So I'm in a gaming slump. Microsoft wants me to shell out $100 to fix the peice of crap hardware that they sold me, and my Ipod Touch is good for quick sessions of Puzzle Quest but I want something more. I have around $200 coming my way soon, and I'm just going to red ring my Xbox myself so Microsoft will fix it, so I'm considering buying a new PSP. My last one was ruined while out playing an airsoft game on a rainy day. It was supposedly in a "water proof" bag but when I come back to the bag I find a puddle of water in the bottom along with my PSP and cell phone floating along comfortably in the bottom. That was nearly a year ago but now I'm considering buying another one, because I believe that Sony can pull the PSP situation around.
 
I was never one of those people that thought the PSP had no games. I always had something to play like Final Fantasy Tactics, Patapon, Puzzle Quest, Harvest Moon, or SOCOM and I kinda miss those long nights of grinding through a PSP game, because I never fell asleep doing that, but for some reason whenever I try to play a 360 game at night I end up falling asleep. But anyways, I feel Sony is bringing this around with games like Resistance Retribution, Patapon 2, and Motorstorm, and all the other recently announced 3rd party PSP games like Rock Band Unplugged. The Playstation Store is also bringing it hard with Sony adding tons of full downloadable games all the time, including my favorite PSP shooter ever, Killzone Liberation and other original PSN titles like Everyday Shooter.
 
Although with all the rumors of a PSP 2 being announced at E3 this year, I may just hold off on buying a PSP-3000, but I'm seriously intrested in picking up one of these babys again and you should too. DS just cant compare anymore now that the DSi is going to be costing just about the same as a PSP-3000. For a few bucks more you get gorgeous 3D graphics, decent multimedia capabilities, far better online play than a DS, and tons of other stuff if you want to run custom firmware and stuff. Its just a all around much better package and really to all those people who say there are no games, their are tons to play, especially if you havent owned a PSP before and want to dip into its back catalog a bit for some older stuff for real cheap. I still can't believe Sony is only charging $20 for the original Patapon and Patapon 2. In my opinion, Patapon is the best and most original game on the system, and a must have if your just buying a PSP.

And oh yeah. Baseball. If you love baseball as much as I do and dont own a PS3, and hate 2Ks crappy MLB games then a PSP is the way to go. I absolutely love Sonys MLB: The Show games, and portable is a great way to play them just a inning or two at a time on a bus ride

Happy gaming, don't count the PSP out yet,

Nails