And even then, I hardly ever see kids in the public or on the bus etc playing DS or PSP. It's extremely rare. And I would never take my PSP outside actually. It's not a fucking toy for me, it's a luxury article worth 200~€. I'd be way too scared it gets stolen or something like that.
Japan isn't the same way. My cousins there have a PSP for each of them (4 of them) and the youngest of them has a DS. They tell me they bought them to play on the train and on the bus because it's boring sitting there doing nothing.
I guess being stolen from isn't the worst thing that can happen to a Japanese kid in a train (I heard that groping is D8). The same with Hong Kong. When I went there with my family, every other kid on the bus had a DS or a PSP. It was kind of the argument I used to get my parents to buy me either one.
I was all "How come everyone else I see has a DS/PSP?! BUY ME ONE!" /spoiled brat
A lot of people here in the Philippines have PSPs. I think I may be one of the few with a DS, though. But I know a lot have PSPs because I see it everyday. We have all kinds of booths and stores and carp in every other mall or markets where you can buy games, get your PSP "fixed" or traded in for a new one and stuff like that.
Just...it seems the market for handhelds is more of a kid thing.
Of course it is. Kids are, for one, the easiest to pursuade into buying these things. They have parents to get it for them. Another point is that kids have a lot of energy and can get bored very easily. Home consoles can come into this picture, yes, but when going to other places and waiting in extremely boring areas, you can't exactly bring your PS3 with you. Oh yeah, and handhelds are made to withstand manhandling so it's a better, cheaper toy for kids to handle, than, say, the more expensive, awesome ones that can probably break if a child pushes it off a coffee table.
I would know, I'm still practically a kid.
I still want a home console though. Those things rock. But no amount of grovelling will get my parents to yeild. So I'm saving up to get my PS2 fixed.
I'd probably be an old woman before I can save for a PS3 or 360...
But yeah, I plug my PSP into my HDTV and play it on there.
I never really knew how that looked like.
What does the game look like when playing with your HDTV? Does it look stretched out and less awesome? Or does it look nice? TELL ME
@ D&D
Howha~ Okay, now I'm just a little bit excited. That looks awesome. Thanks for that. XDDDDD