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prai's five fans you know what time it is it's time for Tech's battle for bragging rights i'm brian tom and we're here to find out who comes out on top in the battle for portable gaming dominance in this week's prize fight it's a face-off between sony's PSP slim and a Nintendo DS Lite let's get to it with round one we're talking design both of these gaming systems received makeovers to bring back the sexy and it works for them the PSP is slimmer and lighter and showcases its PlayStation controller layout on the device the DS Lite had a more drastic redesign cutting off a lot more fat and it kind of looks like an Apple MacBook the PSP screen is enormous and the DS has dual screens that are smaller but you can also close the DS to protect its screens and that makes it more durable too both of these devices feel sturdy enough to me but the DS Lite just gets the edge up with a four and the PSP gets a three next round gameplay the PSP offers a gaming experience that PlayStation owners are used to the control scheme is a lot like a PlayStation controller and I was really able to get used to the analog control as well the DS Lite offers a gaming experience like no other with its touch screen technology it's so unique because it offers interactive gaming you can't find anywhere else it even uses its microphone to give a dog commands or cool down food when you blow on it Nintendo strikes hard this round up with a five and the PSP gets a three Sony's getting a little bloody but if I'm a betting man their fortunes might be changing next round is all about features the PSP isn't just the gaming machine it's a multimedia freak and then some outside of gaming you can use it as a music player a picture viewer and movie player using Sony's UMD's that never really caught on or your own videos on its memory stick you can stream live TV to it stream media from your ps3 remotely browse the web use it for Skype listen to internet radio I'm not even done but you get the idea it's ridiculous the DS Lite is basically just made for gaming you can get a web browser for it but that's about it there are third-party options for music and video playback it's not nearly as elegant and all of Sony's features are officially supported both of these are Wi-Fi equipped but Sony's PSP gets a huge bounce back in its step with um of five and the Nintendo's DS Lite gets a three so knees down by one next up the mornings the PSP has graphics on a portable that you can't match anywhere else it's basically a portable ps2 and games look great especially on its large widescreen game load times are faster than before but you'll still have to wait a bit it's battery life gets about four to five hours of real gameplay and you'll have to charge it more frequently than you want the Nintendo DS Lite won't allow you in the graphics category but its battery life is ridiculous I've a t' hours of gameplay before charging it and game load times are pretty much non-existent Nintendo swings back with hum a 4 in this round and the PSP gets a 3 the DS Lite leads by 2 going into the final round what will decide the final round it's all about the game library the PSP is game library tends to cater to the more hardcore gamer and it does have its seller titles like God of War and Final Fantasy but it delivers a gaming experience that isn't really any different from ps2 which is both a good and a bad thing the DS Lite tends to cater to the casual gamer but it has such a wide range of unique titles like Zelda Phantom Hourglass for more serious gamers to Big Brain Academy for anyone both of these systems have great gotta have titles but in the final round the DS up gets a 4/4 it's super diverse library and the ps3 gets a 3 so let's look at the final score in this portable gaming duel the Nintendo DS Lite ends up on top 22:17 the DS Lite wins the prize fight now you know we like to have fun here on the prize fight ring and if you're looking for a unique portable gaming experience you can't go wrong with the DSi but if you're looking for a gaming device that is also a multimedia monster and jam pack of features the PSP is the one for you i'm brian tom thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time on another prize fight