Preview Bias in Portable War Coverage?

KaiEl writes "Is Nintendo being penalized in the press for releasing their Nintendo DS before Sony's PSP? That's the quesiton I ask in a recent post on The Video Game Ombudsman. While DS games are being held up to the harsh standard of hands-on reviews, PSP coverage is mostly rosy glow previews and lofty PR promises. Readers comparing the two very different types of writing might notice a "preview bias" that seems endemic to video game writing. Is this a serious problem, or am I just expecting too much from what is simply a preliminary review?"

Japan?

[shibbydude]

Is it just me, or is this product already out in Japan and in competition with the Nintendo DS? I was under the impression that most of the reviews were running on actual hardware.

Re:*Preview* vs *Review*

[HAKdragon]

I feel the opposite way. I see the PSP as basically being a portable Playstation (duh, considering the name); so far the system seems to have a lot of ports from it's bigger brother, the PS2. While there are ports and reworked versions of games for the DS (Mario64 and Mr. Driller), the fact that the system has a touch screen allows for different types of gaming as compared to another portable. Games such as Feel the Magic wouldn't be practical on the PSP. The one thing I see in both systems, however, is the huge potential they have for multiplayer gaming as they both feature wireless connectivity.

Re:DS vs PSP

[MilenCent]

I'm starting to think that the DS will be more popular, but for a completely different reason:

Nintendo owns the under-18 set, and portables are simply much more interesting when you both don't personally don't have the money for a good home entertainment setup (such as is used for consoles), and when you have school to go to every day.

Of course, adults go to work, but they tend to have much more dire perils for being caught playing games. (Ranging from getting fired to looking really dorky.)