Review: Sony Playstation Portable PSP-
Of all things what am i doing here? Another step in the gaming industry. Sony has unveiled a new type of hand held game system the PlayStation Potable. Back in the 90s Sony released their Play Station. Some years later Sony released the Play Station 2 after the release of the PS one. About a year ago, Sony releases their new Play Station Portable PSP. What was Sony's idea behind it? To add some fun and make the PSP do more things with it than just playing ganes. A machine to download media into. Like music, view pictures on it from a digital camera, watch movies on it like a DVD player.
The core system: this package came with only the PSP. Power cable, and battery. Priced at $219.95 about $220 with tax.
Play Station or PS 2 disc but smaller. About
1/4 its size. And holds the same amount of game data. The PSP also has the feature to watch movies on it. Like the PS 2 being able to
Of all things what am i doing here? Another step in the gaming industry. Sony has unveiled a new type of hand held game system the PlayStation Potable. Back in the 90s Sony released their Play Station. Some years later Sony released the Play Station 2 after the release of the PS one. About a year ago, Sony releases their new Play Station Portable PSP. What was Sony's idea behind it? To add some fun and make the PSP do more things with it than just playing ganes. A machine to download media into. Like music, view pictures on it from a digital camera, watch movies on it like a DVD player.
When the PSP was first released, it came in two packages.-
The core system: this package came with only the PSP. Power cable, and battery. Priced at $219.95 about $220 with tax.
Sony PSP value pack: this one is the same as the core system
but with other stuff added to it. Aside from the battery and
power cable, it comes with a wrist strap to carry the PSP with,
head phones with remote control to use while playing the games,
listening to music, or watching movies. a soft case to protect
the PSP in while carrying it. And a 32 MB memory stick Duo.
Priced at about $240.00
Later Sony introduced the Giga pack. This is like the value pack but with a 1 GB memory stick duo. It sells for about $320.00
Overview- the fir
st PSP when it was released was black. Having a very sleek design. Very elegantly styled. Having about the same thickness as the Game Boy Advance and a little longer. The screen is a bit wider than the one on the Game Boy Advance. The PSP logo is on the bottom of the screen in the center. The speakers are the small holes located on either side of the screen. Below that on the left is the Home button. next to it is the volume up and volume own button
s. Below the speaker on the right is the select and start keys. On the right of the machine is are the square, x, circle and triangle keys. On the top is the R-key. On the lower right side of the unit is the Power Switch. On the right side on the bottom is a head phone jack to plug in head phones for private gaming On the left side is the quad direction stick and the analog joystick. For the option of the user to what he/she desires to use during game play.
st PSP when it was released was black. Having a very sleek design. Very elegantly styled. Having about the same thickness as the Game Boy Advance and a little longer. The screen is a bit wider than the one on the Game Boy Advance. The PSP logo is on the bottom of the screen in the center. The speakers are the small holes located on either side of the screen. Below that on the left is the Home button. next to it is the volume up and volume own button
s. Below the speaker on the right is the select and start keys. On the right of the machine is are the square, x, circle and triangle keys. On the top is the R-key. On the lower right side of the unit is the Power Switch. On the right side on the bottom is a head phone jack to plug in head phones for private gaming On the left side is the quad direction stick and the analog joystick. For the option of the user to what he/she desires to use during game play. An added feature- through an infra red emmiter on the top of the machine, this will link the PSP to another one for 2 player linked games. There is an internet connection feature. through the wi-fi net work. This is for downloading other types of media. Like wallpapers or music files. Even video files, like movies or music videos. Its
Sony actually put the functions of an iPod into the PSP and did a 
lot more with it. The known media for this machine is what is called a UMD disc. Being the main function of the PSP a hand
held game machine, all games are on the UMD discs. Like a
Play Station or PS 2 disc but smaller. About1/4 its size. And holds the same amount of game data. The PSP also has the feature to watch movies on it. Like the PS 2 being able to
play DVDs some PSP UMD discs have movies on them. On the back of the machine is the
UMD drive. This is where the disc is inserted. Amazing how a small disc can
contain all the data of a game or movie in it. Now thats high-tech.
To every level.
Customizing? Well there is a way to customize the PSP. A variety of skins are provided for this purpose. Different designs and styles. The style of the skin will depend on the person's taste. Or mood. The skins also protect the surface of the PSP as well as give it an improved look to it.
The verdict. A small and very sleek unit. I must say its the best hand held game system i've ever owned. The fact that i'm able to play both Japanese and American games on the same machine. This i must say is a good feature for a hand held game console. It was worth getting all together.
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