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PlayStation Portable is Sony's first entry into the handheld gaming market, and has now spawned several iterations, including the PSP 2000, 3000 and the new PSP Go. The system also has a wide array of multimedia features including an online store, music and video playback, and a photo viewer.

Summary

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was released March 24, 2005 and marks Sony's first entry into the handheld gaming market. In late 2007, the PSP was upgraded with a new hardware variation known by the model number PSP-2000. On August 20th at the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention Sony announced a new revision of the PSP, the PSP-3000. On June 2, 2009 at the E3 convention in Los Angeles, Sony announced the newest revision of the PSP, set to feature an all digital software library, the PSP GO.


Limited editions


Following the release of the PSP-2000, Sony announced a limited edition Star Wars themed version of the PSP that would come with the game Battlefront Renegade Squadron. It was the first of several bundle packages to be released in the future, and Sony has since released a silver Daxter PSP bunde with the game of the same title and a memory stick, a God of War: Chains of Olympus  red PSP as well as a blue Madden 09 PSP and a Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP bundle. After the release of the Ratchet & Clank bundle, sony released the new PSP 3000 Core pack.


PSP-2000 (the Slim model)

PSP 1000 vs. Slim
PSP 1000 vs. Slim
During the E3 conference of 2007, Sony released several details on their first PSP hardware revision. The model number is PSP-2000, but it's commonly referred to as the PSP Slim. The Slim replaced the original (phat) PSP on the market and made significant hardware changes. The amount of RAM in the PSP-2000 was doubled from 32 megabytes to 64 megabytes. The Slim battery was manufactured to supply the same amount of playtime as the Phat battery while attaining a smaller form factor. The WLAN switch was moved to the top of the device, and the UMD drive was replaced with a slimmer version that requires the user to open it manually, as opposed to the spring-loaded version in the PSP-1000.


The PSP Slim was released in September of 2007.

PSP-3000 (the Brite model)

PSP Slim vs. PSP-3000
PSP Slim vs. PSP-3000
At the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention Sony officially announced the PSP-3000. Improvements over the PSP-2000 include: a built in mic between the volume buttons and the PSP logo in the center, a new PS button that replaces the Home button, and an improved LCD screen that has twice
the color gamut, five times the contrast ratio, a response time that is twice as fast as the PSP-2000's LCD screen, and a new anti reflective technology for improved viewing of the LCD screen in outdoor areas.

The PSP-3000 was released in Japan, Europe and North America in October as part of the  Rachet and Clank: Size Matters Entertainment Pack . Europe saw the PSP-3000 released for €199 on October 15. North America has been able to get the PSP-3000 in one bundle starting October 14 for $199.99. This pack contains the following:

Silver PSP
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
National Treasure 2
Voucher for Echochrome
1GB  ProDUO Memory Stick


A second bundle, named the PSP 3000 Core Pack  was originally announced to be available in early November 2008. This bundle was later delayed near the end of October. The Bundle was later released in mid December 2008. The bundle includes only a Piano Black PSP 3000.


PSP GO

PSP GO in the Flesh
PSP GO in the Flesh
During E3 2009, Sony revealed the PSP GO. Leaked before their actuall press conference in a mistakenly released issue of Qore, the PSP GO was one of the worst kept secrets in the gaming industry, although rumours persist that Sony was the catalyst of said leaks. This would have been done in order to gain media coverage before the deluge of games announced at E3. The new iteration of the handheld features a digital only software catalogue with 16GB of internal hard-drive space to store games that would've originally be on UMD, videos, music, etc. That space can increase with the addition of the ProDUO Memory Stick.

PSP Go features a slide out game pad, a 3.8 inch screen, is 23 percent lighter than the PSP-3000, bluetooth support, a 16GB internal hard-drive, and it will exist alongside the PSP-3000 when it launches on October 1st, 2009.

Media Functionality

The PSP uses Sony Memory Stick Duos to store media. The PSP plays most MP3 and AVC music files. The PSP's Video playback options are far more limitied, however. The PSP cannot play many Movie files without using a file converter. The PSP can play movie downloads and rentals from the Playstation Video store. The PSP can also view photos and allows the usePror to change their wallpaper using their downloaded pictures. Videos, games, and music can all be managed on the PSP either manually, or by using Media GO, which is a program that manages PSP media in a way similar to iTunes.
 

Digital Comics

 Digital Comics.
 Digital Comics.
  PlayStation Portable owners will have a new personal electronic reading room this December when Marvel Comics releases many of its flagship titles in PlayStation online stores.
Marvel announced that gamers in the United States, and other select countries will have access to classic, select and digital-first comics through the PlayStation reader -- from Marvel and possibly others as well.
"PSP's new digital reader offers an unprecedented consumer experience that will extend the world of Marvel from print pages into the hands of fans around the world. Many are excited to be part of this launch," said Ira Rubenstein, executive vice president, global digital media group, Marvel Entertainment in an official press release.
This news follows (as usual) the Japanese availability of comics on the PSP gaming console, but this is a very good sign for fans of mobile reading. With Nintendo already making comics available to North American fans, sequential art seems to finally have all of its next-gen hand-held gaming consoles covered - including smart phones.

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Platform Name: PSP
Release Date: March 24, 2005
Online Support: True
Install Base: 50,000,000
Original Price: $249
Producing Company: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
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