A quick question for anyone who may know: what’s the best of the handheld game systems for an eight- — nearly nine- — year old boy?
For values of “best” that include robustness, flexibility and the ability to stop playing it when you’re told.
I realise the last requirement may not have been implemented on any platform yet.
Oh, and preferably in a sub-stratospheric price bracket, too.
Gameboy Advance?
The Nintendo DS is newer (more powerful / more exciting / blah blah blah), but somewhat more expensive and possibly harder to get hold of.
Thanks. Those are the sort of directions we’re looking in, certainly. Is Nintendo considered better (in whatever sense) than Sony, generally? Or is the PSP a whole different kind of beast? From the prices Frances saw, the PSP is a lot more expensive?
The PSP is much more for grown ups than the GBA or the DS, i.e. it’s twice as expensive and has games like GTA: Liberty City Stories, while the GBA tends more towards Charlie and the Chocolate Factory territory.
Thanks. That’s the impression Frances has been getting in the shops, too, and also what I infer from Paul B’s comments on the B50 list (are you on that, BTW?)
are you on that, BTW?
Yes - though curiously I only seem to be getting half the messages at the moment:-) (I imagaine more will trickle through eventually…)
Seconded. GBA still appears to rule the pre-teen market. The PSP you buy for yourself.
Thanks. Though I’m not really moved by computer games any more. But if I could have a vintage Asteroids machine…
The solution is clear - buy a GBA (or a DS, which I think is supposed to play GBA games as well), and then get this