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If I'm not mistaken you can get games like Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Metroid, etc on the iPod touch by jailbreaking.
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iPod touch Is the touch better than a DS? PSP?
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Nintendo buying Apple = crap
If I'm not mistaken you can get games like Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Metroid, etc on the iPod touch by jailbreaking.
My DS and PSP are for gaming. They have buttons which is a must.
Touch is for media and the occasional quick game while I'm on the toilet or commuting. Its inputs are too limited to amount to anything more in depth.
Touch is for media and the occasional quick game while I'm on the toilet or commuting. Its inputs are too limited to amount to anything more in depth.
these devices arent really in the same league
the touch is a music player that can play games
the ds/psp are game systems that can play music (i dont think ds can)
its like asking is a wrx better than a hummer? the answer depends on the purpose
the touch is a music player that can play games
the ds/psp are game systems that can play music (i dont think ds can)
its like asking is a wrx better than a hummer? the answer depends on the purpose
I don't think this is necessarily fair. In fact, your statement about the PSP is a perfect example. The PSP was designed primarily as a game system. But how often do you see anyone playing games on a PSP? Everyone I ever see with a PSP is listening to music on it or watching movies (in contrast to DS users, who, whether or not they can do other things with their DS, actually play games on it). In fact, I've seen people carry around both a DS and a PSP so they can watch movies on the PSP and, unbelievably, play games on the DS (only).
The PSP was designed primarily as a game system, but it was also designed to be good at playing movies and music. Why did it go so far in that direction? In terms of games, it is clearly not because it was underpowered -- by that logic it should have displaced the DS. Because it doesn't have a touchscreen? Please... the touchscreen game market didn't exist until Nintendo created it. It was not because Sony cannot create an ecosystem / keiretsu of game designers, because they can do that too. It's because Sony was unable to lure the kind of designers who make games people want to play on handhelds.
Nintendo is the only company that has ever really succeeded in the handheld market. And so while their formula isn't the only one out there, it's the only demonstrated one out there. And their formula undeniably places a low emphasis on things like graphics hardware and a high emphasis on games designed from the ground up for a handheld consumer.
So I think, based on Nintendo's formula, nothing that's lacking on the iPhone prevents it from really succeeding in the game market. Not even the lack of controls, if they can get the right designers to make the right games for the App Store.
So unlike a Hummer, which will never win a rally race against a WRX, really in any circumstance, I think it's feasible that Nintendo could carve a significant niche for itself in handhelds (in which everyone is really a niche player anyways).
My goodness, all the time I see threads like these on the interwebs. No, I don't see the touch better than PSP or DS for gaming platform. Lack of physical buttons is the big killer. If I could play games like Contra 4, Megaman zero, Street fighter alpha 3, Metal Gear Solid games flawlessly then I might but there is no way. The emulators are crap with the on screen buttons. I only use the touch as the waiting in line games, ex Bejeweled, Sudoku, card games, etc. I just wish I could pick both DS and PSP since I own and love them both but since I have a bigger DS game library I went with DS.
Are people kidding when they're voting in this poll?
More and more often, I find myself incredulous at the fanboyism on this board.
On what basis are we to compare the devices for this poll?
Clearly the iPod Touch is comparatively fairly poor at gaming - I'd challenge anybody to argue otherwise, given it doesn't even have hard buttons. It's certainly not in the same league as the DS / PSP in quality of game and quality of gaming experience. It doesn't attract the big franchises, save for the odd occasion when we'll see a dramatically stripped down version of a big seller on other platforms. So I'm guessing that's not the point of the poll, which is fairly ridiculous, given both the PSP and DS are dedicated gaming devices (albeit the PSP has secondary functionality built in), while the iPod Touch is not, and so rating the three relative to each other is... moot, really.
Polls should be mod approved.
More and more often, I find myself incredulous at the fanboyism on this board.
On what basis are we to compare the devices for this poll?
Clearly the iPod Touch is comparatively fairly poor at gaming - I'd challenge anybody to argue otherwise, given it doesn't even have hard buttons. It's certainly not in the same league as the DS / PSP in quality of game and quality of gaming experience. It doesn't attract the big franchises, save for the odd occasion when we'll see a dramatically stripped down version of a big seller on other platforms. So I'm guessing that's not the point of the poll, which is fairly ridiculous, given both the PSP and DS are dedicated gaming devices (albeit the PSP has secondary functionality built in), while the iPod Touch is not, and so rating the three relative to each other is... moot, really.
Polls should be mod approved.
Relax there, its a personal call. Maybe some people like that all games downloadable, or maybe people like the lower cost, or maybe people like that its intergrated into their music player/phone.
Regardless you can like the DS/PSP more(for gaming I do too), but why does it matter if others like iPod touch/iPhone more?
Really? Because you don't like the outcome of this poll? Seems like a waste of a mods time
does a DS or PSP play music or have wifi (i've never owned either)? if you answer no to either question about either a DS or PSP then the Touch wins. 
does a DS or PSP play music or have wifi (i've never owned either)? if you answer no to either question about either a DS or PSP then the Touch wins.
Both have Wi-Fi, PSP comes with a web browser(its nothing great) and DS you need to buy an add on(its better then the PSP's web browsers, not as good as Mobile Safari) PSP supports music (no onboard storage) while DS you can buy a SD add on(then you still need an SD card) but the new DS, the DSi has a built in SD slot(but still not onboard memory)
It's like comparing apples (no pun intended) and oranges. The DS vs. PSP is a showdown you an actually make, but the iPod touch is a completely different animal. The DS is an incredible gaming system, and some games on the DS are much, much more enjoyable than even the best iPhone games. On the other hand, the iPod touch does all the other stuff - web browsing, music, e-mail, etc., much better. If you just want a gaming device I don't recommend the iPod touch at all.
Deffly, for me the Touch/iPhone are worlds better then PSP and more the DS for music. For gaming the DS/PSP have it, and then the iPhone, but its a closer match. I likely game more on my iPhone just because its with me more, but the games for the DS/PSP are more advanced(and better)