DS and 3DS were cool because you could play multiplayer with friends if there were just near you with their own ds. You can't do that on either the Switch or the Deck.
The thing is you don't want to be outed as g * mer in public. DS and 3DS has wide casual fanbase (moms and kids playing cooking mama, animal crossing, pokemon). PSP and Sony sadly leaned hard into the g * mer stuff.
The DS Lite is one of the most aesthetically pleasing pieces of consumer tech IMO. One of the all-time glow-ups coming from the ugly as sin original DS. I really ought to get one of them flash carts so I can get the most out of mine--I think I researched it once but I got confused by all the different variants and some having time bombs and whatnot.
I love my DS. It was somewhat societally acceptable to play your cute DS in public. Now SteamDeck or Switch are both cringe
DS and 3DS were cool because you could play multiplayer with friends if there were just near you with their own ds. You can't do that on either the Switch or the Deck.
They should really bring back that feature.
And that included mario kart and it rocked! And it's just over bluetooth or some similar thing. No wi-fi connection required from what I remember.
How "acceptable" is my psp 3000?
The thing is you don't want to be outed as g * mer in public. DS and 3DS has wide casual fanbase (moms and kids playing cooking mama, animal crossing, pokemon). PSP and Sony sadly leaned hard into the g * mer stuff.
The DS Lite is one of the most aesthetically pleasing pieces of consumer tech IMO. One of the all-time glow-ups coming from the ugly as sin original DS. I really ought to get one of them flash carts so I can get the most out of mine--I think I researched it once but I got confused by all the different variants and some having time bombs and whatnot.
cringe isnt real. i understand the yearning for actual handhelds though, the steam deck and switch barely qualify