Honestly, my PSP was my companion device. Christmas 2006, I'm brimming with anticipation at what the day has in store. I finish eating Christmas dinner and after pudding we open our big presents. Inside the last present is a the first generation PSP with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Killzone: Liberation. Life is good.
This device literally became my go-to device for so much. Portable music player, check. Entertainment on public transport, commutes and trips to Cornwall, check. Watching film and TV, check. Keep my pictures and comics, check. Browsing the internet, check. Playing multi-player with friends, check. Enjoy amazing games, check.
Over the years I enjoyed so many amazing games. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection, The 3rd Birthday, LittleBigPlanet, Half Minute Hero, various Yu-Gi-Oh! games, Valkyrie Profile, Jean D'Arc, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core and various other Final Fantasy games, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, various Monster Hunter games, the God of War games, the Persona Games, Dissidia, Syphon Filter, Resistance, Valkyria Chronicles, Tony Hawk, Castlevania, Gitaroo Man, Twisted Metal, Motorstorm, MediEvil, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, lots of LEGO games, Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, WWE, SOCOM, Crash Bandicoot, lots of Spider-Man games, Armored Core, Dragonball Z, White Knight Chronicles, Ghost in the Shell. Some of the PlayStation Mini's were really good too.
I could just throw more and more out there. I still have over 500 PSP games. I went on to own the PSP 3000 model and a PSP Go. The Vita was well documented for it's problems. Bespoke charging port, bespoke memory cards that were priced stupidly, lack of killer software, expensive price point etc. But I equally loved the innovation and games. It just needed more support that it never received as Sony pretty much decided all focus needed to be on PS4 and it's handheld business was gradually being eaten by smart phones.
But I still play on my PSP. Finding replacement batteries in this day and age is incredibly, incredibly hard. I still love my Vita. I'm sad that so many great games are stuck on these consoles and I can't play them on my PS4 or PS5. I really hope on the day that Sony take backwards compatibility seriously that I can finally play Soul Sacrifice Delta on PS5 or Uncharted: Golden Abyss or the many, many PSP titles that I still enjoy now. I've seen the mock ups for the PSP 5G and it keeps opening that wound that I'll likely never see a proper weekly update on the PS Vita store again.
This device literally became my go-to device for so much. Portable music player, check. Entertainment on public transport, commutes and trips to Cornwall, check. Watching film and TV, check. Keep my pictures and comics, check. Browsing the internet, check. Playing multi-player with friends, check. Enjoy amazing games, check.
Over the years I enjoyed so many amazing games. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection, The 3rd Birthday, LittleBigPlanet, Half Minute Hero, various Yu-Gi-Oh! games, Valkyrie Profile, Jean D'Arc, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core and various other Final Fantasy games, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, various Monster Hunter games, the God of War games, the Persona Games, Dissidia, Syphon Filter, Resistance, Valkyria Chronicles, Tony Hawk, Castlevania, Gitaroo Man, Twisted Metal, Motorstorm, MediEvil, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, lots of LEGO games, Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, WWE, SOCOM, Crash Bandicoot, lots of Spider-Man games, Armored Core, Dragonball Z, White Knight Chronicles, Ghost in the Shell. Some of the PlayStation Mini's were really good too.
I could just throw more and more out there. I still have over 500 PSP games. I went on to own the PSP 3000 model and a PSP Go. The Vita was well documented for it's problems. Bespoke charging port, bespoke memory cards that were priced stupidly, lack of killer software, expensive price point etc. But I equally loved the innovation and games. It just needed more support that it never received as Sony pretty much decided all focus needed to be on PS4 and it's handheld business was gradually being eaten by smart phones.
But I still play on my PSP. Finding replacement batteries in this day and age is incredibly, incredibly hard. I still love my Vita. I'm sad that so many great games are stuck on these consoles and I can't play them on my PS4 or PS5. I really hope on the day that Sony take backwards compatibility seriously that I can finally play Soul Sacrifice Delta on PS5 or Uncharted: Golden Abyss or the many, many PSP titles that I still enjoy now. I've seen the mock ups for the PSP 5G and it keeps opening that wound that I'll likely never see a proper weekly update on the PS Vita store again.