A Nintendo DS Lite Review For The Sony PSP Owner

Most Nintendo DS Lite reviews will be quite generic as they are meant for readers who are planning to buy a Nintendo DS Lite and for readers who are actually choosing between a Nintendo DS Lite and a Sony PSP. Most of these Nintendo DS Lite reviews aren’t for people who already own a Sony PSP and are considering whether or not the additional purchase of a Nintendo DS Lite unit will be good for them.

Well, this Nintendo DS Lite review is different.

So, let’s lay down our thesis: if you already own a Sony PSP, is the Nintendo DS Lite still worth a purchase?

Let’s take a look at the facts:

The Sony PSP is a powerful piece of portable gaming goodness. It’s dubbed as the Playstation 1.5 because it is more powerful than the original Playstation and almost as powerful as the PS2. To think that all that processing power and graphic rendering capability is packed in such a small machine is indeed superbly amazing.

Now, here’s a reality that will be presented by this Nintendo DS Lite review: the Nintendo DS Lite is nowhere as powerful as the Sony PSP.

In fact, many believe that the Nintendo DS Lite merely possesses a third of the processing and graphic rendering prowess of the Sony PSP, though such a claim remains unsubstantiated by verifiable performance tests.

Because of the higher processing power, the Sony PSP is capable of playing better audio as well.
What, then, are the reasons that will make a Sony PSP owner buy a Nintendo DS Lite?

Alas, we come to crucial points of this Nintendo DS Lite review. Let’s take a look at things that the Nintendo DS Lite has that the Sony PSP critically lacks:

- A deeper game library. Nintendo DS Lite games outnumber their Sony PSP counterparts by a ratio of 4:1. Software developers have favored the Nintendo DS system because of the bigger installed user base and the lower development fees associated with a project for the handheld console. The result are a slew of new games released each and every week for the Nintendo DS Lite, compared to a handful of games released per month for the Sony PSP.

- A lineup of highly acclaimed exclusives. Sure, the Sony PSP has Resistance, God of War and even offbeat titles like Patapon, which can only be found under the Sony label. But the Nintendo DS Lite boasts of genre-defining franchises like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and so many more.

- Potentials for astoundingly innovative gameplay. Innovation is the Nintendo DS Lite’s middle name, what with a dual screen feature, touch screen functionality, a built-in microphone, and even a system that is developed to accommodate add-ons to introduce newer game play mechanics. The Sony PSP is only good for straightforward games.

So, for the conclusion of this Nintendo DS Lite review: is the Nintendo DS Lite a worthy purchase for people who already own a Sony PSP?

The short answer: you bet!