Sony Playstation Portable

Sony Playstation Portable, the pocket-sized heavyweight

The Sony Playstation Portable is a handheld console that brought the PlayStation name into a smaller, very carryable form. It first arrived in 2005 in North America and PAL regions, and the library here runs from 2005 to 2012. With 237 games in our catalog, it sits at that sweet spot where you can wander for a while and still keep finding something new, whether you like action, strategy, or something slightly odd in a good way.

What the PSP is

The PSP was developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment, and it was the first handheld console in the PlayStation line. It used the Universal Media Disc as its main storage medium, which already gives it a certain era-specific charm. This was a machine built for games, but also for films and music, so it often felt less like a toy and more like a piece of kit you tucked into a bag and took anywhere.

It also had a reputation for strong portable hardware, and it competed mainly with the Nintendo DS as a seventh generation console. In other words, it lived in a crowded handheld market and still made room for its own identity. That identity shows up in our catalog too, where you can see how much variety developers pushed onto the system without pretending it was a home console in miniature.

Where to begin in our catalog

If you want a feel for the PSP library, start with a few familiar names and let the rest follow behind. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception and Ace Combat: Joint Assault show the platform's taste for high-speed action, while Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines brings a well-known series into handheld form. For something stranger, there is Ape Escape: On the Loose, Battlezone, and Atari Classics -Evolved-, each with its own flavour of portable mischief.

The catalog also includes Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Ben 10: Protector of Earth, Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction, Astonishia Story, and Beowulf: The Game. If you want more to chase after that, 100man Ton no Barabara and Beyond the Future: Fix the Time Arrows are there too. Square Enix and Capcom each have 9 games here, while Kojima Productions (Konami), Namco, and Sting Entertainment each have 4, so there is no shortage of familiar names to browse.

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