The PSP is still INSANE in 2024

[@skewyangel]

Thank you for feeding my PSP video essay addiction

[@crywolfplays]

That's what this channel is all about :D

[@WARLORD626]

General Greivous: Another to add to My collection.

[@fairyboy444]

real lmaooo

[@Timic83tc]

I think KZbin is generating these people.

[@skewyangel]

Elaborate?

[@FranchisePlayyer]

Completely agree that a second joystick would’ve been a game changer. Still play my PSP a lot, great video man.

[@crywolfplays]

It really would have, but still an amazing system. Thanks for watching!

[@stevenrosscarpenter]

What games do you play still?

[@FranchisePlayyer]

@@stevenrosscarpenter I’ve been playing a lot of the SNK arcade classics collection volume 1 for psp and some older sports games

[@skycloud4802]

It's so odd to not include a second nub thing. It wouldn't have cos that much more to the price, and would have helped so much with the controls, especially when so many PS2 ports were brought over.

[@crywolfplays]

@@skycloud4802 I agree, there are so many other features worth cutting to make "cost room" for a second joystick. Maybe it was due to the internal layout of the components that made it difficult

[@terenceflagg6270]

PSP 1. Visually stunning 2. Massive catalog 3. Listen music and watch movies 4. First handheld emulators and homegrown 5. Was shock that a few games could be shared to multi play with one person having the game. 6. Huge memory card

[@weltvonoben]

Browser and video player and you could watch images with zoom, every og knows what the PSP was great for. 😂

[@gearfriedtheswmas]

The lack of second analog forced Capcom to come up with decent controls for Monster Hunter which is a great thing.

[@Allanrpsx]

lol nice take

[@Sodom501]

They hit the spot with that one, for some reason I can go a lot without playing monster hunter, but as soon as I comeback to any game the controls feel natural to me.

[@gam85191]

The psp graphics were amazing for a handheld in 2004... but they still are!

[@easyfromtnbtw3555]

I hacked my Vita so I have all the PSP PS1 and Vita games on it and the Oled screen looks so good especially for its age

[@jmac79ers]

It was a pretty crazy device to own back then, smart phones weren't a thing. Used mine as an mp3 player and streamed radio often too

[@alvallac2171]

*then; smartphones (to fix your comma splice run-on)

[@3.2mviews10]

@@alvallac2171 your not needed you waste of space

[@jeffhauser8031]

I disagree. Touch screens sucks. Vita has one (or even two) and I never used them and just find them to be annoying. In fact games that FORCE you to use that new gimmick are really annoying and you wish the game would not use a touch screen. I think most people prefer buttons and hate touch screens unless you are 10 years old and grew up with smart phones where you only touch a screen. I WANT BUTTONS!

[@jw6588]

100%

[@nwcEVO]

I bought the original PSP 1001 new back in 2005 when I was flying a lot and having a handheld console that played movies, games and mp3s was crazy.

[@crywolfplays]

It felt like magic at the time. It's a bummer that modern electronics never leave that kind of impression anymore

[@timothybrogan7008]

I loved the psp. Not only can you play video games but you can add music, watch movies and hold photos on it. I thought it was way ahead of it's time for a handheld. Way before the Nintendo switch

[@aiodensghost8645]

Hahahaahahahaaaa... the PSP Go WAS the first Switch. It has a dock that acts as a charger/TV output, you can pair a Dualshock 3 to it for use with games.

[@aurelios69]

Seeing the games, and UMD movies running on this thing in 2004 was mindblowing. I never felt this way after the PSP, it was amazing.

[@crywolfplays]

Same, for me that was the unforgettable first moment of "real portable full multimedia device and console experience"

[@AustrianReaper]

Just watched your GC video, now I'm on to this one. Really like your content so far and I appreciate the commitment to recording the original PSP output. Subbed and will definitly continue watching.

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for the support! I capture on all original equipment on my channel, I think it's important. Glad some other people value that too

[@alvallac2171]

*definitely

[@AustrianReaper]

@@alvallac2171 yes, definitely definitely, definitely not definitly

[@snowman1886]

A lot of hidden gems on PSP. If you are a fan of combat sports games, Boxers Road 2 is the best out there and it is exclusively on PSP

[@nomndayi031]

You are nearly to 3k Subs, hoping you keep pushing and hopefully able to get more views and subs as the years go on. I don't know you, but I believe in you.

[@kang6914]

PSP is still my favorite handheld of all time. It’s so crazy how ahead of it’s time it was and it still impresses me even compared to devices now.

[@alvallac2171]

*its time (possessive pronoun) it's= contraction of "it is" or "it has" All contractions have apostrophes. Possessive pronouns never do.

[@kang6914]

@ shut up

[@ZackSilver77]

There were actually 2 full size burnout games on psp

[@crywolfplays]

I didn't realize that, thanks for noting

[@IntrestingYTObserver]

​@@crywolfplaysDon't worry, Burnout Dominator is probably the most forgotten Burnout game tbh. There was also Need for Speed Shift on PSP which runs on the same engine and was made by the same dev team.

[@CasepbX]

4:25 AND it had a Motorstorm game.

[@IntrestingYTObserver]

I swear CryWolf it's almost like you know what I like. A friend gave me my PSP, it was my first portable console. The design is just beautiful, isn't it? It's hard to describe to someone who hasn't held it before. I can't believe they were able to put in such a good screen on a 2004 device. I also can't believe you captured from a real PSP. Do you not need a PS3 to output on TV? Just the cables? You choose some very good picks for games but I'll just throw a couple more out there: NFS Carbon Own the City - You did touch on Need for Speed but the first two PSP games were pretty rushed, Carbon OTC actually has a full-open world on the PSP. Test Drive Unlimited on PSP is also open world apparently. Motorstorm Arctic Edge: One of the most fun games on the PSP, with a cool winter festival theme and fast loading times for the PSP. It also got a PS2 port (in 2009!) Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix: A port of the home console versions with essentially all of the content retained, quite impressive for a launch title. The fps is halved to 30 but it's still very good. LittleBigPlanet PSP: I mean, you're almost playing a PS3 game on portable hardware with this one. You can even make your own stages still. Tbh my only problems with the PSP are some of the eccentric hardware choices, like the Memory Stick Duo, the screen being prone to ghosting in retro games (SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Collection is pretty egregious for this.) Oh yeah, can we also talk about Game Sharing? It's like download play on the DS, it's really cool. Although only a few games like Namco Museum, Burnout Legends, and Sonic Rivals 2 used it. Great job CryWolf. I might need to fire up my PSP now. If it's not out of battery😂

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for sharing! It really is a beautiful system, even today but for 2004 it was crazy. I did capture this off a real PSP without a PS3 - as long as you buy that component cable from Sony shown in the video, you just need an adapter to convert the component signal to HDMI, and then you can feed that into a capture card. It's really kind of amazing. There were so many great games for this system it was difficult to try and cram a lot of them into a reasonable amount of time, but your suggestions are great ones too. I remember having a lot of fun with underground.

[@IntrestingYTObserver]

​@@crywolfplaysOh..I already said too many but I have to mention Gran Turismo on PSP as well. Having essentialy GT4 on the go is wild. What's weird about that game is, in the options menu, they have a setting that optimises the game for TV playback? I haven't tried it but it interrsts me..

[@crywolfplays]

@@IntrestingYTObserver I mention GT in the video but I couldn't find my copy for capture....I remember being impressed that yeah its basically a full GT experience on handheld lol

[@1jackal1]

Don't understand why you don't have more subs..great video

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks I appreciate it

[@Gleamoz]

I still have mine! The first edition, still working, but I have to have it plugged into a power source to play. I recently seen a mod, pretty cool mod I may add where the mod increased the capacity of battery life and storage, and also a new screen.

[@crywolfplays]

That's awesome

[@The_Sam_Harris_Variety_Channel]

Yeah I got one in 2005 I was 18 and it was amazing, I was blown away by it considering only 6 years earlier I got a game boy pocket at the age of 12, but hey I remember 6 years earlier than that playing the old XT computer with my brothers, having to load the games first into DOS by way of large floppys…my psp was jailbroken with custom firmware by my brother well over a decade ago, my friends nephews had stolen it for a couple of years before their parents found it and was forced to return it to me, now 19 years later and I’m playing an emulated version of Pokémon blue on my almost 2 decade old psp

[@alvallac2171]

*Yeah, I *2005. I *amazing. I *it, considering *earlier, I *Game Boy Pocket *floppies. My (to pluralize a noun that ends in -y, drop the -y and add -ies) *ago. My *and they were forced (because "nephews" is plural) *me. Now, 19 *later, I'm *PSP.

[@The_Sam_Harris_Variety_Channel]

@ 😝

[@TheGamingCorner-e5q]

Just finished size matters on the psp last week. The graphics of that game still look great.

[@ProcyonAlpha]

Ive got about 100 original PSP games in original cases, love my psp.

[@alvallac2171]

*I've *cases. Love *PSP.

[@ProcyonAlpha]

@alvallac2171 ❤️

[@VOAN]

When I bought my PSP, I mostly bought it for the portable arcade, RPGs, fighting games, puzzlers, platformers, and racing titles. It was a great experience to had play games like Power Stone Collection, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Tekken 5 & 6, GTA Liberty City and Vice City Stories, BlazBlue and Guilty Gear games, the Monster Hunter Freedom games, Tales of Eternia, Ys VI, the Metal Slug Anthology, Samurai Shodown Anthology, Capcom Arcade Collections, Midway Arcade Treasures Collection, Sega Genesis Collection, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny, Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X, Lunar Harmony, Star Ocean 1 & 2 remake, Persona 3 Portable, Silent Hill games, Ridge Racer Portable, Gran Turismo Portable, the WipEout games, Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and FFIV Complete Edition, Phantasy Star Portable, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, LittleBigPlanet, God of War games, Lumines, and Patapons on the go at the time.

[@3.2mviews10]

you have too much time on your hands

[@MrGonz801]

I was one of the 80 million. I wasn't an early adopter tho. I got mine in '07 and it was glorious! It replaced my MP3 player, it was also how I'd show people digital photos while I was away from my PC, it was how I watched anime and movies on the go, and even after my phone replaced all those roles, it still had amazing games like DBZ Shin Budokai 2, MegaMan: Maverick Hunter X, Crisis Core: FFVII, Kingdom Hearts: BBS, Duodecim Dissidia, GTA: VCS/LCS/CTW, Tenchu 3, MGS: Portable Ops & Peace Walker, Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles (basically Requiem before Requiem) and that's just a few off the top of my head, there are a tonne that I didn't even mention. The games on here were so high tier that when I got a 3DS with my friends and they were gushing over the graphics, I pulled out my PSP and showed them that I'd been playing games of that calibur for literal years

[@alvallac2171]

*adopter, though.

[@jw6588]

*caliber, though lol

[@JacobNates]

The PSP blew my mind when I was a kid. Playing Metal Gear Solid on the go was a dream come true I'm still upset about how poorly the Vita did, but I'm still holding onto a sliver of hope that they put out a new handheld one day.

[@sineque]

Another thing worth mentioning is the emulation capabilities of the PSP if you load custom firmware. Certainly for the time it was released, what it can emulate is pretty impressive. Off memory, I could run PS1 roms on my PSP, Mega Drive, Sega CD, all of the Gameboys, Beats of Rage, even arcade titles from CPS1 and 2. And it's pretty user friendly to set up also, simply hook it up to a laptop and you can drag and drop files as you like.

[@santosmurilo]

I had a PSP 3000. Lots of fun with this system

[@lightskinxxvvxx7334]

The psp will always be my favorite from PlayStation.

[@dismaldog]

Sold all my psp gear 10 yrs ago,fast forward to now I have just built a collection of games I had and just picked up an original 1000 yesterday.Also have a switch but for me nothing has come close for me since PSP. Long live the PSP!!!!!!!!

[@babaroga73]

Google Trimui Smart Pro ;-) and welcome yourself to retro emulation

[@k-dubya3618]

Sony's greatest and most underrated achievement. Simply a fantastic device. I still play mine. I bought the first release when on the road traveling for a job, paid 350 for it. The iPod was impressive tech in those days, which made this absolutely amazing for the time . Such a bang for the buck.

[@crywolfplays]

I agree it's one of if not Sony's top achievements in hardware. I couldn't believe all the things it could do

[@Utubeisazzho]

Portable umd player on top no internet required ahead of its time

[@segaplaystation]

just got one a couple weeks ago💪🏽 super excited to mod it

[@ModeSOLOgaming]

Let's be honest, this was the last truly great console generation. It only had hints of what would end up being where we are now and we're not doing too great.

[@crywolfplays]

The PS2 generation? I would agree that was the best generation, though I think the PS3 generation was a lot of fun seeing all the first "cinematic blockbuster" games. Unfortunately like you said that also caused everything to kind of go downhill from there

[@lindblumpickles3407]

Loved my PSP. It felt so fancy and futuristic lol. I still play it from time to time and get impressed by what they managed to accomplish on it.

[@crywolfplays]

Fancy and futuristic is exactly how it felt yeah lol

[@yoshiskysun]

Thank you for taking me down memory lane.

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.

[@KabukiKid]

This portable console was such a powerhouse! I really loved mine and the only reason I put mine away was because the Vita came along. I still have my PSP around, though. I guess I now keep it out of nostalgia. :-)

[@goldcartridgegamer]

My favorite handheld of all time. Hoping for PSP 2 happens one day.

[@matwilliams3206]

I had a psp go and traded it in years ago, always regretted it, finally managed to track down a decently priced one, its so beautiful and that screen size to body ratio is incredible. Also supports Bluetooth headphones as well. The satisfying snap of sliding it shut to sleep, reminded me of the joy of Gameboy advance SP as well. If anyone like anbernic or retroid make an emulation handheld in that form factor i will throw money it it

[@justinloftis2307]

Best device to play ps1 games on. The ps1 graphics don't look bad on the small screen. I like playing Castlevania symphony of the night on it

[@brad7073]

Around 13 mins in when you talk about the movies I had flashbacks to being a kid lmao. It’s just like you said that the psp literally did everything including having an internet browser it was wild. So the device that the movie player replaced was a technically portable but larger than a surface pad full setup was a disc movie player that my mom used to set up for us on trips. When we both got PSPs we got UMDs for movies instead so that when we were on road trips we had high quality video with headphones so I didn’t mess up her music. The psp was my favorite console I ever owned, I felt like out of anything I had besides an actual computer it just felt like I never needed a gameboy or DS, I remember I skipped having one entirely until HG//SS dropped and even then it was just HG and phantom hourglass next to a big collection of UMDs in a case like for CDs but miniature.

[@crywolfplays]

lol Thanks for sharing, the PSP was just crazy back in the day, I feel like I'll never experience that "wow" period with another handheld gadget.

[@13Carrey1]

The PSP is my Favorite Sony Handheld. It is still good to this day and if i'm not more on the Sony side nowadays I can say, that the PSP was for the time really good :) I still have one. Also for me Underrated are the OG Xbox and the 360. Some of their Games look really fantastic and it is cool what MS did at those Generations :) Also i can agree that the Gamecube is underrated too :) Especially if u look at F-Zero GX.

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for watching, I think the 360 is a great console and Microsoft's best consumer hardware product probably. Fzero is amazing :D

[@alvallac2171]

*favorite *handheld *I'm *say that *was, for *time, really *good. *Also, for me the *360 are underrated. *games *did in those generations. *Also, I *too. *if you

[@BRYANLEE-vf2eo]

@@crywolfplays Microsoft's best consumer HARDWARE product was a console that had over a 50 percent failure rate for the... HARDWARE?? and that whole ordeal literally cost them over a BILLION dollars lol C'mon now ain't now way...

[@alekg.3999]

Great video, though i'll add that the cross media bar was first used with the PSX in Japan, not the PSP

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for the feedback here, I didn't know about that.

[@nathanglynn7443]

I’ve been in and out of the gaming collection scene for a while now, I honestly feel the psp feels better than the vita despite the lack of the second joystick. I am aware you can play psp on the vita but it just isn’t the same imo. I have a hacked psp 1000 that I use for psp and some ps1 and I honestly use it more than my switch. I am predominantly a PlayStation user but as a kid I only had gameboys so it would have been a game changer for me to have the psp when I was younger. I ended up selling my vita in the end because I prefer the PSP for psp games and as far as ps vita games I’m not too fussed on them and the majority of the ones I do care about I have the ports on my ps5 as well as better versions on my switch like personal 4 golden for example. The vita being easily replaceable by modern tech but I can’t say the same for psp, it’s still very relevant in my eyes. I’m eventually going to ips mod the screen but for now all I did was get a bigger and better ostent battery and it’s good to go

[@FinessaTiapetorMafia]

Keep Growing ~ DeadZ3K

[@crywolfplays]

Thanks for the support!

[@voteDC]

While the games often hold up really well the PSP itself isn't the best way to play most of those titles. Emulation offers upscaling, HD texture replacement, easy access to cheats and save states. If you use a controller you can even map the camera controls, if a game had them via face or shoulder buttons, to the right analogue stick. If not for the UMD movies I own my PSP would have been retired long ago. If the PPSSPP emulator ever gains that functionality my PSP gets put in a safe place for me to enjoy the memories I made with it.

[@ramdomgunner97]

personally I'm of the opposite opinion. I love how portable the psp is, for me playing it on an emulator on my computer defeats the purpose. some turn-based rpgs maybe I can see being as good of an experience on a smartphone emulator, but any game that requires quick reflexes becomes annoying on the touch buttons of those emulators. also in general I like playing games in the consoles for which they were designed. my biggest problem is that my old psp's analog stick is getting drift problems

[@voteDC]

@@ramdomgunner97 Phones have controllers too. You can also buy retro gaming handhelds like the Retroid Pocket 3+ that are pretty much perfect for PSP games. You really aren't just limited to touch controls. The RP3+ isn't even that much larger than a PSP, 1000 at least, so you aren't even sacrificing portability. Another element for me is that my PSP isn't getting any younger and I'd rather keep it in working order for as long as possible. I've been able to transfer my saves from my PSP to PPSSPP and carry on from where I left off.

[@90Kenny]

I just downloaded Lord of Arcana and Warriors Orochi 2 to my psp and damn this shit is fun forever

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

True,still awesome.I'm play GOW Ghost of Sparta and it's excellent.💯👌🏻✌🏻

[@crywolfplays]

I've only played chains of olympus, I'll have to get ghost of sparta.

[@stevenyarnell9317]

It was ahead of its time just like the vita

[@GRIMEYtheFATMAN]

I remember being disappointed that the composite cables would only display video-out on my Daxter Edition PSP2000, and gameplay out could only be done with component cables (a limitation the later PSP3000 did not have) - none of the TVs in the house at that time even had component ports, if y'all were wondering...

[@fullsike]

Why is the audio off

[@shun0825]

the pzp was the first handheld I saw to use a 16mp camera sensors

[@alvallac2171]

*PSP *sensor. (singular, to match with "a")

[@gtvrossa]

All my friends has a DS at the time, but I didn't care that their console outsold mine lol, all I was interested in was what the psp could do out of the box! Amazing looking games, crystal clear video footage from movies, and it also had great audio capabilities. And if you jailbroke it you then had a world of emulators and psp back ups! It was an amazing handheld console. Crazy to think that many people think it flopped. It sold over 80million units plus! Hardly a flop, but it just didn't sell as well as Sony had hoped. It definitely deserved more credit than what it gets. I agree with the 2nd stick, that would have been handy. I still play mine to this day.

[@crywolfplays]

The PSP was a success for Sony's first handheld, I wish they had just done a psp 2 instead of going a bit sideways with the vita. I bought a PSP because the screen and image quality just seemed mind blowing when I saw it in the store. But then I was pleasantly surprised by what a huge library of games it ended up having. I like both the ds and the PSP but if I had to pick one it would probably be the PSP

[@lars-fenin]

psp 1000 here since some years. what i love about the system is also its potential for modding and emulation... i also upgraded mine with an ips display and 32 gb card. one flaw though is the poor battery management/playtime compared to the ds fe.

[@snowzZzZz]

Sony could honestly do the same again. If they can get access to the strong ARM chip on the market, polish up a form factor branching from what the Vita had, and create something that is both smaller yet still ergonomic and more powerful than what Nintendo offers, the big question though is people seem to prefer larger handhelds now, to the point where it’s no longer portable, so I’m not sure if they would go for the steam deck or portal approach, or if they’d stay true to Play Station Portable and Vita making something that fits in the pocket.

[@ОлжасАршабеков]

It is still crazy android still doesnt have better gaming gallery than psp , like what they have trilogy , hitman , a few total war games , alien isolation that is it other are just free to play trashes even ios resident evil that need you to buy controller to play , or assasins creed , i forget one game to add and that is it

[@crywolfplays]

Yeah Android/iOS game libraries are quantity over quality, people nowadays don't understand the quality and gems of old dedicated handheld libraries

[@senjo5489]

Great console, but the choice of the UMD cd, the loading times were too long and not efficient for the battery, if it was a cartridge + micro sd format, it would be a huge success

[@crywolfplays]

Some of the games did have long load times, especially for a handheld. Large memory cards of equivalent 2gb size or so were still pretty expensive in 2004 though I'm not sure how that would have played out. Micro SD was only barely introduced in 2004, they would have probably had to use regular SD cards.

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

I freaking love the PSP and I appreciate the time of the PSP and Nintendo DS, cos they were both pretty good systems with a different library of games :D

[@crywolfplays]

Yeah they were both good yet so different

[@alvallac2171]

*'cause *with different libraries *games.

[@DarkSkyDarksky2021]

Well to be honest. I loved the PSP I had the cables to hook it to a TV. I pre-ordered the PlayStation Vita in fact at that time I got rid of my PlayStation 3 because the Vita was so good I didn't want anything else. With that being said since PlayStation pretty much abandoned the Vita. I kind of just gave up on Sony entirely. I am now a PC gamer. Not to mention what Sony has become I don't like their business practices but whatever. In fact Sony come out and said they're working on a new handheld but the only reason they're doing this is because they think it's going to make them a crap load of money. Cuz all they care about is the money not the player. What's okay we have a steam deck and legion go. X player is expensive but works really well. It was fun Sony but I moved on it's what I'm basically saying.

[@ThermaL-ty7bw]

i ordered myself an Anbernic RG556 , it plays most things at 2x resolution , maybe some super resolution , with a nice big screen and comfortable grips , i ordered the most expensive one with 2 extra sd cards with 35000+ games i missed a lot of games growing up , but played a lot too , that i want to see back in better graphics , but still keeping the original feel it also has a slot for Big Screen playing via Hdmi and bluetooth for Xbox controller ... playing these older games on my 70" Laser projector screen with original scanlines , it almost kind of looks like an old CRT for my eyes , ... but BIG ... , super ... BIG ... , lol

[@mrozio3321]

For me is not like that. Only PSP screen gives me that vibe that I still want to play psp games today. I have Vita and few Anbernic devives mut I feel original is the only right one to play on. On Vita already it feel "artifitial" not to mention Anbernic devised with bump up resolution.

[@matthewharris517]

PSP games already had great graphics but playing them on the PPSSPP emulator makes them look even better

[@TheLowDee]

XMB debuted on PS2 DVR system called "PSX"

[@segads]

I have a psp go and a psp 3000 with 128gb, both moded haha, I order an ips display mod for psp 1000, looking for one and yea, I like the psp, back in the day I was a gameboy kid, so ds until late 2006 that I got my first psp

[@RetroOnlineMatchmaking]

Dark Mirror is your personal favorite? Mine too! Maybe you can join us online sometime!

[@justinross9833]

Yes. And heck, It's still one of the easiest platform to emulate along with the great classics. The old smartphone I just upgraded from is now going to be reconfigured into an emulating device with PSP as it's main platform to play.

[@alvallac2171]

*platforms *its main platform (possessive pronoun) it's = contraction of "it is" or "it has" All contractions have apostrophes. Possessive pronouns never do.

[@cyberman60k]

I love the PSP games also, they're highly portable also do not contain a bunch of ads and try to sell you a bunch of junk and they play through with little loading

[@crywolfplays]

lol yeah, you just buy the game and its a complete, permanent experience out of the box, what a concept.

[@FoulUnderworldCreature]

You missed something important in the "Switch in 2005" section: while PSP games have black borders around them, emulated PS1 games do not. You can use a PSP to play PS1 games on a TV and then unplug it and play on the go. I don't think there's a single device out that supports this with analog video out which matters a lot if you want to play PS1 games on a CRT. It's a niche use case, but the PSP is literally the best device for this. Video playback on TV is fullscreen as well, but I got less mileage out of the PSP's video capabilities.

[@crywolfplays]

This is a cool callout. Thanks!

[@FoulUnderworldCreature]

@crywolfplays you're welcome:) there's a lot of niche use cases for video out. Another example: the PSP Go supports Bluetooth controllers. You can use it with video out and a controller at home and then take it on the go. 1000, 2000, 3000 and Go all function slightly differently with video out, with some models offering more capabilities on a TV than others.

[@alucart1984]

What is coming out of the pixel phone USB jack? Looks like a piece of shredded cheese.

[@fv_ys_]

No mention of POPS - POrtable PlayStation - PS1 emulator added with firmware 3.00 two years after the PSP release.

[@TrevorHamberger]

I bought a jailbroken PS3 that can play a lot of different consoles. I have a pretty huge library of games on it. Cost me about 100 bucks maybe 5 ish years ago

[@BRYANLEE-vf2eo]

Not to be that guy, but.... the original version of the XMB that the PSP and PS3 use "technically" debuted first on the PSX in 2003, well before the PSP release. Right around the release of the PSP a few Sony Tv's and even the cybershot camera also used the same XMB. The Sony Bravia PX300 (PS2 TV) although it released much later (2010) it also used the same cross media bar.

[@crywolfplays]

I didn't know this, thanks for sharing.

[@ryanf7441]

I can’t get the memory stick to read on mine

[@seanptaco]

why do i not remember that resistance game....

[@graalcloud]

To be fair Nintendo DS launched with TWO 3-inch screens. So the ultimate screen size is 6 inches, much larger than PSP

[@jay5286]

Playing psp on pc is amazing psp in hd is the why to go

[@stijnvonck1431]

I still play Dissidia 012 and FF tactics on my ps vita

[@josilneto]

wait this is literally Honest's voice

[@ThatSavoieDude]

HELL YEAH I still rip my PSP go all the time. It's a beaut and gets way more playtime than my switch and vita. Amazing console

[@crywolfplays]

Lol yeah I still play mine all the time.

[@Anton-iz-Sochi]

I'm gaming every day on my ps vita fat 1100. Play PS1 games so fun 🎮.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

iPod Video 5th gen and 5.5 also had the same Wolfson Brand Audio DAC as the PSP 1000 but PSP had a better video experience than the iPod Video. All my favorite PSP OST’s are on my iPod for better battery life, but very nice watching my movies on PSP (compared to iPod Video)

[@artificialunderground]

Im just here to say I agree.

[@litt420]

8:36 CRT

[@aiodensghost8645]

You know, there are a lot of camps and things that have written into their rules you cant have touchscreen players... the PSP is an excellent replacement, provided you do some prepwork

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

damn crazy people still calling jak 2 controversial

[@LightBluMew]

The browser might not have been a good experience but it was for certain content I def couldn't watch on the family pc lol

[@duecespriggalow]

Having a psp with a custom firmware >>>>>

[@Dan-z2c3n]

...a $700 Home Console.....???! No Wonder i haven't bought one in a while

[@Lilhajxjk274]

Iove playing psp games on Android

[@izeckx]

Sony needs to revisit handhelds. This time focus on support, instead of power. We don't need a portable ps4, we need games. And stop with the proprietary crap. Just use what is already available.

[@jeffhauser8031]

I never liked the playstation but GOD I LOVE THE PSP and I will never understand why it was not more popular and why the DS "won". To this day I find no fun games on the DS. The PSP is so underrated that it makes me question humanity in general like you can have such an amazing product yet people do not care and it is sad.

[@crywolfplays]

Yeah the PSP was incredible, I think people are so desensitized to modern tech that they either forget or aren't old enough to realize how crazy this was back in the day. And even back then I felt like people "didn't get it".

[@jeffhauser8031]

@@crywolfplays back in the day people clearly did not get it. i hear about the amazing DS library. the PSP has an amazing library. ds is mostly kiddy games and while i am not ashamed to enjoy kiddy games i do not like the games on the ds while the psp has games in all genres for literally everyone. it is amazing.

[@AINJJ]

Спасибо вам, если бы не вы то цены на psp не выросли.

[@rkkozu]

Also there is new gta for psp.... Sindaco chronicles

[@evgaming9390]

Psvita should have been PSP 2 and kept PS3 or PS4 user interface. Shame that we only got 1 psp series.

[@crywolfplays]

I agree I always thought Vita was a weird name when the home consoles were numbered

[@evgaming9390]

@crywolfplays yeah and the whole bubble icon interface felt like a leapster. I still have mine with about 30 games. Games were great though

[@LeboPrince47]

I have to admit the vita was a better system but it was let down by sonys memory card prices and lack of games

[@daddysamosa]

they wont make consoles as cool as the psp again. i might be a ds kid but ill nvr forget hw cool the older kids looked w their psp. esspeically seeing the games they were playing on it. my ds looked so lame compared to theirs 💀

[@crywolfplays]

I actually spent a lot more time with my DS than my psp because Nintendo games are my favorite, but the PSP was always just mind blowing to me in terms of tech and had some great games

[@AlPacino24]

Psp❤

[@wingn3849]

2004 handheld with no Bezels.

[@crywolfplays]

Great call out, its part of why it still look so modern.

[@carlosfandango2419]

.............. yeh, maybe running on a Steam Deck.

[@surfinbirdzx]

For a time it was brilliant. But when using it now you sadly realize that most hyped games is just mediocre. Like boring Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII or Resistance: Retribution. And that big screen is very blurry in motion so games with crisp pixelart almost painful to play. At least - on my PSP2000. GOWs is great, btw. And for 50$ tops for used PSP now - it definitely worth it.

[@N8-Feds]

psvita swaggier