Written by The PSP needs no introduction; it has become one of the more infamous handhelds over the years with its sparse game library, constant iterative revisions, and an overblown price tag. The platform went so far as to release a PSP that couldn’t even play a huge percentage of the games you’d already bought. But we don’t speak of the defunct PSP Go around ‘round these parts.
Nevertheless, the PSP deserves a bit more credit than it gets. It’s now 2011, and the PSP’s big brother, the NGP, is on its way and you must be wondering, why should I all of a sudden care about the PSP. The NGP claims to be near as powerful as the PS3 in terms of visual power for screen real estate, and ditches the less than savory UMD drive of the PSP for a more conventional flash card based medium. The NGP will finally bring the handheld experience as close to having a home gaming console in your pocket as it’s likely to get for a long time (assuming somebody out there has some pretty spacious pockets).
But forget about all that marketing chest beating. We’re going to run through six reasons you shouldn’t count the PSP out just yet. READ MORE »