Nintendo 3DS & Sony PSP Specs Compared

I found an error in your logic.

"(3DS is) leading strongly in fill rate"

3DS: 500 million
PSP: 664 million

Is a larger fill rate supposed to be a bad thing for the PSP? I thought that it was a good thing, especially if the screen is slightly smaller.

Like they said, the gamecube pulls out some better visuals than the ps2 like for example resident evil, and who is acustumed by nintendo knows that they can always push the hardware to the core, i mean look at super mario galaxy, metroid and even monster hunter thats from capcom.

I honestly belive that's up to the developer to work it around the hardware.

oh yeah KH on the ds looked fucking bad ass even if you cant compare it xD

and fuck the iphone, steve jobs get out of the gaming business

Is there any mention of a tilt sensor?

God, Artefact, you're such a Sony fanboy. All your articles are so clearly biased towards Sony products.

HD Love Plus anyone? :3

3DS can filtrate more pixels , even if the vertex perfomance is less than PSP , 3DS give more quality and clean detail.

we need consider the fact the vertex perfomance is not superior 'cuz the gpu is processing two screens , so if the 3DS only had one screen the vertex perfomance and filtrate can be more superior.

3DS graphics looks better, but graphic alone dont make a good game.

There isn't much significant difference between the specs of 3DS and the PSP. But I play my PSP more because of the good line-up of games on it. If the 3DS gets good game releases (from the looks of it, it does) then I'll definitely get one.

I play my PSP much more than my DS (I've practically abandoned it now) because I much prefer the controls, there's better games and it's more comfortable to hold.
I don't really need absolutely fantastic graphics in anything other than cut scenes.

I prefer my DS way more to my PSP; I barely touch the PSP. But isn't it odd/biased to be comparing the incoming 3DS with the PSP specs? I don't one could find an example of gaming hardware from a competitor that isn't better than its 5 year old rival in any area. Even the Wii was more powerful than a PS2, if just barely.

I bought an Xbox for DOA3, I bought a 360 for DOA4, and I'm going to buy a 3DS for DOA too!

those numbers for the pica200 are NOT accurate...

Its almost the same to me but a little bit detail for 3ds but I think they will battle for gameplay innovation.

I'll get the 3DS lite or 3DS XL LOL

I no longer care about Starfox 3ds I want SIN AND PUNISHMENT to get a 3DS version. That would be awesome. hell I'm even dusting off my Wii just to buy that awesome game.

So, this thing's only MARGINALLY better than something 6 years old?

awesome but what do you expect psp is hella old, it still sony's first handheld no?
how many times did nintendo have to try to finaly just barely pass sony's psp in terms of hardware.
but hey love both my psp and dsi. can't wait to see the 3DS in action though.

Don't care about the specs! I'm just dreaming about playing Peace Walker on 3DS!

Obviously it would have higher specs then the PSP, otherwise it would totally fail. However, by the small margin of it it's really not much to brag about.

I would imagine a psp2 or similar product to show up about a year after the 3ds.

Comparable graphics? Come on, look at the textures there. Ouch.

It's comparing apples to oranges. There are pros and cons to both systems. What matters is they both produce impressive results for handhelds.

The GPU in the 3DS is special, even though it lags behind in certain aspects it takes very, very little power, which will help the battery life. It is also extremely easy to program for.

That's fine and dandy but how about battery life?

If they can port over some Gamecube titles, I would jizz.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=18233
hey check this out, it's not "final" on the design could change like the DS did after e3.

My suggestion? dual analogue nubs also I'm modding mine to have the same color scheme as my virtual boy.

I wonder if they'll re-release Tales of Symphonia or any of the GameCube/N64 classics...

I'd love to play Pilot Wings 64 again...Spent plenty o' time watching those pilots die from such a bloody height...

The 3DS screen shot looks like it was ripped from a cut scene, while the PSP one looks like actual gameplay.

Having said that, I'm not going to judge until I actually hold the damn thing, but next I would like to have a comparison of battery life.

I have to say, I personally am relieved that it is possible that it is slightly more powerful than the PSP, because Nintendo has been pretty stingy in that department for the entire history of their handhelds and now again on the console side with the Wii. I am sooo excited for this machine, but I want it to be clear that it really is a serious successor to the DS. I had this annoying feeling that when they said it has "improved graphics" at E3 that it'd turn out to still be clearly inferior to the PSP, thus sticking to their simple graphics and simple controls policy on handhelds that they've maintained for so many years. Sure it's a waste that it's not a clear step past the PSP's processing power, but this is Nintendo, so I'm feeling lucky. I am so excited!

Comparing a 2D platform with a Pseudo-3D platform? I think there is an inherent difference here.

Aren't graphics based more on the software of the actual game itself rather than the GPU?

the problem with looking at the specs is that it is hugely dependent on the developers...

kid icarus and msg were shown and the difference in graphics at least is HUGE...

now all that remains is to wait and see the real thing...