I use my PSP more on the Underground/ferry as it can double up as a pretty decent MP3 player. The PSP is the more versatile device, so I'm not surprised by Totilo's claim.

Random DS playing: dogging?

Some dude waved his DS at me once when I was playing MKDS. He had pictochat running. I think he wanted to pictochat.The next bus stop was my stop, so I escaped that awkward situation.

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I've seen more people playing DS than PSP while out and about.

I would never play with a random stranger. I don't even do that online, let alone in real life.

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I definitely see more DSes here in Vancouver, esp. on the bus, but also in waiting rooms.
I once ended up playing meteos with some elementary school kids after they commented on how "pimp" my DS was. I got schooled.

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St Louis here - and i have o say - I do not see hardly in PSP's but i see alot of DSes

I strike up random games every now and then when im on the metro - mainly MK or a download play game - it seems like everyone has MK but few people have anything else so download play=WIN

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The only people I've ever seen play a DS in public are my neighbour's kids, and they only do that in their backyard. I've never tried to play with them because that would just be weird.

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I see a handful of DSes around these parts. Very rarely do i ever see a PSP.

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I played DS with the kid in front of me in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows midnight release. That's about it; I guess I see PSPs a lot here in town, but I see DSes at airports more often, I think.

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I don't see many people playing much of either. When I do see people playing PSPs, it's usually someone around the age of 12, playing GTA. Just my observation.

When I see people with a DS, it's either a young adult (college) or a kid from grade school.

I take my DS everywhere, because it is incredibly versatile. With a homebrew device, that is.

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Living in the city and taking the C train I've seen more PSP's than DS's; especially by older folk.

While on the C train headed downtown me and my girlfriend were playing the mini-games in New Super Mario Bros. and we were asked by another, I assume, gaming couple whether or not we needed one cartridge to play against each other or two. That's as far as my "random ds playing" goes.

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I see a ton of PSPs when I go on flights.

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I don't really see that many of either, but I live in a really small town. One time my friend was sitting at a place Mario Kart waiting for his mom to get their passports, and this really big guy who he described as "looking like a gangster" came up to him and looked at him for a little while. He told me he was really freaking out until he goes "You wanna play me?" and pulls out a DS, and they played for like a half hour! XD

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More PSPs out here in the Philippines... well that is, for adults. For kids I see, most of them have their GBA SPs or DSes

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I don't think I've ever seen a PSP in the wild. I haven't seen too many DSes in the wild either. But I also live in the middle of nowhere, so that could explain a lot. DSes don't roam free, you know.

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I do Irish dance, and I often see other dancers whip out their DSes for Wifi playing before dance class or during breaks at a feis. I've noticed people playing them at my school, too. No PSPs, though.

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I'd LOVE to play with a random stranger. Unfortunately:

1.) Most of my games are 1P only
2.) A fair chunk of my portable game library is imported from Japan
3.) The rest are relatively unpopular.

Actually, when it comes to portable systems I've only seen one DS in the wild around here -- it was being played by a little kid in a fancy restaurant a number of tables over. I couldn't exactly just get out of my chair, waltz down and ask him about it. His family would probably have thought I was a child molester, and mine would have looked at me REALLY funny...

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It depends on where I am and what sort of transport I'm using.

Like, today, I was on the bus passing through Central London and I saw half a dozen DS'/PSP's.

But on the Underground it's a different case because I It depends on where I am and what sort of transport I'm using.

Like, today, I was on the bus passing through Central London and I saw half a dozen DS'/PSP's.

But on the Underground it's a different case because I rarely ever see a DS. PSPs occasionally, but never a DS; apart from mine, of course.

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I've seen a few of each. PSPs seem to be more popular amongst older or more fashionable people. I think it's just a little harder to take a PSP with you because a case is mandatory in order to protect the screen.

A couple friends and I sometimes play in public, like outside of a coffee shop. Still waiting for a random fourth to walk up and join us.

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I see both here in Toronto, actually. I tend to spend most of my time in university during the education period and see more DSes.

As for playing with random strangers, yeah, why not? Just the other day I mingled with this girl who was playing 'The World Ends With You'. It at least benefited the both of us for getting points.

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Here in the Philippines, most people have PSPs since they think that the DS is for the younger audience. The majority of DS owners are either RPG nerds or children below 10. In my office, I've only seen one guy with a DS (phat), and the rest have PSPs.

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