguement about what is and isn't a port again?

Okay, if we're going by the argument that multiplatform = port, then IT IS ABSURD TO SAY THAT THE PSP ONLY HAS PORTS WHEREAS THE DS HAS ONLY ORIGINAL GAMES

DS ports/multiplats

2006 FIFA World Cup (multiplat)
A Boy and His Blob (NES)
Asphalt: Urban GT 2 (PSP)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (multiplat)
Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses (multiplat)
Big Mutha Truckers (multiplat)
Bionicle Heroes (multiplat)
Bratz: Forever Diamondz (multiplat)
Burnout Legends (PSP)
Bust A Move (arcade)
BubbleBobble (arcade)
Cake Mania (PC Flash game)
Cars (multiplat)
Charlotte's Web (PC)
Darren Reid's The Half Broken Crown: The Broken Kingdoms (multiplat)
Deal or No Deal (PC, GBA)
Dig Dug (arcade)
Diner Dash (PC port, PSP multiplat)
Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action (PS2, GC)
Dogz (PC)
Elf Bowling 1 & 2 (PC)
Eragon (multiplat)
F24: Stealth Fighter (GBA)
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (multiplat)
Fifa Street 2 (multiplat)
Fifa 06 (multiplat)
FIFA 07 (multiplat)
Final Fantasy III (Super Famicom)
Flushed Away (GC, PS2)
Frogger Helmet Chaos (multiplat)
Ford Racing 3 (multiplat)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (multiplat)
Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball Max'd (multiplat)
Garfield: Tale of 2 Kitties (PS2)
Gunpey (PSP)
Happy Feet (multiplat)
Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour (PC, GBA)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (multiplat)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (multiplat)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (multiplat)
Justice League Heroes (multiplat)
Kim Possible 5 (PS2)
Konami Clas sics Series: Arcade Hits (compilation of ports)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (multiplat)
Madden NFL 06 (multiplat)
Madden NFL 07 (multiplat)
Madden NFL 2005 (multiplat)
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (multiplat)
Madagascar (multiplat)
Micro Machines V4 (multiplat)
Monster House (multiplat)
Need for Speed Most Wanted (multiplat)
Need for Speed Underground 2 (multiplat)
Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City (multiplat)
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (GC, PS2)
Nicktoons Unite! (multiplat)
Open Season (multiplat)
Over the Hedge (multiplat)
Over the Hedge: Hammy Goes Nuts (PSP)
Pac-Man World 3 (multiplat)
Peter Jackson's King Kong (multiplat)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PSP)
Pogo Island (PC from pogo.com)
Puyo Pop Fever (GC)
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (multiplat)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (PSP)
Rainbow Islands Revolution (arcade)
Ratatouille (multiplat)
Reel Fishing: Life & Nature (PSP)
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (PS)
Rayman DS (N64)
Robots (multiplat)
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked (multiplat)
Shrek the Third (multiplat)
Shrek Smash and Crash (multiplat)
Shrek SuperSlam (multiplat)
SimCity DS (PC Simcity 3000)
Scooby Doo! Who's Watching Who? (PSP)
SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters (Neo Geo Pocket)
Spider-Man 2 (multiplat)
Spider-Man 3 (multiplat)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (multiplat)
Star Trek: Tactical Assault (PSP)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (multiplat)
Super Black Bass Fishing (SNES)
Super Mario 64 DS (N64)
Superman Returns: The Videogame (multiplat)
Steel Horizon (PSP)
The Settlers (PC)
The Sims 2 (multiplat)
The Sims 2: Pets (multiplat)
The Urbz: Sims in the City (multiplat)
Theme Park (PC and PS)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (multiplat)
Tomb Raider: Legend (multiplat)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (multiplat)
TMNT (multiplat)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (Wii)
Top Spin 2 (X360)
The Chronicles of Narnia (multiplat)
Tak: The Great Juju Challenge (multiplat)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (multiplat)
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer (multiplat)
Ultimate Spider-Man (multiplat)
World Championship Poker (multiplat)
Worms: Open Warfare (PSP)
X-Men: The Official Game (multiplat)
Zendoku (PSP)

My apologies if I got some of these wrong. I know there are people out there who will point out one thing wrong with the list, and they think it invalidates my entire list.

Everyone's argument is why play a game on the PSP when I can play a better version on another platform? For some reason a lot of people don't think it applies to the DS. It truly baffles me to no end.

Yeah I know a lot of these games suck, but you have to admit, they usually ARE better on another platform than the DS.

Everyone's argument is why play a game on the PSP when I can play a better version on another platform? For some reason a lot of people don't think it applies to the DS. It truly baffles me to no end.mahjustin

See below.

Yeah I know a lot of these games suck, but you have to admit, they usually ARE better on another platform than the DS.mahjustin

That's why when I said the PSP had thirty ports/multiplats out of 55 games while the DS had only four ports/multiplats out of 25 games, I was referring to all of their games rated 8.0-8.9 (excluding the AAAs, because I already know that they are exclusives), to limit the selection to games that most people would consider worth playing.

I'm sure if I looked at 7.0-7.9 games, I'll find an even higher ratio of ports/multiplats to exclusives on the PSP, and an even lower ratio on the DS, because a lot of the DS's most unique games are rated low in graphics and sound.