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  • Offline Pete

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Reply #15 on: April 23, 2006, 18:10:42 PM
How much is the ds lite going to be?
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Reply #16 on: April 23, 2006, 19:25:28 PM
its gotta be £100 or its intruding into the PSP price-range really.  I was only expecting a couple of answers to this, and some riteous indignation from the PSP Fanboys!
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Reply #17 on: April 23, 2006, 20:44:46 PM
Its £100 on liksang imported. I cant see the UK price being much more.
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Reply #18 on: April 23, 2006, 22:48:24 PM
tbh i much prefer the ds to the psp. who needs movies, music and internet on a handheld console when you have a stereo, dvd player and computer at home??
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Reply #19 on: April 23, 2006, 23:15:42 PM
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Several different Japanese organizations keep an accurate running count of hardware sales, so its very easy to tell whos ahead and by how much. Thus far, 6,385,193 DS systems have been sold in Japan (through the week of March 12), including the new -- and perpetually out-of-stock -- DS Lite. Sony, meanwhile, has only moved 3,135,588 units of the PSP. And that gap is only going to increase. Japans market, historically, has always embraced one piece of hardware and skyrocketed it above the competition. So, mark our words: The huge gap there between PS2 and GameCube installed bases is going to be replicated -- but in reverse.


http://1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=2&cId=3148983
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Reply #20 on: April 24, 2006, 00:12:08 AM
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tbh i much prefer the ds to the psp. who needs movies, music and internet on a handheld console when you have a stereo, dvd player and computer at home??


http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=246&products_id=8970

The screen may not be as good on the DS, but are you really gunna be watching that many movies on the move?
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Reply #21 on: April 24, 2006, 00:32:13 AM
1up say "only" 3m psps sold.  That is a very respectable number sold.  Its half what the DS has sold but that has been very successful in its home market.
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Reply #22 on: April 24, 2006, 10:43:21 AM
I have to say, i have watched movies on my psp, probably the most thing i have watched, watch them everytime i take a train journey home.

:D :D :D

I still play more games on my ds though
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Reply #23 on: April 24, 2006, 15:21:34 PM
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Quote from: Cornholio
tbh i much prefer the ds to the psp. who needs movies, music and internet on a handheld console when you have a stereo, dvd player and computer at home??


http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=246&products_id=8970

The screen may not be as good on the DS, but are you really gunna be watching that many movies on the move?


exactly, id rather sit at home all comfortable on the sofa with a can of cider and some munchies and sit watching a movie, rather than squinting at a small screen in some uncomfortable place with people chatting around me making lots of noise while im trying to watch a movie.
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Reply #24 on: April 24, 2006, 15:29:09 PM
TBH, the PSP is an impressive piece of kit, nice design, fantastic screen, etc etc.  But I am never going to by one.  It doesnt appeal at all.  Ive got a playstation 2 for the sort of games that make up the PSP market.

The least appealing part of the package are the UMD movies, I couldnt watch a decent movie even on long journeys and I cant help but feel its a bit anti social in groups.  

I wouldnt mind getting a DS lite when it comes out and I have spare cash.  I was a bit put of the by the whole plastic look that I cant help get bad feelings about the build quality.  I think the Lite looks rather spiffing.

The games avaiable seem to be getting better and better so it is rather more appealing now.
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Reply #25 on: April 24, 2006, 15:29:45 PM
Silly question but does the ds work ok for left handed people? i.e. do you have to use the d-pad and the stylo at the same time?
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Reply #26 on: April 24, 2006, 15:44:23 PM
Ive only used it a few times but I dont you ever need to use the stylus and the D-Pad at the same time.
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Reply #27 on: April 24, 2006, 16:12:41 PM
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Silly question but does the ds work ok for left handed people? i.e. do you have to use the d-pad and the stylo at the same time?


AFAIK there are no games that require you to do that and i cant see anyone producing a game that would...
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Reply #28 on: April 24, 2006, 23:16:42 PM
Beaker YGPM!
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  • Offline PuNk

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Reply #29 on: April 25, 2006, 00:19:38 AM
Mario DS uses teh touchscreen and dpad, but it does have a few different control options, so no doubt itd work for left handed people!
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