Modern handheld gaming has long been dominated by Nintendo and Sony. Each hardware manufacturer has multiple viable offerings derived either directly or evolving from the respective DS and PlayStation Portable product lines. All of these devices are impressive multifunctional devices with designs meant to encourage gameplay on the go integration with the Internet backwards compatibility to previous games and so on but each goes about this in different ways. Taking a few minutes to examine the main features and getting more familiar with available options accessories and possible linspired designs of each handheld is the optimal way to determine which is the best choice for a player.