The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console developed and released by SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment) for the second generation of the PlayStation 2, and the successor to the original PlayStation.
The system was officially launched on September 7, 2004 and became Sony’s best-selling handheld game console in the United States, selling around 78 million units worldwide. It was discontinued in March, 2012, after the release of the slim version known as the PlayStation Vita.
The PSP is a great advancement in the world of handheld gaming devices. The Playstation Portable ROMs was the first of such devices to compare well to the memory capacity and graphical abilities of the sixth-generation consoles (original Xbox, Gamecube, PS2). It’s hardware accelerator and dual processor could run ports that were very similar to that of the original PlayStation 2 versions (Persona 3, Grand Theft Auto), while the graphical capabilities of the DS, its rival were similar to those of the Nintendo 64 and PS1. The system’s rollout for 2004-2005 was a huge success despite initial concerns that the price was too high considering the fact that it was a handheld device. The lifespan of the system lasted for more than a decade, with lots of other newer versions of it released between the year 2005 and 2011. After a while, the PSP became out-dated and the PS Vita was introduced to replace it, but a lot of core gamers still own and play it, because easily run it with homebrew software. Download PlayStation Portable ROMs Games at TechToROMs.
