PlayStation Portable: Difference between revisions

However, not everything went as planned. There were a few reasons for this:

* The rechargeable battery's life was much better than other handheld challengers [[Nintendo]] had faced, but still paled in comparison to the DS. Playing a movie could cut the battery time to one-third.

* [[Loads and Loads of Loading|Loading times]] aren't as much of an issue with home consoles, but handheld systems are often played here and there in two-minute windows. Taking even 30 seconds to load is a major downside under those circumstances. In the later models, Sony incorporated a method which considerably shortened loading times (adding extra RAM, and allowing games to selectively load data instead of strictly from the UMD) for compatible games. The console also has a "sleep" function which saves the current memory-state for quick revival later, but this causes even more problems for the already-iffy battery life.

* 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.

 

 

Sony has begun a major shift in their strategies for the PSP recently. The biggest shift is a massive embrace of digital distribution — while the newest incarnation of the DS is capable of downloading small games made specifically for its download service, the PSP is capable of downloading retail titles available for it through [[Playstation Network|Sony's online storefront]], as well as smaller games, video, and [[Downloadable Content]] for existing games. Furthermore, the newest incarnation of the PSP, the '''PSP Go''', is specifically built around digital distribution, having no support for the UMD medium. Despite fears from older PSP owners, Sony insists that the Go is not meant to replace the PSP, and that Sony plans to sell and maintain both platforms simultaneously (and in fact, when the Go was launched, all future PSP releases were required to have a digital-only version available). Response has been lackluster at best, with reports that some stores wouldn't even stock it<ref> One of the major US video-game-only retailers, Gamestop/EB Games, was extremely unimpressed with the system, noting that consumers would not be able to trade in their games for resale, and while they grudgingly sold it, they did not promote it.</ref>

* Featured a 3.4-inch 16:9 TFT LCD screen displaying a 480 x 272 image in 16.8 million colors.

* This chip can ostensibly generate 33 million flat-shaded polygons per second, but that's a theoretical maximum.

 

== Wireless Connectivity ==

=== Games: ===

 

* ''[[Ace Combat X Skies of Deception]]''

** ''[[Ace Combat Joint Assault]]''

* ''[[After Burner]]: Black Falcon''

** ''Ape Academy'' (a.k.a. ''Ape Escape Academy'')

** ''Ape Academy 2''

** ''Ape Quest''

** ''Armored Core 3 Portable''

** ''Silent Line: Amored Core Portable''

* ''[[Astonishia Story]]''

* ''[[Blazing Souls Accelate]]''

* ''[[Breath of Fire III]]''

* ''[[Burnout]] Legends''

** ''Burnout Dominator''

* ''[[Corpse Party]]: Blood Covered''

* ''[[Dead Head Fred]]''

** ''Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy''

** ''Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2''

** ''Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce''

** ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]''

* ''[[Gitaroo Man]] Lives!''

** ''God of War: Ghost of Sparta''

* ''[[Gods Eater Burst]]''

* ''[[Gundam vs. Series]]''

** ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Alliance vs ZAFT Portable''

* ''[[Half Minute Hero]]''

* ''[[Heroes Phantasia]]''

* ''[[Invizimals]]''

** ''Ivizimals: Shadow Zone''

* ''[[Killzone]]: Liberation''

* ''[[Loco Roco]]''

** ''LocoRoco 2''

** ''Lumines 2''

* ''[[Macross Frontier|Macross Frontier crossover games]]''

** ''Macross Ultimate Frontier''

** ''Macross Triangle Frontier''

* ''[[Katamari Damacy|Me and My Katamari]]''

* ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]''

* ''[[Metal Gear Acid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Acid]]''

** ''Metal Gear Ac!d ²''

** ''Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus''

* ''[[Metal Slug]] Anthology''

* ''[[Modnation Racers]]''

** ''Monster Hunter Freedom 2''

** ''Monster Hunter Freedom Unite''

** ''Patapon 3''

* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe|Phantasy Star Portable]]''

** ''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords''

* ''[[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero]]''

* ''[[Rainbow Islands]] Evolution''

** ''Rainbow Islands Revolution''

** ''[[Ratchet and Clank Size Matters]]''

** ''Ridge Racer 2''

* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]: [[Persona]]''

** ''Space Invaders Extreme''

* ''Star Wars: [[The Force Unleashed]]''

* ''[[Super Robot Wars Z|Super Robot Wars Z2: Hakai-hen]]''

* ''[[Syphon Filter]]: Dark Mirror''

** ''Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow''

* ''[[Tekken]]: Dark Resurrection''

** ''Tekken 6''

* ''[[Tenchu]]: Time of the Assassins''

** ''Tenchu: Shadow Assassins''

* ''[[Thrillville]]''

** ''Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you''

** ''Tomb Raider: Anniversary''

* ''[[Twisted Metal]]: Head-On''

* ''[[Undead Knights]]''

* ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]: Lenneth''

** ''Warriors Orochi 2''

* ''[[White Knight Chronicles|White Knight Chronicles: Origins]]''

** ''WipeOut Pulse''

** ''Worms: Open Warfare 2''

** ''Yukiwari no Hana''

** ''Ys Seven''

** ''Ys: The Oath in Felghana''