DS or PSP??

cyadict

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My daughter's 6th birthday is coming up, and wants a DS. I was just wondering what some of you thinks is better DS or PSP.
 

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DS for your daughters 6th. PSP is too much power for a 4 year old. Plus the game availability is better under the DS since its a more popular system.
 

keepngoal

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wow 6 and wants a portable gaming console... lucky you. :skeptical:

what consoles do you have? if you have a Wii, get the DS....

-keep
 

Clonefan94

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for a kid that age, definitely the DS. It has a much wider variety of games for kids. Plus, my daughter, 5-1/2, loves using the stylus. Not that a PSP is a bad purchase, it just seems more "gamer" oriented. Nintendo is well known for their kid friendly approach.
 

ISUKyro

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Yep Nintendo = Kids (and big kids like most of us)
I love my PSP, but my nieces and nephew could care less.
 

CyDude16

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DS for a 6 year old....I love my PSP though, but for a kid, DS has more kid oriented games, and a bigger variety of games as well.
 

cmoneyr

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I much prefer my DS over my brother in laws PSP, and I would definitely consider myself a "gamer". If I'm somewhere where I want to play a DS/PSP I just want something simple, fun, and easy to play, not try to play PS2 games on a handheld.
 

cj0227

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Do any of your kids use a leapster? I was thinking about that instead of a DS.


My 6yo daughter has been using her leapster for a couple of years and really enjoyed it. This year for Christmas we bought her a DS and she only puts it down when it's time for bed or to go to Hilton.

I would go DS depending on age.
 

puckwarrior

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Go with the DS if you want a larger selection of kid friendly games. The PSP is very nice, but probably more geared to older kids in the game selection.
 

brianhos

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wow 6 and wants a portable gaming console... lucky you. :skeptical:

what consoles do you have? if you have a Wii, get the DS....

-keep

my 4 year olds are begging for a DS, I gave them my old gameboy advance and they think it is a DS.
 

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