Both SONY and Nintendo have brought new handhelds with better graphics under our Christmas trees last year. The DS and the PSP have been selling for a while and both have their advantages and disadvantages. I'll start with the DS.
The DS is a fairly big handheld that goes beyond any Gameboy and its graphics are pretty good. Most games look like a Nintendo 64 game. Some of them are incredebly lame that are just over the Super Nintendo. Mario Kart DS is probably one of the good games that actually looks better than its 64 brother. The DS has a lot of good games and came out before the PSP. A lot of people, eager for next generation games, went out and bought it. This gave Nintendo a head start against SONY. Kirby Canvas Curse is a pretty fun game that did well for DS as well as the famous Nintendogs.And later this year more Pokemon games are going to come out with brand new Pokemon. Pokemon Pearl and Diamond will be able to trade with the GBA. All this games and Wi-fi connectivity for the DS is making the DS the leader for a while. The Dual Screen is good and all but in some games it just feels like its not needed and just bothers. I dont know a lot about this DS Lite that gamespot just put out but it could do good. DS having better games but not better graphics than PSP is what is making it the winner.
The PSP is really fun to a certain point. Some games seem sloppy without that second anolog stick. Great graphics make some games look and feel incredible. Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories is pretty good and probably the best game for PSP so far. Soon, one of my biggest anticipated titles is going to hit the PSP. Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai is due 3/06/06 according to Gamestop. Other abilities PSP has : MP3 capabilities depending on size of Memory card( which are usually more expensive than the PSP itself), you can view movies specially made for the PSP, and if tou upgrade it to 2.6 they say you can watch TV and listen to the radio, which I havent seen yet.All this makes PSP fun but it lacks in what it was supposed to be mainly abuot: games. Socom, GTA, possibly Budokai, and a few others like Star Wars Battlefront 2 are good. I still like the PSP, but they need to get third party support fast.
Of course, Microsoft hasn't come out with a portable XBox or anything. Maybe in the future? Steve.