Since it's inception, the PSP was one of those things that I paid attention too but really never thought much about purchasing.
However, now that the price has been reduced for a bit...I'm starting to wonder if it'd be worth picking one up. The psp Socoms and Syphon Filters are what have kept me the most interested in. However, I'm not sure if the initial $130 is really worth the investment for a few games here and there.
Thoughts? Are those of you that purchases one happy with your purchase or does it just sit on the shelf when you could simply play a console instead?
PlayStation Portable
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PlayStation Portable (PSP) is Sony's first entry into the handheld gaming market. The PSP also sports multimedia features including music and video playback, a photo viewer, and an online store. Several model revisions have been released: the PSP-2000, 3000, PSPgo and the PSP-E1000.
Worth picking up now?
The system is dead, so it's on you if you really want a few PSP specific games. NGP won't use UMDs though, so unless you want to buy a digital copy, whatever game you get will only be good on a PSP (obviously)
I'd say not in the slightest. It would probably be one of those things you buy after its official death, when the NGP comes out, and when the system becomes dirt cheap. The handful of great games that the system has to offer probably isn't worth the cost of buying the system to play them on, plus the cost of the games. Maybe someday they'll all be available as PS3/PS4 downloads.
I'm still not sure how it got duplicated. I thought there was only 1 topic for the first few minutes at least.
@NoelVeiga:
Thanks for your insight Noel. The back catalog is what has me interested in the PSP. Most of the games I was curious about seem to be coming down in price and there are quite a few that look like they warrant a play through. The NGP and 3DS just don't really do anything for me, for whatever reason.
I say get it for the past releases. As for current, you'll be disappointed...
I was planning to pick up a new PSP now that the price is so low just so I can play ps1 classics from PSN and not have my eyes stabbed by the jaggies and low rez stuff by playing them on my HD TV.
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