I think the DS is an incredible buy, though a lot of that is because of how easy it is to pirate games, as well as how convenient that makes it. Instead of carrying around a bunch of tiny cartridges, I’ve got every game for the system I want in the one cartridge that’s plugged in.

It’s hard to compare a handheld with a console though.

For the consoles my pick order would probably be:

PS3 (if you’ve got an HD TV, because it looks goddamn AMAZING and it’s nice to have a Blu-ray player for “free”Log in to see images!

XBox 360 (great games, amazing online interface and content)

Wii (innovative games and potential, but just doesn’t deliver for some genres)

PS3 without HD TV (lots of money for less value than the 360, and most of it’s good games exist on both)

Edit: So I just noticed the topic says PSP and not PS3, which I guess makes more sense price-wise. Don’t get a PSP.