
The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. Its development was first announced during E³ 2003, and it was officially unveiled at a Sony press conference before E³ 2004. The system was released in late 2004. The PlayStation Portable has the ability to play video games, watch videos, listen to music, view images, as well as Internet browsing functionality. By connecting it the internet, it is possible to purchase and play PlayStation One games from the Playstation Network into the PSP.
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To mark the release of Final Fantasy games on the system, Square Enix has released several Limited Edition versions of the PlayStation Portable.
Square Enix released on September 13th, 2007, a Limited Edition PSP Slim; The console bundled with the game, as well as a Buster Sword wrist strap. The PSP itself is silver in color and featured the Final Fantasy VII 10th anniversary logo as well as some artwork of Zack, Sephiroth, and Cloud drawn by Nomura. Only 77,777 copies were available and all of them were sold in one day.
Square Enix bundled this Limit Edition PSP with the game itself. It was sold in a special one-week-only to a select group of winners of a lottery in Japan. Only Square Enix members could even enter the contest.
The PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is a handheld games console made by Sony.
The two Grand Theft Auto games released for the console have both been huge successes in terms of the number of sales in comparison to other PSP games.
On June 22nd 2009 it was announced that GTA: Chinatown Wars would be ported to the system.
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Playstation Portable or PSP is a handheld console made by Sony. Movies, games, music, photos and the net are all accessible on the PSP. The PSP uses a memory stick to store info and UMDs (Universal Media Discs) for larger files that take up a lot of space. A UMD has less capacity than a DVD, but can hold a full movie or game.
A Star Wars collector's edition of the PSP, which features an image of Darth Vader on the back of the unit, was announced at E3 2007 and went on sale on October 9th, 2007.[1]
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