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* Most important of all was the different focus. Sony was convinced there was a "handheld gaming ghetto", which meant that the smaller-scale games on handhelds were supposedly inferior to home console games. The PSP was an unsuccessful attempt to bring home gaming to portables, which left developers scrambling to find a medium between the huge games of home consoles and the "bite-sized" gaming for portables, while Nintendo already had plenty of practice with that golden mean.
Despite these issues, the PSP has been fairly successful financially. As mentioned, it's easily the most successful competitor to Nintendo's handheld dominance and the highest-selling second-place system of any console war. It has seen an [[Updated Rerelease]] as the "Slim & Lite", which [[Product Facelift|made it smaller and lighter]], as well as adding a brighter screen and a jack which let you display the console's output on a television. A third-generation version added a mic and a new screen that's less reflective and has more colors, but also has more prominent scanlines. Firmware updates since launch have greatly increased the system's capabilities, ranging from being able to play more file formats, to being able to organize media in folders, to [[
Sony has begun a major shift in their strategies for the PSP
Since the PSP was released in 2004, and Sony historically released new consoles every six years, by 2010 there was a storm of rumor and speculation over what would come next. The announcement didn't hit until January 27, 2011. The PSP's successor, initially announced as the Next Generation Portable and later christened as the [[PlayStation Vita]], was released by the end of 2011. It comes with dual thumbsticks, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, motion control, front and back cameras, a touch screen, and a ''second'' touchpad in equivalent position on the backside of the device. Unlike the PSP, the Vita uses cartridges as its primary game medium, though it can still play PSP and PS1 games downloaded through the PlayStation Store.
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