My dad took me to a Walmart an hour away to get the PSP as a midnight release. It wasn't in stock, so he drove me to another one on an additional 45 minute detour to the next place. I was so elated and surprised my dad was willing to do all that. It was a good time.
That's the sort of thing you don't forget. Even if you never see that PSP again, you'll probably always remember how significant it felt in the moment.
My dad and I did the same although the one I remember most was when we went driving around looking for Rock Band and I got the drum set and we listened to foo fighters on the radio on the way back home. Good times, glad others had little moments like that too
Yo thats true tho, when in that 2000s era, it was a strong era for the PsP my Dad was kind some of skeptical bout me gaming at that time. I remembered I peek at the neighbour window seeing kid playing with his Red PSP. My Dad later consider to buy me a handheld console at that era (Nintendo 3Ds and PsP). I choose PsP to be my first ever handheld console. My father bring me to the sony centre to buy my first PsP, It was a beautiful white pearl PsP. My PsP is still in a great condition today, I keep it as one as momento of my childhood from my father. Great times
The PS Vita was so ahead of it’s time. OLED display, free online, touch screen, etc! It came out in 2012 and Uncharted Golden Abyss still looks/plays great
Vita's dark secret was the dev kit. It was hard to develop on it, not because of bad programming as people think, but because you needed 8 hours to prepare your game to be playable on Vita making the development planning too slow and too high risk for big budget games :(
Imagine a new PS Vita model with 5G that can also use Sandisk cards. The Steam Deck really shows how far we’ve come and I think Sony should revisit the portable systems
@@haydenk6459 well they didn't really fail it was a amazing handheld but the timing sucked the ps vita us still very good to this day and it's is it allmost 10 years old they should try again but I do wonder if Xbox will try they may not cause the also release a less powerful console each yeah that's smaller and more compact
@@lShishkaBerryl I always heard "playstation pornable" and they always claimed the internet connection caused kids access to stuff but what they didn't think about is.... Most houses at that point had computers
Sony is really the only manufacturer of handheld game consoles that can rival Nintendo. I really don't want Nintendo to have such a monopoly. I want to see the two fight each other.
I remember my younger brother and I were FLOORED on Christmas morning when we both got a PSP, it was the best! Although he was 12 while I was 16 and he always wondered why I took my PSP to my bedroom yet wasn't online playing any games LOL.. ahh the early 00s haha!
Sony unceremoniously abandoned the Vita and recently announced that they have *NO* intention of creating a successor; their future plans for portable games involve releasing all their future games on mobile. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I always call Nintendo Switch as "Vita successor from another mother". Most japanese game manufacturer moved-on to Switch as their second-choice console replacing Vita, and the dual-analog with screen is much more like Vita compared to 3DS. Even the ergonomic feels like Vita. I had 3DS XL and I sold it off. I still held-on to my Vita 2000 that I bought when I first go to Japan because its such a good console
The original PSP (1000) and the PSPGo were by far some of my absolute favorite handhelds! I played so much Monster Hunter on the way to and from school every day. Amazing systems.
The PSVITA modding scene is still very much alive to this day. The VITA is an INCREDIBLE emulation machine, I was waiting for you to talk about it, but unfortunately you didn't. While the switch and, now, steam deck are amazing, the vita is a step above the rest when it comes to portability and the ease of use, honestly. There's tons of support for every emulation scene you can think of- plenty of community made ports, and it can typically emulate up to N64/PS1 games, with some (kind of a stretch) PS2 games. Retro gaming is a breeze with this console.
The PS Vita is surprisingly easy to mod. I love my OLED-Vita because it's not only running well its own Gamelibrary but also its previous Generation's Library. Running PSP Games on Vita makes them look soooo good!
The proprietary memory card with gouged prices was the reason I didn't buy a a vita. It was required to have one so it basically upped the cost of the system by $80. Comparable memory cards of the time were half to a third of the price. It really upset me being ripped off by Sony and knowing I'd have to get an even bigger, more expensive one later on. The largest ones went for $120 to $200+ dollars if I recall correctly
the original PSP's chonkiness just feels so good in my hands, and I sorely miss the spring-loaded UMD bay. I still have my PSP-3000 in my closet and take it out to play every few years, but I still think about the original PSP a lot.
It must be a reason that both the PSP and the PSVita had a somewhat short life. I have been a gamer since the days of Atari and Nes and I had both the PSP and the Vita, and while they both were great handheld consoles, the gamelibrary never became especially great or big. Although I think the PSP had a larger library than the Vita. Its a shame because the Vita was extremly fun to play on. I remember playing AC liberation on the Vita and it was awesome.
My sister bought me the PSP Street on my 10th birthday I think (I can't really remember) and I still have all my games and the charger and everything and it still works to this day. They need to release another PSP!!
The PSP was ahead of it's time. I had many PSPs over the years. Starting in like 2005 I would buy broken ones from friends and fix them to resell or keep. I used one until like 2009 as my main source of entertainment. I would download movies and put them on it along with music. I would also just use it as a flash drive to store random files. I loved the PSP. It's only major flaw was the memory's card not being an SD card. The PSP also had great games. Loco Roco was an awesome game. It's very simple but super addicting. Also great while on mushrooms. My senior year of highschool I spent most my hours in school playing PSP games. Mostly racing games since they were super common and pretty good on PSP. If Sony were to release a new PSP I would probably buy one. Also it's web browser wasn't terrible for the time. I watched many adult videos on mine lol. I think the main thing that killed the PSP and vita is smart phones. At least that's why I stopped carrying around my PSP. I got my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and it could do basically everything I did on PSP. But was more pocket friendly. But I'd honestly go back to something larger if it was a PSP.
Still have my PSPs God of war, MGS, and Crisis Core PSPs only have a handful of games and the batteries are long dead. My god of war one is hacked with CFW.
I'm only 13 and I still remember having a PSP, vita, PSP go and the original white xbox 360. My dad bought it with a sd card loaded with hundreds of games. I was young and didn't know anything, so when my brother broke the SD card I through it away, thinking it was broken. I also wanted to clean my vita, and stupid me washed it in the sink🌚🤡💀
You can get micro SD card adapters so you don't have to use the crap Sony cards! I found one for 99 cents on ebay lol, but they're just a couple bucks on your favorite Chinese drop shipping site.
Sony was ahead of it's time in many areas and not just PSP....it's really sad to see that just because of them being so far ahead that they weren't that successful unfortunately.
As a owner of psp 1000,3000 street, psp go and even a ps vita 2000 I really strive for a new handheld from Sony like imagine Spiderman or red dead running on a handled ps5 it would feel magical
I'm only 13 and I still remember having a PSP, vita, PSP go and the original white xbox 360. My dad bought it with a sd card loaded with hundreds of games. I was young and didn't know anything, so when my brother broke the SD card I through it away, thinking it was broken. I also wanted to clean my vita, and stupid me washed it in the sink🌚🤡💀
With all these competition Handhelds I highly doubt Sony wants to waste money on getting into that market. Plus like the guy above me said, the unofficial handheld doing what you want is the steam deck. And I have one and it does just that lol
I remember I was trying to decide between the Vita and 3DS. I was a kid with limited cash so that PSvita memory card costing so much was one of the deciding factor for me to go with a 3DS.
@@Mashamazzi As an adult I think I would have chosen the Vita but I have a lot of great memories with my 3DS as a kid. it got me into being a Nintendo fan as all I every played was the occasional Wii game before that. Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Mario 3d land, Animal Crossing New leaf will all hold a special place in my memories. I do want a vita sometime but I recently got my first PSP and I have been loving playing all the different games on it.
@@Themeparkfish If you get a Vita now, you can mod it and play all PSP and PS1 games with nearly no issues at all. Not to mention, also when hacked, you can play NES, SNES, N64, DS, Atari 2600, Dreamcast games, and so many more that I can't even remember it all.
The problem with the PSP-3000 model was, ironically, the screen. While it was brighter, ghosting was more apparent on it. I still have my PSP-2000 to this day and I even modded in a larger battery into it. The VIta was top tier though but it just didn't do too well. I love that thing and it's magic sleep mode that lasts for months on end "somehow" and you come back to it with barely any battery lost.
The only thing I don't agree with here is the psp street. Yes, it was cheap. But considering the price, having a flawless 3000 (less saturated) display, a matte finish, the bulkiness of the 1000 and a muuuch better 3.5mm jack position, the price is actually a good thing. Also yes, no wifi. I get that people wanted to play together, but I barely knew people with psp's back then where I live because they were generally too expensive. Also, the thing that everyone keeps bringing up: the mono speaker. It's mono, yes. But it's extremely loud and pretty clear when compared to the other psp's. I have all models, yet i keep getting back to the street even now because it has the best performance + everything mentioned above.
I had no idea until now that Sega must have ripped its VMU off from Sony. I was super jealous as a kid of the Dreamcast but ultimately it was all good because I got my ps2 the first Christmas of its release. I remember almost being in tears because the only big box for me under the tree was a near perfect cube and because I knew the ps2 itself was very much rectangular. Needless to say when I ripped that paper I was legit blown away and in near shock. Best Christmas ever
But hey! Look on the bright side. We got the PS Portal. Definitely NOT just a controller cut in half with a screen that can only stream games on local wi-fi… Right?
Amazing memories playing my PSP. From playing Ratchet & Clank, to watching DBZ episodes that I... "found," and multiplayer mayhem with Medal of Honor Heroes. I love it so much!
2:48 12 year old me with my glitter white Assassins creed PSP looking up every possible porn site known to mankind... A lot of the times we wouldn't have internet so i would go in the bathroom and hold my phone up to the window to catch the neighbors WIFI. The PSP was truly such a great console, a PS2/PS3 Hybrid. Wish i could go back
I was surprised when everyone was in awe about Switch's main gimmick, when sooo many years before I spent hundreds of hours playing PSP games like Monster Hunter on the big screen through those cables. What's most funny is that there's literally zero difference between the two, it's not like the Switch docks into a GPU unit or something, it's still using its own power and connecting to a TV in the exact same manner through a simple port (yes there was even a TV dock for the PSPgo). And considering PSP's smaller size it also worked infinitely better as a portable system.
Probably one of my favorite thing about the PSP, I had tivos and could download shows to my computer and then upload them to the PSP. So when I traveled I could watch shows on the PSP before tablets and smart phones were so prevalent. I miss my PSP 1000.
the nostalgia is flowing back in with the psp i played that thing non stop and i loved it just never realized i could download ps1 games onto before it was too late but i still had such a fun time with it
Steam Deck runs very well all ported games from Playstation. A similar handheld, perhaps with the upcoming RDNA 3, just released, and with FSR 3.0., would be a good start for a new portable Sony console!
I will always love the PSP and what it meant to me as a gamer back when I got it. I still say it's the best handheld of all time and I will die on that hill. It did things modern handhelds are only just now refining. It did TV display, full console quality games, and entertainment center stuff well before the Switch or the Steam Deck were doing similar things. The PSP walked so the Switch and the Steam Deck could run. Was UMD a little cumbersome? It was. Was the Memory Stick stuff less than optimal before adapters? A little, yes. Overall, though, it was the best handheld I've ever used and I'd still prefer it over anything Nintendo has come up with before or since.
To be clear, I have owned every Sony system up until the PS5, and I have had many fun times on all of them. PocketStation was Sony aping the Dreamcast's VMU and its ability to independently play simple minigames. Sony has a long history of taking things its competitors are doing and throwing them all onto its consoles to be all "look, ours does it too!" -Dual Shock PS1 controller copying the analog stick and rumble pack that the N64 did first -PS Move adding Wii-esque motion controls -PSVR cashing in on the hype brought by the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive -Dual Shock 4 adds touch pad following Wii-U's touch screen These aren't even the only examples, just the ones off the top of my head.
•Sony and Nintendo teamed up to make PS1, partnership broke and Sony refined and published the console, hence the sticks and rumble. •PS Move yes is obviously a steal from the Wii, however they introduced it to compete with the hype of the new kind of family console remote haze, changing their version for different things. •PSVR released the same year as Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive which means they had been working on it for a while and then managed to sell the PSVR as the most bought headset of all time due to how accessible VR would be for the millions of PS4 and now PS5 owners. •Touch Pad and touch screens are different, it was introduced to be able to do basic touch and pointer tasks like you could on the PSVita. Then they used it more for game menus and messaging, as the Share button had made it so gamers lost an option button.
Actually bought a vita but didn't have money to get games but I dropped it breaking the screen 😅 but then! Couple of years ago (I think 2018 or 19. I bought it in 2012 I believe) I fixed it up and homebrewed it as well. Honestly a underrated console. Have had so much fun with it. And the homebrew community has and still is working hard with it too
I had the Xperia Play and yes, sometimes it was a bit slow and not as flashy as newer flagship phones in that time, but that phone was great for school, I played ff7 and lots of emulated nintendo games on it and most of the time it worked flawless, but ps1 games could stutter. I wish sony would release such a phone with modern hw.
I was one of those lucky kids who got a psp right when they came out, that thing was awesome. Lord of the rings tactics, mega man, MLB 2k6, kill zone, rainbow 6 Vegas, God of War, grand theft auto and burnout just to name a few.
Mega Man, God of ware and GTA was really nostalgic, I'm pretty sure I was 5yrs or so when I got it. But I'm one of the only ppl who played and loved ape Academy. That was the best
I will never forget the first PSP. I was so excited that I imported the Japanese model before it even came out in the US. I think I paid something crazy like $320usd at the time too. Wish I still had it.
i have xperia Play, bought in 2021 I use for PSP and PS1 games, as well as an emulator for older consoles. Well, games under 2.3 android came out quite good. Minecraft, for example.
I was playing my PS Vita consistently from November 2015 (when I first got it) up until 2020 (the pandemic discouraged me to bring it out). I even had my Nintendo Switch in 2018 but I didn’t have enough games that I liked to convert just yet I miss the PS Vita, I still play it from time to time (same with my PSP) but still not as much as I used to. It feels rare. The switch has taken over. I am waiting for the day Sony decides to come back to the handheld gaming world.
I still remember buying one of those really expensive Vita memory cards and dropping the little thing on the way home, annoys me to this day. As for the PSP, I remember at the time in the UK the exchange rates were quite favourable (unlike now) and because the Japanese version had the better screen, I ended up importing it from Thailand (I think) from Ebay, and it ended costing me £30 less than buying it directly from the UK, the memory card situation wasn't as bad as the Vita as Sandisk also had the license to release their own cards, that were not only cheaper, were also faster too, and came in clear plastic, I still have both my Vita and PSP, don't know if they work though.
I wish Sony would've made a portable PS4, would give the digital PS4 games more lifetime and developers would probably make more money considering every major release has been cross gen for the past few years.
I have 6 psp currently. Got it day 1. But, I had issues with the batteries puffing up or just not detecting the battery. Sony warrantied them out and didn't want the old ones back. Been thinking on taking apart and trying to fix them to sell. Still play the last edition of the psp.
If you pick up a Monster Hunter Edition PSP 3000, you get the Bright Screen, all the PSP3000 features PLUS the moulded back panel like a PSP1000. The absolute best of both worlds! :)
SaGa Frontier 2 on the PS1 funnily supports the Pocket Station on its US release. so companies were definitely expecting this peripheral be released worldwide
My fave thing about the PSP go is the fact that you could buy a dock with video out, along with the ability to link a ps3 controller via bluetooth. It is incredibly easy to hack nowadays too. It was a switch before a switch.
I really want a Vita 2. Seriously, double down on crossbuy for all games, give us SD card support,a bigger screen maybe even throw in an optional dock and I think they'd have a hot on their hands.
You really can't overstate how badly the memory card pricing scuppered the Vita completely. I was ready to walk out of Game (UK) in 2012 with a Vita in hand after trying Wipeout 2048 and being blown away, until the sales rep informed me that a memory card big enough to download a good cache of games on my crummy rural internet connection would cost ALMOST THE PRICE OF THE SYSTEM AGAIN. At least it's found a new lease of life with a thriving homebrew community
still have my xperia play phone sitting in its original box right now was going to sell it but now its sitting in a box in a box packed away somewhere it is way under powered from what it could have been what a missed opportunity!
I too at the time paid $89.99 on ebay for a 1GB sd card. A year ago I bought an pro duo to micro sd card adaptor for $10 from amazon and shoved in 2x32gb (given free by microcenter) into it and I'd say it'd paid off.
hmm, the one digital only console that comes to mind that I know came before the psp go is the zeebo, mind you only by a few months and I'm not exactly sure how that even worked but it existed, didn't last long tho
I still have my PSP 1000. Don't use it much, but every now and then I charge it up and play with it. The screen smears like a gynecologist, but it's still fun.
I still have my PSVita 1000 and probably never gonna get rid of it. It’s in perfect condition and probably my favorite handheld, even if it’s outdated and I’ve moved on to other consoles.
true i member i played the gta games and then was like ok whats next??? lol nothing..... well im sure there where others but yeah... also gta vice city stories is super under rated
1:04 PMSL, so funny, glad you kept it in. I am sure the younger Austin looked at more on the PSP too, loved the video, some good humour as always, some cool tech too, keep up the good work :) @9:14 worst British "hello" ever matey lol. and don't dis the 50Hz and PAL :P carry on playing with your psp'neeesss :)
There's a Japanese Monster Hunter PSP 3000 that used the body of the 1000 for comfort and is also able to make use of higher capacity batteries because of the extra battery door space, it's also the only one that has concave analog stick to my knowledge.
The PSP was Way ahead of it's time. I actually bought a used one earlier this year replaced the battery as the battery didn't hold a charge properly, and then did a jailbreak so now I got a bunch of my favorite PSP games
I bought psp 1000 back in 2007 and it was ahead of its time. It was my main entertainment device because i worked at the remote location at that time. Play games, watch movies etc. I felt like the coolest person in my circle 😎. I still have it right now but it's broken, might try to restored it some day i hope.
This is so nostalgic meaning I owned all those psps and I still do and I still play on them knowing they don't exist anymore the games are kinda of available but are, high priced or are considered collectables meaning these hand held devices where the stepping stone to success especially technology meaning I can play Console quality games on my mobile phone man that's insane especially cloud gamming that brought console games to your phone via some streaming software or whatever you younger call it I'm 40 so I grew up in a era when gaming was just staring to improve from pixilated stuff to full blown models to real rain and weather and other effects I still don't know about ps4 and ps5, or Xbox meaning the latest ones Ive played on the super older ones
This video hits home, the PSP 3000 was my second console ever (after the PS2), i loved it sooo much, i used to bring it literally everywhere and play (school, birthdays, dinner). One day it stopped saving game data and i couldn't use it anymore, sad.
I think Nintendo having some competition really pushed it forward from the DS into the 3Ds. Haha stuff like the "DSi" might not have come around. With all the features we've seen implemented with the PS4 into the PS5, and now with the new PS+ tiers, a PSP comeback would personally really be appealing. Mobile gaming isn't for everyone and the Switch proves that
I was initially upset my dad got me the PSP coz I had my heart set on the NDS at the time. The morning he put that cool, sleek, device in my hands…….. It was LOVE. I ran my fingers over the buttons, wiggled the analog stick a little. I even turned it on without him telling me where the Power switch was. I just instinctively knew.
My dad took me to a Walmart an hour away to get the PSP as a midnight release. It wasn't in stock, so he drove me to another one on an additional 45 minute detour to the next place. I was so elated and surprised my dad was willing to do all that. It was a good time.
That's the sort of thing you don't forget. Even if you never see that PSP again, you'll probably always remember how significant it felt in the moment.
My dad and I did the same although the one I remember most was when we went driving around looking for Rock Band and I got the drum set and we listened to foo fighters on the radio on the way back home. Good times, glad others had little moments like that too
@@chanm01 I will never forget it. It was a school night as well, and he was always know to make us get to bed by 930pm. It was surreal.
@@zalien6 it truly is the little moments that make life worth while. I cherish them.
Yo thats true tho, when in that 2000s era, it was a strong era for the PsP my Dad was kind some of skeptical bout me gaming at that time. I remembered I peek at the neighbour window seeing kid playing with his Red PSP. My Dad later consider to buy me a handheld console at that era (Nintendo 3Ds and PsP). I choose PsP to be my first ever handheld console. My father bring me to the sony centre to buy my first PsP, It was a beautiful white pearl PsP. My PsP is still in a great condition today, I keep it as one as momento of my childhood from my father. Great times
The PS Vita was so ahead of it’s time. OLED display, free online, touch screen, etc! It came out in 2012 and Uncharted Golden Abyss still looks/plays great
Don't forget killzone which was the best looking game on the vita.
It came out at the worst time ever though
Vita's dark secret was the dev kit. It was hard to develop on it, not because of bad programming as people think, but because you needed 8 hours to prepare your game to be playable on Vita making the development planning too slow and too high risk for big budget games :(
Yeah weird story mode though, the villains were weird.
All playstation online was free around that time .psplus didn't come out till the end of ps3 life
Imagine a new PS Vita model with 5G that can also use Sandisk cards. The Steam Deck really shows how far we’ve come and I think Sony should revisit the portable systems
For real.. and we don't need pc level games so a similar sized new handheld could look amazing and unique. I will be waiting sony :(
Meh sony had their chance and lowkey messed it up, I wanna see Xbox take a crack at it tbh
@@haydenk6459 well they didn't really fail it was a amazing handheld but the timing sucked the ps vita us still very good to this day and it's is it allmost 10 years old they should try again but I do wonder if Xbox will try they may not cause the also release a less powerful console each yeah that's smaller and more compact
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you can buy an adapter for the psvita to use any micro sd card you want i have a 256gb in mine
The PSPness is strong in this episode. Gotta be more sparing when whipping out that PSPness.
Pornstation Portable was a phrase the news looooooved to use lol.
@@lShishkaBerryl you know, i think i need that portable p* station
@@lShishkaBerryl I always heard "playstation pornable" and they always claimed the internet connection caused kids access to stuff but what they didn't think about is.... Most houses at that point had computers
@@shawncompton6629 not to mention the classic box of porno magazines in the woods lmao
@@lShishkaBerryl yeah
Sony is really the only manufacturer of handheld game consoles that can rival Nintendo. I really don't want Nintendo to have such a monopoly. I want to see the two fight each other.
They’re the only one to attempt to rival Nintendo and couldn’t cut it. No one wants a monopoly but it’s already there
They CAN compete if they wanted to, but they choose not to.
True but PlayStation doesn’t have that many handhelds
A Xbox series S mobile would be a dream, don't know whether it's possible but hope we'll see it one day
At this rate, I feel like the Steam Deck probably is the biggest competitor to Nintendo's consoles
I remember my younger brother and I were FLOORED on Christmas morning when we both got a PSP, it was the best! Although he was 12 while I was 16 and he always wondered why I took my PSP to my bedroom yet wasn't online playing any games LOL.. ahh the early 00s haha!
Haha i did the same bro
I really hope handheld PlayStation makes a comeback, they were really top notch back then!
I think Sony's next portable is going to be much more like the Oculus quest than a vita or switch.
Sony unceremoniously abandoned the Vita and recently announced that they have *NO* intention of creating a successor; their future plans for portable games involve releasing all their future games on mobile.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
@@Cazamalos that makes no sense, VRs are not the same as portable consoles
I think they already have with cloud gaming but they need to tweak it more and fix a lot of problems and issues
It would just be fricking 969$ or sm
I always call Nintendo Switch as "Vita successor from another mother". Most japanese game manufacturer moved-on to Switch as their second-choice console replacing Vita, and the dual-analog with screen is much more like Vita compared to 3DS. Even the ergonomic feels like Vita. I had 3DS XL and I sold it off. I still held-on to my Vita 2000 that I bought when I first go to Japan because its such a good console
The original PSP (1000) and the PSPGo were by far some of my absolute favorite handhelds! I played so much Monster Hunter on the way to and from school every day. Amazing systems.
bro mh is the best i used to play MH4u all the time even got to g rank with the help of randoms
Im getting old because the PSP still feels fairly new to me. Cant believe its 17 years old now, wow
I was 22 when the PSP came out.
It was amazing.
@@Gamesta100 I was 20
The PSVITA modding scene is still very much alive to this day. The VITA is an INCREDIBLE emulation machine, I was waiting for you to talk about it, but unfortunately you didn't. While the switch and, now, steam deck are amazing, the vita is a step above the rest when it comes to portability and the ease of use, honestly.
There's tons of support for every emulation scene you can think of- plenty of community made ports, and it can typically emulate up to N64/PS1 games, with some (kind of a stretch) PS2 games. Retro gaming is a breeze with this console.
The PS Vita is surprisingly easy to mod. I love my OLED-Vita because it's not only running well its own Gamelibrary but also its previous Generation's Library. Running PSP Games on Vita makes them look soooo good!
I had the PSP 1000 and the GO. I remember UMDs being SOOOO expensive, we weren’t exactly rich. Made every UMD feel that much more special.
The proprietary memory card with gouged prices was the reason I didn't buy a a vita. It was required to have one so it basically upped the cost of the system by $80. Comparable memory cards of the time were half to a third of the price. It really upset me being ripped off by Sony and knowing I'd have to get an even bigger, more expensive one later on. The largest ones went for $120 to $200+ dollars if I recall correctly
You can get micro SD card adapters for a couple bucks from china, I have 64gb in my PSP 3000.
Yeah I ended up modding mine and putting in a 265gb micro sd card a few years back. It's still pretty worth it as a portable emulator too
and to think Sony would be the one to embrace standardised parts while Xboo used proprietary
the original PSP's chonkiness just feels so good in my hands, and I sorely miss the spring-loaded UMD bay. I still have my PSP-3000 in my closet and take it out to play every few years, but I still think about the original PSP a lot.
It must be a reason that both the PSP and the PSVita had a somewhat short life. I have been a gamer since the days of Atari and Nes and I had both the PSP and the Vita, and while they both were great handheld consoles, the gamelibrary never became especially great or big. Although I think the PSP had a larger library than the Vita. Its a shame because the Vita was extremly fun to play on. I remember playing AC liberation on the Vita and it was awesome.
Psp library isnt big? Lmfao
Somehow psp was way better than psv
psp short life? funny
Oh, that's not true. The PSP was home to TONS of JRPG gems. Monster hunter, too.
@@iSpitGame psvita is better can do anything the psp can.
3:05 The Memory Stick was competing against the SD card at the time to become the flash storage card standard. so it's not truly proprietary.
Bro the vita was so slept on. I had that thing when I was in the Marine Corps and even took it with me on deployment. That shit helped keep me sane.
Psp was better
@@Millionmilestones bruh
@@Millionmilestones only in terms if success. Otherwise the vita can do everything the psp can better and its own set of games.
thanks for your service.
My sister bought me the PSP Street on my 10th birthday I think (I can't really remember) and I still have all my games and the charger and everything and it still works to this day. They need to release another PSP!!
I agree although I bet they will make the handheld hella expensive
The PSP was ahead of it's time. I had many PSPs over the years. Starting in like 2005 I would buy broken ones from friends and fix them to resell or keep. I used one until like 2009 as my main source of entertainment. I would download movies and put them on it along with music. I would also just use it as a flash drive to store random files. I loved the PSP. It's only major flaw was the memory's card not being an SD card. The PSP also had great games. Loco Roco was an awesome game. It's very simple but super addicting. Also great while on mushrooms. My senior year of highschool I spent most my hours in school playing PSP games. Mostly racing games since they were super common and pretty good on PSP. If Sony were to release a new PSP I would probably buy one. Also it's web browser wasn't terrible for the time. I watched many adult videos on mine lol. I think the main thing that killed the PSP and vita is smart phones. At least that's why I stopped carrying around my PSP. I got my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and it could do basically everything I did on PSP. But was more pocket friendly. But I'd honestly go back to something larger if it was a PSP.
Still have my PSPs God of war, MGS, and Crisis Core PSPs only have a handful of games and the batteries are long dead. My god of war one is hacked with CFW.
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I'm only 13 and I still remember having a PSP, vita, PSP go and the original white xbox 360. My dad bought it with a sd card loaded with hundreds of games. I was young and didn't know anything, so when my brother broke the SD card I through it away, thinking it was broken. I also wanted to clean my vita, and stupid me washed it in the sink🌚🤡💀
You can get micro SD card adapters so you don't have to use the crap Sony cards! I found one for 99 cents on ebay lol, but they're just a couple bucks on your favorite Chinese drop shipping site.
Sony was ahead of it's time in many areas and not just PSP....it's really sad to see that just because of them being so far ahead that they weren't that successful unfortunately.
Ahhh the memories of connecting to the Internet and experiencing my first glimpse of the amazing catalogue of home videos 😮💨 thank you psp
As a owner of psp 1000,3000 street, psp go and even a ps vita 2000 I really strive for a new handheld from Sony like imagine Spiderman or red dead running on a handled ps5 it would feel magical
time to look at the unofficial ways via steam deck ;)
I'm only 13 and I still remember having a PSP, vita, PSP go and the original white xbox 360. My dad bought it with a sd card loaded with hundreds of games. I was young and didn't know anything, so when my brother broke the SD card I through it away, thinking it was broken. I also wanted to clean my vita, and stupid me washed it in the sink🌚🤡💀
With all these competition Handhelds I highly doubt Sony wants to waste money on getting into that market. Plus like the guy above me said, the unofficial handheld doing what you want is the steam deck. And I have one and it does just that lol
As a former Toys ' r ' us worker, saying " psp go did not sell very well" is understating how mixed the love was and how many were made
I remember I was trying to decide between the Vita and 3DS. I was a kid with limited cash so that PSvita memory card costing so much was one of the deciding factor for me to go with a 3DS.
Looking back though, you probably wish you'd chose the Vita
Especially if it was the OG 3DS model
@@Mashamazzi As an adult I think I would have chosen the Vita but I have a lot of great memories with my 3DS as a kid. it got me into being a Nintendo fan as all I every played was the occasional Wii game before that. Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Mario 3d land, Animal Crossing New leaf will all hold a special place in my memories. I do want a vita sometime but I recently got my first PSP and I have been loving playing all the different games on it.
@@Themeparkfish it’s funny because I got the Vita before any Nintendo handheld console aside from the DSlite
@@Themeparkfish If you get a Vita now, you can mod it and play all PSP and PS1 games with nearly no issues at all. Not to mention, also when hacked, you can play NES, SNES, N64, DS, Atari 2600, Dreamcast games, and so many more that I can't even remember it all.
@@Themeparkfish looking back as a vita kid the 3ds was cool af and less nerdy lol
The problem with the PSP-3000 model was, ironically, the screen. While it was brighter, ghosting was more apparent on it. I still have my PSP-2000 to this day and I even modded in a larger battery into it. The VIta was top tier though but it just didn't do too well. I love that thing and it's magic sleep mode that lasts for months on end "somehow" and you come back to it with barely any battery lost.
PSP was ahead of it's time
The only thing I don't agree with here is the psp street. Yes, it was cheap. But considering the price, having a flawless 3000 (less saturated) display, a matte finish, the bulkiness of the 1000 and a muuuch better 3.5mm jack position, the price is actually a good thing. Also yes, no wifi. I get that people wanted to play together, but I barely knew people with psp's back then where I live because they were generally too expensive. Also, the thing that everyone keeps bringing up: the mono speaker. It's mono, yes. But it's extremely loud and pretty clear when compared to the other psp's. I have all models, yet i keep getting back to the street even now because it has the best performance + everything mentioned above.
I had no idea until now that Sega must have ripped its VMU off from Sony. I was super jealous as a kid of the Dreamcast but ultimately it was all good because I got my ps2 the first Christmas of its release. I remember almost being in tears because the only big box for me under the tree was a near perfect cube and because I knew the ps2 itself was very much rectangular. Needless to say when I ripped that paper I was legit blown away and in near shock. Best Christmas ever
But hey! Look on the bright side. We got the PS Portal. Definitely NOT just a controller cut in half with a screen that can only stream games on local wi-fi… Right?
The Xperia Play was awesome! I had a GBA Emulator on it, and it made GB playing games so much fun!
Omg. The moment I saw ATV Off Road Fury on that PSP. You immediately brought me back to several wonderful memories within milliseconds. Thank you.
ATV Offroad Fury is the sport of Kings.
Amazing memories playing my PSP. From playing Ratchet & Clank, to watching DBZ episodes that I... "found," and multiplayer mayhem with Medal of Honor Heroes. I love it so much!
the best memory for me is when i hacked my psp and got access to so much more
The pocket station was for the game Final Fantasy VIII for the Chocobo mini game
I had a PS Vita that I only owned for a day, because the next day I took it to school and it got stolen. RIP to the many years I could've had with it.
I love the new editing 😂
2:48 12 year old me with my glitter white Assassins creed PSP looking up every possible porn site known to mankind... A lot of the times we wouldn't have internet so i would go in the bathroom and hold my phone up to the window to catch the neighbors WIFI. The PSP was truly such a great console, a PS2/PS3 Hybrid. Wish i could go back
I was surprised when everyone was in awe about Switch's main gimmick, when sooo many years before I spent hundreds of hours playing PSP games like Monster Hunter on the big screen through those cables. What's most funny is that there's literally zero difference between the two, it's not like the Switch docks into a GPU unit or something, it's still using its own power and connecting to a TV in the exact same manner through a simple port (yes there was even a TV dock for the PSPgo). And considering PSP's smaller size it also worked infinitely better as a portable system.
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Oh and as per usual Austin breaks something once again 😂
As usual, not as per usual. Redundant
19:15 So glad you mentioned this. It’s so true and kinda sad. The Vita deserves a 2nd chance
I still have 2 PSP's. I keep going back to them for being very, very, very solid emulation-machines.
Probably one of my favorite thing about the PSP, I had tivos and could download shows to my computer and then upload them to the PSP. So when I traveled I could watch shows on the PSP before tablets and smart phones were so prevalent. I miss my PSP 1000.
the nostalgia is flowing back in with the psp i played that thing non stop and i loved it just never realized i could download ps1 games onto before it was too late but i still had such a fun time with it
One of the first things I learnt in film school is NTSC stands for Never Twice the Same Colour, and PAL stands for Perfection At Last.
Steam Deck runs very well all ported games from Playstation. A similar handheld, perhaps with the upcoming RDNA 3, just released, and with FSR 3.0., would be a good start for a new portable Sony console!
Man I’m just getting Nostalgia looking at all of this. I use to have the PSP 3000 Model and Currently have the PS Vita TV.
As someone who lives in the UK i laughed my head off at the ello you pulled off
You can't really complain about having a single analogue stick for FPS when game controls were different back then.
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I will always love the PSP and what it meant to me as a gamer back when I got it. I still say it's the best handheld of all time and I will die on that hill. It did things modern handhelds are only just now refining. It did TV display, full console quality games, and entertainment center stuff well before the Switch or the Steam Deck were doing similar things. The PSP walked so the Switch and the Steam Deck could run. Was UMD a little cumbersome? It was. Was the Memory Stick stuff less than optimal before adapters? A little, yes. Overall, though, it was the best handheld I've ever used and I'd still prefer it over anything Nintendo has come up with before or since.
still want a 1001 but can't afford them atm
I had a psp but my mom sold it for less than half the price because she thought the battery would explode 😭
Austin talking about his adventures with the PSP reminds me I never had an original experience.
To be clear, I have owned every Sony system up until the PS5, and I have had many fun times on all of them. PocketStation was Sony aping the Dreamcast's VMU and its ability to independently play simple minigames. Sony has a long history of taking things its competitors are doing and throwing them all onto its consoles to be all "look, ours does it too!"
-Dual Shock PS1 controller copying the analog stick and rumble pack that the N64 did first
-PS Move adding Wii-esque motion controls
-PSVR cashing in on the hype brought by the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
-Dual Shock 4 adds touch pad following Wii-U's touch screen
These aren't even the only examples, just the ones off the top of my head.
Ok dude
•Sony and Nintendo teamed up to make PS1, partnership broke and Sony refined and published the console, hence the sticks and rumble.
•PS Move yes is obviously a steal from the Wii, however they introduced it to compete with the hype of the new kind of family console remote haze, changing their version for different things.
•PSVR released the same year as Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive which means they had been working on it for a while and then managed to sell the PSVR as the most bought headset of all time due to how accessible VR would be for the millions of PS4 and now PS5 owners.
•Touch Pad and touch screens are different, it was introduced to be able to do basic touch and pointer tasks like you could on the PSVita. Then they used it more for game menus and messaging, as the Share button had made it so gamers lost an option button.
Actually bought a vita but didn't have money to get games but I dropped it breaking the screen 😅 but then! Couple of years ago (I think 2018 or 19. I bought it in 2012 I believe) I fixed it up and homebrewed it as well. Honestly a underrated console. Have had so much fun with it. And the homebrew community has and still is working hard with it too
Ahhhh the chime at the end brought me way back 😢 time flys
I had the Xperia Play and yes, sometimes it was a bit slow and not as flashy as newer flagship phones in that time, but that phone was great for school, I played ff7 and lots of emulated nintendo games on it and most of the time it worked flawless, but ps1 games could stutter.
I wish sony would release such a phone with modern hw.
Handhealds are so coolll i LOVE them. Specially my psp go and ps vita 1000, i still play them today
I was one of those lucky kids who got a psp right when they came out, that thing was awesome. Lord of the rings tactics, mega man, MLB 2k6, kill zone, rainbow 6 Vegas, God of War, grand theft auto and burnout just to name a few.
Mega Man, God of ware and GTA was really nostalgic, I'm pretty sure I was 5yrs or so when I got it. But I'm one of the only ppl who played and loved ape Academy. That was the best
You're the only person I've seen mention that Lord of the rings game anywhere LMFAO, I really liked it too.
I had a PSP Go and a PSP 3000. I had both of them hacked, so I used homebrew software to rip games on the 3000 and play them on the Go.
I will never forget the first PSP. I was so excited that I imported the Japanese model before it even came out in the US. I think I paid something crazy like $320usd at the time too. Wish I still had it.
So many of these devices I still play with after modding.
This is probably an interesting video, but I don't think I can make it past the 2 minute mark without having a stroke from your editing style
i have xperia Play, bought in 2021 I use for PSP and PS1 games, as well as an emulator for older consoles. Well, games under 2.3 android came out quite good. Minecraft, for example.
This was excellent, love these history type videos
I was playing my PS Vita consistently from November 2015 (when I first got it) up until 2020 (the pandemic discouraged me to bring it out). I even had my Nintendo Switch in 2018 but I didn’t have enough games that I liked to convert just yet
I miss the PS Vita, I still play it from time to time (same with my PSP) but still not as much as I used to. It feels rare. The switch has taken over. I am waiting for the day Sony decides to come back to the handheld gaming world.
I still remember buying one of those really expensive Vita memory cards and dropping the little thing on the way home, annoys me to this day.
As for the PSP, I remember at the time in the UK the exchange rates were quite favourable (unlike now) and because the Japanese version had the better screen, I ended up importing it from Thailand (I think) from Ebay, and it ended costing me £30 less than buying it directly from the UK, the memory card situation wasn't as bad as the Vita as Sandisk also had the license to release their own cards, that were not only cheaper, were also faster too, and came in clear plastic, I still have both my Vita and PSP, don't know if they work though.
I wish Sony would've made a portable PS4, would give the digital PS4 games more lifetime and developers would probably make more money considering every major release has been cross gen for the past few years.
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Like this now.
I have 6 psp currently. Got it day 1. But, I had issues with the batteries puffing up or just not detecting the battery. Sony warrantied them out and didn't want the old ones back. Been thinking on taking apart and trying to fix them to sell. Still play the last edition of the psp.
Oooh maybe make some Pandora batteries, those are in high demand.
12 year old me also loved the psp and it’s internet
If you pick up a Monster Hunter Edition PSP 3000, you get the Bright Screen, all the PSP3000 features PLUS the moulded back panel like a PSP1000. The absolute best of both worlds! :)
Special occasion....I have a feeling he's gonna make The Ultimate PSP.
If he could get all those accessories that everyone on Reddit has been looking for for years then he is a true God.
SaGa Frontier 2 on the PS1 funnily supports the Pocket Station on its US release. so companies were definitely expecting this peripheral be released worldwide
My fave thing about the PSP go is the fact that you could buy a dock with video out, along with the ability to link a ps3 controller via bluetooth. It is incredibly easy to hack nowadays too. It was a switch before a switch.
I really want a Vita 2. Seriously, double down on crossbuy for all games, give us SD card support,a bigger screen maybe even throw in an optional dock and I think they'd have a hot on their hands.
warning shaky camera, you never herd of a tripod
One more Playstation TV was the Playstation Play TV which was the PS3 USB tv tuner. It was my mainstay tv for years.
You really can't overstate how badly the memory card pricing scuppered the Vita completely. I was ready to walk out of Game (UK) in 2012 with a Vita in hand after trying Wipeout 2048 and being blown away, until the sales rep informed me that a memory card big enough to download a good cache of games on my crummy rural internet connection would cost ALMOST THE PRICE OF THE SYSTEM AGAIN. At least it's found a new lease of life with a thriving homebrew community
still have my xperia play phone sitting in its original box right now was going to sell it but now its sitting in a box in a box packed away somewhere it is way under powered from what it could have been what a missed opportunity!
I too at the time paid $89.99 on ebay for a 1GB sd card. A year ago I bought an pro duo to micro sd card adaptor for $10 from amazon and shoved in 2x32gb (given free by microcenter) into it and I'd say it'd paid off.
i always cry when i see the PSP, i loved it so much.
sad that there won't be a new one😭
as a german, i really feel honoured as you said guten tag.
9:08 Austin saying "Guten Tag!" really terrified me for some reason.
hmm, the one digital only console that comes to mind that I know came before the psp go is the zeebo, mind you only by a few months and I'm not exactly sure how that even worked but it existed, didn't last long tho
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“You can’t really do anything with the PSP Go anymore”
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I still use my psp go today to play ps1 classics. Battery life is still strong, wifi works, bluetooth, everything is perfect.
Cut, Cut, Cut, Cut, Edit, Cut & Edit, Cut Edit! My head hurts.
I, living in PAL-region, actually enjoyed the Xperia Play until the phone dropped between train rails only 15 months after buying it 😢
I still have my PSP 1000. Don't use it much, but every now and then I charge it up and play with it. The screen smears like a gynecologist, but it's still fun.
If you want to play Toro on the PS1, you must have that tiny PS and its really expensive i wish i had one
I still have my PSVita 1000 and probably never gonna get rid of it. It’s in perfect condition and probably my favorite handheld, even if it’s outdated and I’ve moved on to other consoles.
I absolutely adore the PSP, it truely carried on PlayStation’s PS1/PS2-era mentality and it is an absolute shame that it wasn’t more successful.
true i member i played the gta games and then was like ok whats next??? lol nothing..... well im sure there where others but yeah... also gta vice city stories is super under rated
1:04 PMSL, so funny, glad you kept it in. I am sure the younger Austin looked at more on the PSP too, loved the video, some good humour as always, some cool tech too, keep up the good work :) @9:14 worst British "hello" ever matey lol. and don't dis the 50Hz and PAL :P carry on playing with your psp'neeesss :)
Guten Tag Austin,
watching your videos from Germany :P
There's a Japanese Monster Hunter PSP 3000 that used the body of the 1000 for comfort and is also able to make use of higher capacity batteries because of the extra battery door space, it's also the only one that has concave analog stick to my knowledge.
The PSP was Way ahead of it's time. I actually bought a used one earlier this year replaced the battery as the battery didn't hold a charge properly, and then did a jailbreak so now I got a bunch of my favorite PSP games
I bought psp 1000 back in 2007 and it was ahead of its time. It was my main entertainment device because i worked at the remote location at that time. Play games, watch movies etc. I felt like the coolest person in my circle 😎. I still have it right now but it's broken, might try to restored it some day i hope.
“If you can’t beat ‘em, give up and fail. That’s the Sony way.” I like this one, made me laugh
This is so nostalgic meaning I owned all those psps and I still do and I still play on them knowing they don't exist anymore the games are kinda of available but are, high priced or are considered collectables meaning these hand held devices where the stepping stone to success especially technology meaning I can play Console quality games on my mobile phone man that's insane especially cloud gamming that brought console games to your phone via some streaming software or whatever you younger call it I'm 40 so I grew up in a era when gaming was just staring to improve from pixilated stuff to full blown models to real rain and weather and other effects I still don't know about ps4 and ps5, or Xbox meaning the latest ones Ive played on the super older ones
Man Toro, best cat in this universe. Made a few friends with that guy. Here's to hoping he lives on through whatever new handhelds we adopt.
This video hits home, the PSP 3000 was my second console ever (after the PS2), i loved it sooo much, i used to bring it literally everywhere and play (school, birthdays, dinner).
One day it stopped saving game data and i couldn't use it anymore, sad.
I think Nintendo having some competition really pushed it forward from the DS into the 3Ds. Haha stuff like the "DSi" might not have come around. With all the features we've seen implemented with the PS4 into the PS5, and now with the new PS+ tiers, a PSP comeback would personally really be appealing. Mobile gaming isn't for everyone and the Switch proves that
Even now the PSP still looks sleek
I was initially upset my dad got me the PSP coz I had my heart set on the NDS at the time. The morning he put that cool, sleek, device in my hands…….. It was LOVE. I ran my fingers over the buttons, wiggled the analog stick a little. I even turned it on without him telling me where the Power switch was. I just instinctively knew.