| Hand held games have become very popular in | | | | Sony PSP also will play movies that are specially |
| recent years. The gaming market has opened up | | | | formatted for it. There are a wide range of |
| to both kids and adults, but children still comprise | | | | games available for these systems. There are |
| a large percentage of this market. The hand held | | | | action, adventure, arcade, educational, sports, |
| games range from simple electronic games to full | | | | science, racing, and numerous others. PSP also has |
| blown hand held game systems that have | | | | some of the newest movie titles available. Any of |
| numerous games available to purchase that go | | | | these systems would make a great gift for a |
| with the system. | | | | child. |
| The first category we will examine are simple | | | | The price range on all hand held games can run |
| electronic hand held games that only let the user | | | | from ten dollars to several hundred dollars. The |
| play one game. These are available in a large | | | | electronic games in the first category are usually |
| number of titles that include popular card games | | | | not expensive, in the ten to thirty dollar range. |
| like Uno and Crazy Eights, board games like | | | | These are just a simple electronic game, but they |
| Monopoly and Life, dice games like Yahtzee, | | | | have the ability to amuse both kids and adults for |
| sports like baseball and basketball, hunting, | | | | hours on end. The second category of hand held |
| wrestling, and an almost infinite number of other | | | | games can get expensive, depending on personal |
| titles. These are great for travel as they require | | | | preferences. A Game Boy system, even the |
| small batteries that will last quite a while. | | | | newest version, will run between fifty and ninety |
| The next category we will look at are portable | | | | dollars without games. Games will range from |
| hand held video game systems, like Game boy, | | | | fifteen to forty dollars a game. That is cheap |
| Sony PSP, and Nintendo DS among others. These | | | | compared to PSP and DS. These systems range |
| systems require game cartridges or disks to | | | | from one hundred and fifty bucks to two hundred |
| operate and play a specific game. These also run | | | | and fifty bucks for the system alone, no games. |
| on batteries, but they have an adapter available | | | | Games will run another forty to seventy dollars |
| so that you can play off of household power | | | | each. PSP movies will cost between fifteen and |
| outlets. These are charged so that the user can | | | | forty bucks each, with an average of twenty five |
| play for an extended period of time. The newer | | | | dollars. |