Specifically Considering a DS.  Yes i know the PSP has a wider range of games, and you can browse the net, and it has lots of extra things you can plug into it so you can do lots more with it, but i want somthing i can sit back with and just play games without paying out enough money to buy a semi-decent spec 2nd hand laptop.  Just wondering what people who have a DS think of it, and where is a decent place to buy one, 2nd hand would be fine as I just want something i can stick in my pocket and play when ive got half an hour spare.

Quote from: BeakerSpecifically Considering a DS.  Yes i know the PSP has a wider range of games, and you can browse the net, and it has lots of extra things you can plug into it so you can do lots more with it, but i want somthing i can sit back with and just play games without paying out enough money to buy a semi-decent spec 2nd hand laptop.  Just wondering what people who have a DS think of it, and where is a decent place to buy one, 2nd hand would be fine as I just want something i can stick in my pocket and play when ive got half an hour spare.

The DS is class... Im not really into gaming, but the DS won me over...

Pros:
Superb, original games - Electroplankton, Ace Wright, Trauma Centre, Monkey Ball, Tetris, Mario Kart etc.

The download game feature - Vs games from one game cart, i.e. you can play 2-player tetris on two seperate DS with one card.

Dual/Touch screen - makes for some fun games - tetris, monkey ball etc.

Online gaming - Mario kart excels at this.

Dirt cheap.

Cons:
Iffy build quality, but thats no real problem.

All the places are the same for the console in terms of price, but id get the games from Liksang - dirt cheap and i got tetris weeks before it was released in the UK.

Selling a DS soon if intrested just need to get it all together... Will put down what ive got soon..

Atari Lynx

You could always wait for this:


http://www.ds-x2.com/index.php?id=5100

:mrgreen:

The ds lite is prity nifty, longer battery life, brighter screen, bigger pen, by far a better case.

TBH, i think this is the console they were ment to release, the other for me felt rushed to get it out before the psp, i always felt the case proved that.
This is a much better build.

Quote from: Beaker...and you can browse the net.

DS Web Browser coming soon.

As for limited games, remember the DS can also play all the GBA games. It is awesome, though I would pony up the extra cash and order a DS Lite from Liksang or similar (as I will be doing soon - two player fun with the wife).

Get it, youll never regret it. You can get media players for the DS as well and there is a four Gb HDD being released as well.

Goblin

Quote from: ChanserYou could always wait for this:
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http://www.ds-x2.com/index.php?id=5100

:mrgreen:

Does it come with a free cd from a japanese pop group, a free bike, and a calculator thing and a radio controlled stack of yen too?!

Im most likely going to be ordering my DSlite tomorrow. (thank the lord for student loans!)

Sales wise, the DS is slaying the far too expensive PSP, or Portable Scrap Pile.

(Im only calling it that because I havent got one, but I will when it gets a sensible price)

[edit]Language Timothy!

Soopahfly, if you cant say it without swearing then dont say it at all.

Quote from: soopahflySales wise, the DS is slaying the far too expensive PSP, or Portable Scrap Pile.

(Im only calling it that because I havent got one, but I will when it gets a sensible price)

[edit]Language Timothy!

has anyone got any sales figures - DS vs PSP?

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad

Quote from: ChanserYou could always wait for this:
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http://www.ds-x2.com/index.php?id=5100

:mrgreen:

Does it come with a free cd from a japanese pop group, a free bike, and a calculator thing and a radio controlled stack of yen too?!

that isnt a cd that is the japanse version of project rub 2 for the ds!!

I frequent a different forum and someone just posted this in the 360 thread there.  I guess the DS is doing "quite" well compared to everyone else!

QuoteEDIT: Also, according to last weeks Japanese sales figures, the 360 is finally selling more than the GameCube over there!

DS Lite: 140,969
DS: 37,204
PS2: 27,549
PSP: 26,340
GBASP: 6,372
GBM: 3,676
Xbox 360: 1,926
GC: 1,080
GBA: 46
Xbox: 30