PlayStation Portable

Pocket gaming console

PlayStation Portable is a handheld video game console made by Sony, released in 2004.

Commonly called the PSP, it was Sony's first portable gaming device, competing with Nintendo's Game Boy and DS lines.

The PSP played games on proprietary discs called UMDs and could also play movies and music.

It was discontinued in 2014.

Related
  • emulatorCross-platform compatibility layer
  • processorComponent that executes instructions
  • firmwareHardware's permanent programming
  • custom firmwareUnauthorized device software replacement
  • RPGsCharacter-driven interactive fiction

screen · battery · buttons · video streaming · Monster Hunter · modding community · collector editions · headphones · memory stick · updates · puzzle games · web browser · platformers · joystick · fighting games · screen protector · analog stick · speakers

Opposites
portability/form factor

PlayStation Portablehome console

TV-based gaming device

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 2 · arcade cabinet · Wii · PlayStation 4

platform rivalry

PlayStation PortableNintendo DS

Two-screened portable console

Nintendo 3DS · Game Boy Advance

gaming era/technology

PlayStation PortablePlayStation 5

Sony's current gaming console

Nintendo Switch

Family

play, station, portable, plays, played, playing, player, players, playful

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G