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 it.  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 purchased one, happy with your purchase or does it just sit on the shelf when you could simply play a console instead?

Buy a used one. That way, it will be worth the investment for a few games here and there.

I'd say yes.

There are several notable games on the PSP (Tactics Ogre, Lumines, Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble, ZHP, to name a few) thta will last you several hours.

IMO it has one of the better libraries of this gen.

Plenty of good games, and region free. Go for it, even if you don't play it a ton it's good to have when you are bored. Plus a bunch of great games for download on psn.

" @yakov456: Is it fairly easy to transfer purchases from PS3 to PSP, etc?  I have a few ps1 classics and I thought I remember reading that they could be put on the PSP.  Is there a specific cable that is needed?  I'm assuming that's dependent upon how big of a SD card you have correct (as far as how many games can fit on the psp)? "

" @GetWhatYagive said:

" @yakov456: Is it fairly easy to transfer purchases from PS3 to PSP, etc?  I have a few ps1 classics and I thought I remember reading that they could be put on the PSP.  Is there a specific cable that is needed?  I'm assuming that's dependent upon how big of a SD card you have correct (as far as how many games can fit on the psp)? "

The cable for your PS3 controller works for the PSP-PS3 connection. "

" @SethPhotopoulos:@SethPhotopoulos said:

" @GetWhatYagive said:

" @yakov456: Is it fairly easy to transfer purchases from PS3 to PSP, etc?  I have a few ps1 classics and I thought I remember reading that they could be put on the PSP.  Is there a specific cable that is needed?  I'm assuming that's dependent upon how big of a SD card you have correct (as far as how many games can fit on the psp)? "

The cable for your PS3 controller works for the PSP-PS3 connection. "

So you can actually transfer the PSOne Classics from the PS3 to the PSP?  I thought you had to use RemotePlay to play the PSOne classics.  If you can actually transfer them then the PSP is becoming even more attractive to me (as a dedicated Square Enix portable.  ha) "

Sweet.  I may have to bite on a PSP with a 4Gb memory stick pro duo for PSOne Classics.  The only hesitation I have on pulling the trigger now is hearing about another price drop at E3 or for a potential gift card deal.  The sweet spot for me has been <=$100.  $130 is so tempting though.  thanks for the info.