iPhone vs. PSP

Erik Sofge, a writer for Popular Mechanics wrote a recent article titled “Death by iPhone? Why Spore Means the End of the PSP: Analysis @ E3 2008″ in which he thinks that the iPhone’s games, more particularly Spore, will kill off the PSP for good.

Erik’s article is like comparing apples to oranges. You simply cannot compare the iPhone to the PSP. The PSP’s screen is much bigger, is more adapt to play games, is backed by Sony and its wealth of titles and is more ergonomically fit for games in general. The budget for games on the PSP is bigger because the games have more content.

Which is another problem for the PSP. New titles for the handheld tend to cost $40. Spore Origins looks at least as good as anything on the PSP.

Sure the processor in the latest iPhone is twice as fast as the PSP slim, but that doesnt mean the video card and memory is better. Don’t rule the PSP out yet:

Not that the PSP will disappear, but if Sony’s press conference yesterday is any measure, the handheld isn’t exactly breaking new ground. It can play downloaded movies, but so can the iPhone, iPod, Zune and tons of other portable media players.

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