Best gaming console for my 6 year old son

[Rohitt]

Hi Friends,

I want to buy simply the best gaming console(which has a lot of free games) for my 6 year old son which he can hold in his hands(Handheld) and play.Kindly suggest the best available in the market today.

Budget-10k

Thanks in advance.

[cyberdragon007]

PSP in my opinion is the best but you are better of with a game boy advanced cheap easy to use, user friendly and maybe after 2 years or so go for a upgrade

[aickhanna]

do not go for psp as the games you will get are very expensive. gor for ps2 but it can be attached to tv only or go for gameboy

[Rohitt]

Originally Posted by cyberdragon007

PSP in my opinion is the best but you are better of with a game boy advanced cheap easy to use, user friendly and maybe after 2 years or so go for a upgrade

How much does the Gameboy Advance SP cost in the market?

How much does the Nintendo DS Lite cost in the market today?

[dinjo_jo]

NDS cost Around 7200/-

[Rohitt]

How much does Nintendo DSi cost?

[Goten]

These are not gaming consoles...they are handheld consoles...handheld consolea are very fragile and breaks upon falling down...

Gaming console suited best would be a Wii Or PS2.

[vamsi_krishna]

First of all, 6 year is not a good age to start gaming. I would suggest wait until he turns 8. I really mean it. Get him some chinese brick games, etc.

If you are decided to purchase one, I will suggest go only for Nintendo DS. PSP is a great console too.. but not suggested for children under 8.

[ico]

lol, my father had got me a NES-clone when I was six.

[vamsi_krishna]

Well, there will be exceptions. In this case, you are.

Believe me. 7 or 8 is a decent year to start with DSi or few PSP games.

[ico]

A good quality NES clone would be fine. No one should really miss the classics.

[Liverpool_fan]

I suggest Nintendo Wii. Will probably need more budget though.

[arpanmukherjee1]

got my hands on 8-bit console when in class 6th. before that didnt knew computers/console were for gaming

+1 for Wii

[Charan]

+1 For vamsi_krishna

I would also recommend, puzzles like Rubik's Cube and other similar ones.

I bet when your son reaches 8 Years, he will be able to solve mathematical problems better than his buddies who may be using a PSP or NDS today

Think about it.

[SunnyChahal]

Nintendo Wii. It's fun, it's easy and even you can play that with him. Plus there are tons of family games for it. PSP isn't something that a 6 year old should own. Some games are really brutal and I won't recommend a PSP at all. I have never personally used an NDS, so I wouldn't talk about it.

Originally Posted by Charan

+1 For vamsi_krishna

I would also recommend, puzzles like Rubik's Cube and other similar ones.

I bet when your son reaches 8 Years, he will be able to solve mathematical problems better than his buddies who may be using a PSP or NDS today

Think about it.

Sir, Rubik's Cube isn't something that a kid of this generation would want to entertain himself with. It's a thing of past. The OP wants a game console and that is exactly what we should help him out with.