Becoming PSP - Introduction
by Doina Stefanescu | May 29, 2008
In the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Sony Computer Entertainment first
announced the development of a gaming console that would later be known as PlayStation
Portable, or, as it is officially abbreviated, the PSP. Essentially, the PSP is
a handheld game console and it was displayed to the world a year later, at a Sony
press conference before the E3 from 2004. Large scale release took place in Japan
on the 12th of December, 2004, in North America on the 24th of March 2005 and in
the PAL region on the 1st of September 2005.
Among the entertainment products for gaming the PSP is the first handheld video
game console that uses an optical disc format, the Universal Media Disc (UMD), as
its primary storage media. The PSP sets apart from other related devices through
some distinguishing features like the very large viewing screen, thorough multi-media
capabilities and connectivity with the PlayStation 3 which is the third home version
of the play station console, other PSPs and the Internet.
Although the PlayStation Portable from Sony represents an important figure among
the entertainment gadgets through considerable computing power and formidable multimedia
capabilities, the PSP always fell behind in sales in front of its main competitor,
the Nintendo DS. Things changed after the release of a remodeled, slimmer and lighter
version of the PSP, entitled Slim and Lite. Slim and Lite was released in early
September 2007 and sales quadrupled in the United Kingdom the following week and
increased by nearly 200% in North America for the month of October. Although it's
not been an easy task to try an take up an important segment of the market with
competitors like the Nintendo DS, the PSP is by far the most successful handheld
console not manufactured by Nintendo.
Becoming PSP - History
Becoming PSP - Hardware
Becoming PSP - Software
Becoming PSP - Slim & Lite
Becoming PSP - PlayStation Portable Vs. The Nintendo DS
Becoming PSP - PlayStation Portable Vs. Creative Zen Portable Media Center
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