[Stephen]

I'm thinking of getting a handheld game system and was wondering what people think I should get. The PSP is nice but I think it is probably a little expensive for the amount I would use it. My niece got a micro gameboy today and I really like it so I'm leaning towards that. I don't really like the Nintendo DS.

[Sebastian Mares]

I like the PSP because it can also play music and videos if I am not mistaken. I don't know what features the Micro Gameboy has, though.

[Alex Duggan]

I would (infact did) go for the PSP - is miles ahead of anyhting else out there, also pretty good screen for playing films on - certainly worth the extra £££ IMO!

This post has been edited by Alex Duggan: 25 December 2005 - 04:27 PM

[Stephen]

If I do go for the PSP, what format videos does it play (UMD I know, but I won't buy them ), is it just MP4?

[SmashinGarcia]

There is a program out for the PSP that converts diffrent formats to a PSP format that will work on your PSP .

[Sebastian Mares]

Stephen, on Dec 25 2005, 05:30 PM, said:

If I do go for the PSP, what format videos does it play (UMD I know, but I won't buy them ), is it just MP4?

MPEG-1, DivX and MPEG-4 as far as I know.

Edit: Just checked the PSP site and it seems that MPEG-1 and DivX are not supported.

This post has been edited by Sebastian Mares: 25 December 2005 - 04:33 PM

[Nimdock]

Hummm, this is actually a good idea; I got some money for christmas and this might be it.

[Phil Mossop]

Yea the PSPs are amazing, I've seen or used the others and the PSP is miles ahead of them all. Definately worth the extra money as Alex said.

[lister]

I've got my PSP now and the graphics are amazing, it's easy to use and I love that you can put music, photos and videos on it easily (I've got to buy a bigger memory card though)

It is definitely worth the extra.

[Nimdock]

The only thing that gets me thinking is that games are kind of expensive... so are the big capacity memory cards.

[Brendon Koz]

Why not just get a bunch of games for your cellphone for mobile gaming if you don't plan on using it that much.

[kula_shakerz]

I have a PSP and its great .. http://www.pspvideo9.com is a free software that converts movie files to MP4 format.

[lister]

Nimdock, on Dec 25 2005, 09:29 PM, said:

The only thing that gets me thinking is that games are kind of expensive... so are the big capacity memory cards.

I don't think the games are expensive, they are around £29.99 mostly and some have gone down to £17.99 in the UK, plus the memory cards are coming down in price as well.

Now Xbox 360 games they are expensive, they start at a low of £39.99 on play.com but they are £49.99 at some places.

[Alex Duggan]

Memory cards have certainly come down alot since the launch - got a 2gb Sony one the other day for £90, not long ago would only be able to get a 1gb for that money!

[Stephen]

malikyte, on Dec 25 2005, 09:44 PM, said:

Why not just get a bunch of games for your cellphone for mobile gaming if you don't plan on using it that much.

You mean apart from the fact that to me a phone is a device to store numbers, call people and send text messages? Which is why I bought a basic phone rather than one which costs more than an iPod for a bunch of stupid and useless features

[Brendon Koz]

Stephen, on Dec 25 2005, 03:07 PM, said:

You mean apart from the fact that to me a phone is a device to store numbers, call people and send text messages? Which is why I bought a basic phone rather than one which costs more than an iPod for a bunch of stupid and useless features

Yes, apart from that.

[Stephen]

In the end I bought the PSP Gigapack with World Tour Soccer (didn't have a choice, all the shops were including that in the bundle), Coded Arms and Lumines

[Bryan]

Nice. You'll have fun.

I know so many people that got PSPs for Christmas, it's nuts.

[Island Roots]

I got to play with a PSP over Christmas and I have to say I wasn't impressed. I thought the graphics were going to be quite better. Needless to say they're the best graphics on a handheld system, it didn't quite live up to my expectations. Not to mention the game that I played (Madden) had a large amount of features taken out (not sure if that was to make it available on launch day or some other restriction).

I'd go with the PSP or DS; if you have the extra money burning a hole in your pocket go with the PSP. But you can't go wrong with the DS.