PSP PSP: The Quintessence of Handhelds

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Morgana Veil]

The PSP was a great handheld. I still whip mine out from time to time when I get a pang to play a few of the games on the actual system. It was about damn near perfect, with the exception of the overpriced undersized storage for it, SONY's proprietary memory sticks. I think for a 32 GB stick it was 80 or so USD when it was new. That was another point that hurt it, whereas the DS could use standard SD cards.

More people knew Nintendo was kid friendly, so it was safer for the kiddys to play it. I digress though. The PSP was a great system, and once the SD2PSP adapters hit, it more or less made the PSP a beast for gaming and emulation. And once it was jailbroken or modded, whatever you want to call it, it was great as a music player. Since smartphones were still ungodly pricey at that point in time (yeah, like they aren't overpriced now) but at that time you couldn't buy a half-decent knockoff smartphone for 20-30 bucks either. Yeah, the PSP is still a great little handheld, albeit long past its prime. (I really need to replace the analog stick on mine) I remember it likes to ghost drift.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Lod 10]

PSP a console ahead of its time if I had the money I would buy a black or blue one To play my Japanese games and watch my movies and animes

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I still think what killed the PSP wasn't the DS but the iPhone.

 

[Tonberry]

I still think what killed the PSP wasn't the DS but the iPhone.

In one way or another smartphones killed handheld gaming in general, really.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

In one way or another smartphones killed handheld gaming in general, really.

I have to agree since the Vita and 3DS couldn't survive the post-Candy Crush era.

The DS had "programs" like that cooking one since not everyone had a smartphone with apps nor easy access to the Internet.

I think even the PSP had some "program" to learn languages.

 

[ThunderBoy]

I think even the PSP had some "program" to learn languages.

Yeah, here in Spain had this.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yeah, here in Spain had this.

I remember that one

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Mechablade-X]

Nothing beats a classic like Patapon

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Lod 10]

I'm building my console library to play on the Chinese handheld consoles that I'm downloading ROMs for.

 

[Otsuu]

Unrelated to the content of the console's game library, the PSP still has, to my memory, the most crisp, crystal clear screen I've seen on any portable device. Felt so vibrant and clear compared to everything else at the time, and frankly even compared to something like a Steam Deck in this day and age.

I might have nostalgia goggles, though.