PSP vs DS

[James]

That's a hard question to answer, really.

I've had video game systems in my house for as long as I can remember. There was a ColecoVision in our house when I was born, and an Atari a couple years later. My first conscious memory of getting a video game system, was getting an NES for Christmas with about 20 games. I remember when the Game Boy came out, and I played some boy's at my brother's Karate competition, and we got our own a couple months later.

The SNES was the first system I actually wanted (the NES, I believe, was my brother's request. I was too young to have a lot of knowledge about games). But most of the games early on were all decisions of my brother's. I was just along for the ride.

I suppose I REALLY got into gaming during the second half of the SNES' lifespan, when I was more knowledgable about video games. I'd started reading EGM, and knowing what games were coming out and how good they were going to be. So instead of my brother deciding what games we wanted, I was now able to decide what games I wanted.

And then Final Fantasy 7 was coming out, and I NEEDED a Playstation for that. I don't know why, considering before that, I'd only played Final Fantasy 6 with mild interest (not old enough to appreciate it. Replaying it has made it my favorite FF game ever).

So I suppose the answer would be between the second half of the SNES lifespan, and the arrival of the Playstation.