![]() While the PSP is far from dead, it has become a bit of an ignored platform, a gaming device relegated to second banana status by the mass adoption of the DS, DS Lite and DSi. And others still adopted early, found themselves disappointed with its immediate offerings, and quickly traded in their glossy traveling companions. Others who picked Nintendo as their pony have no interest in diversifying their handheld experience. Some shrug portable gaming off as a waste of valuable console play time. Sadly, I find that few of my friends have ever properly experienced the wonders that the PSP has to offer. (If you are unmoved by this fact, you have a heart of stone.) And it still stands out as the only handheld gaming system in my vast collection that has afforded me the opportunity to watch Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip from the can. It’s simple USB-based connectivity and hearty Wi-Fi response has allowed the system to refine itself countless times via downloadable firmware. While its earliest iteration offered a trade-off – longer loading times and reduced portability were bartered for blissful 3D gaming and DVD-quality movie support – later incarnations helped to shrink the functionality gap between it and Nintendo’s small and speedy cartridge-based system.Įven my aged PSP 1000 has offered me gaming experiences which I never thought possible on a portable system. The PSP actually offers an immersive, graphics-heavy experience the likes of which the DS simply can not deliver. ![]() Despite superior firepower and boatloads of promise, the PSP has sadly become associated more with its shady guerrilla marketing than its amazing game lineup. While that system, despite its peculiar two-screened nature, reaped the rewards of Nintendo’s decades-long dominance in the handheld marketplace, the PSP floundered. So, imagine our surprise when the DS went on to become the more dominant platform. For those not in the know, it played out thusly: Sony favored us with a sleek and sexy beauty dubbed the PlayStation Portable, while Nintendo unveiled the hot mess that was the early DS. It was that year that the hearts of dedicated portable gamers where all aflutter over impending announcements from both the Sony and Nintendo camps. When I look back on E3s past, I invariably arrive at one specific memory from the 2004 event. ![]()
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