I know i will recieve hate mail for this, but I actually considered selling my PSP the other day. Why? It seems that though not much seems to be coming out of it, Sony is neglecting its portable moneymaker to promote its high end PS3, unlike Nintendo, which doesn't seem to play favorites when doling out great games to its systems, the Wii and DS. I happen to have both a PSP and a DS, and while some may IMO falsely argue that this because the DS has some backwards compatibility, I feel that when looking at the majority of the PSP library, you can see a general lack of quality in comparison to the DS. Yes, classics from the PS2 era like GTA, Burnout, and Tekken have been revived with excellent results, and the system's graphical capability is stunning for a portable, but when you look at how much the PSP relys on its extraneous, generally lackluster features and how much the DS just doesn't have to, you can see a trend of Sony coming in second. Let me show you some examples:
The PSP is not short of racers, and many like the Burnout games are decent. However, if you compare the many soso racers to the DS masterpieces like the fully online Mario Kart DS, the PSP titles don't compare.
When it comes to great, or even good platformers on the PSP, you get 4. Daxter, Patapon, Secret Agent Clank, and perhaps Lego Indiana Jones. The first and best ones got only a 9 and a 9.1 on Gamespot, which is relatively low for being the best game on the system. Then you have Indy and Clank, both only having scored 8 of 10's. The DS however has 2 amazing platformers; Yoshis Island and New Super Mario Bros. And that's only if your a stickler for games that score 9 of 10 and above. Games like Castlevania, Kirby, Sonic Rush, and March of the Minis all provided respectable, fun, platforming experiences. Super Mario 64 DS really pushed the 64 bit DS to its graphical limit, and even a movie based game, that's right, movie based, Spiderman 3, got an 8 of 10 on the DS. Some might say that most of the DS platformers didn't score much higher than the PSP ones, but the general abundance of good ones on the DS and lack on the PSP supports my case.
There's more that I could tell you, but you probably understand by now. I feel that if Sony doesn't shape up soon, Nintendo's going to end up winning the portable console war with the DS as well as the stationary one with the Wii. Please reply with your opinion. Come on Sony, don't throw in the towel!
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