Models
| Series | Image | Connection | Wireless Connectivity | RAM and Internal Storage | CPU | Display | Original Release Date | Original System Software | Battery | In Production |
|---|
| PSP-1000 |  | USB 2.0, UMD, Serial Port, Headphone Jack, Memory Stick PRO Duo | 802.11b Wi-Fi,IRDA | 32 MB, 32 MB System Software | MIPS R4000 at 1~333 MHz | 4.3" 16:9 Color TFT at 480 × 272 | December 12, 2004 (Japan) | 1.00 | 5v DC 1800 mAh, Upgradeable to 2200 mAh | No |
| PSP-2000 |  | USB 2.0, UMD, Video Out and Mic Port, Headphone Jack, Memory Stick PRO Duo | 802.11b Wi-Fi | 64 MB, 64 MB System Software | September, 2007 | 3.60 | 5v DC 1200 mAh, Upgradeable to 2200 mAh | No |
| PSP-3000 |  | USB 2.0, UMD, Video Out, Microphone, Headphone Jack, Memory Stick PRO Duo | October, 2008 | 4.20 | Yes |
| PSP Go (model # N1000) |  | All in One Port, Headphone Jack, Mic,Memory Stick Micro | 802.11b Wi-Fi,Bluetooth 2.1 EDR | 64 MB, 16 GB User and System Software Shared | 3.8" 16:9 Color TFT at 480 × 272 Sliding Screen | October, 2009 | 5.70 | 5v DC Non Removable Battery | Yes |
[edit]Variations
[edit]Region codes
The PSP is widely known by the series code (PSP-1000, PSP-2000, etc.). There are sub-codes within this numbering system however which designate the region coding. One UMD game,
BattleZone, and most movie discs have
region encoding, and so will only work on the appropriate master unit.
[edit]Retail configurations
PSP Core Pack launch prices
| Country | Release price | Release date |
|---|
| Australia | AU$349.95 | September 1, 2005[53] |
| Europe | €199.99 | September 1, 2005[54] |
| India | INR19,990 | September 1, 2005[55] |
| Pakistan | PKR15,600 | September 1, 2005[55] |
| United Kingdom | £179.99 | September 1, 2005[54] |
| Canada | CA$229.99 | March 22, 2006[56] |
| United States | US$199.99 | March 22, 2006[56] |
| Chile | CLP$169,990 | April 4, 2008[57] |
The PSP is sold in three main configurations that differ in which accessories are included. The basic unit package or Base Pack (called the Core Pack in North America
[58]) contains the console, a battery, and an AC adapter.
[59] This version was available at launch in Japan
[31] and was later released in North America and Europe.
[60] The Core Pack currently retails for
CA$/
US$169.99,
[58] ¥19,800,
[61] HK$1,280 or $1,360 (depending on the color),
[62] S$280,
[63] AU$279.95,
[64]NZ$299.95,
[65] €169.99, and
£129.99.
[66]The Value Pack includes everything in the Base Pack as well as a 32
MB Memory Stick Pro Duo, headphones with remote control, a carrying pouch, and a wrist strap.
[59] Some regions have modified versions of this pack that include different accessories.
[67] The Value Pack retails for US$199.99,
[68] ¥23,800,
[69]HK$1660,
[70] AU$399.99,
[71] and NZ$449.95.
[67]Many limited edition versions of the PSP that include various accessories, games, or movies have also been released.
[72][73][edit]Redesigns
[edit]PSP-2000
The PSP-2000 (marketed in
PAL areas as "PSP Slim & Lite" and still marketed as PSP in North America, Japan, China, India, Italy, and Portugal)
[74] is the first redesign of the PlayStation Portable.
At
E3 2007,
Sony released information about a slimmer and lighter version of the PlayStation Portable.
[75] The new PSP was announced to be 33% lighter and 19% slimmer than the original PSP system.
[75] The model numbers were changed to
PSP-2000, following the previous region-based numbering scheme (
cf. the PSP-1000 numbering scheme of the "old" PSP model).
It was released on August 30, 2007, in Hong Kong, on
September 5, 2007, in Europe, on
September 6, 2007, in North America,
September 7, 2007, in South Korea and
September 12, 2007, in Australia. On
January 8, 2008, built-in
Skype Wi-Fi Internet phone service was added via firmware updates.
[76][edit]PSP-3000
In comparison to the PSP-2000, the PSP-3000 (marketed in PAL areas as "PSP Slim & Lite (with enhanced screen + built in microphone)" and still marketed as PSP in North America and Japan) has an improved LCD screen with an increased color range, five times the contrast ratio, half the pixel response time to reduce ghosting and blurring effects, a new sub-pixel structure, a microphone, a new disc tray design, new button designs and logos, and anti-reflective technology to improve outdoor playability. It can also output all games by component or composite using the video out cable.
[77]In its first four days on sale, the PSP-3000 sold 141,270 units in Japan, according to
Famitsu.
[78] In October 2008, the PSP-3000 sold 267,000 units in Japan, according to
Enterbrain.
[79][edit]Hardware
The PSP Slim & Lite system is 19% thinner and 33% lighter than the original PSP system (reduced from 23 mm to 18.6 mm and from 280 grams [9.87 ounces] to 189 grams [6.66 ounces]).
[75][80] Internal changes to achieve this include the removal of a metal chassis (used to reduce damage in the event of sudden trauma to the system resulting from the user dropping the system on a hard surface). However, users have complained about generally poor hardware assembly like misaligned faceplates
[81] and loose/creaky battery covers.
[82]Other changes include improved
WLAN modules and
Micro-controller, and a thinner
[83] and much brighter LCD.
[citation needed] To target the original PSP generation's poor load times for UMD games,
[84] the internal memory (
RAM and
Flash ROM) was doubled from 32 MB to 64 MB, which also improved the web browser's performance.
[85][edit]Battery
Two different battery size standards
To make the PSP slimmer, the capacity of the battery was reduced by 1/3. However, due to more efficient power usage, the run time of the PSP is still the same as the previous model. Older model batteries will still work which extends the amount of playing time. However, the battery cover on the newer model does not fit over the older battery due to its bulkier size. The batteries take about one and a half hours to charge and last roughly 4.5–7 hours depending on factors such as screen brightness settings, WLAN and volume levels.
[86]In mid-December 2007, Sony released the PSP Extended Life Battery Kit, which includes a 2200 mAh battery with a battery cover that fits over the bulkier battery included,
[87] initially only available in North America.
[citation needed] The kit comes with two new battery covers, one black and one silver. In March 2008 the Extended Battery Kit was released in Japan. However, unlike the North American kit, the batteries are sold individually with one specific cover. There are three separate kits; one kit includes a black cover, one includes a silver cover and one includes a white cover.
[citation needed][edit]External appearance, inputs and outputs
The PSP Slim & Lite has a new gloss finish. The serial port was also modified in order to accommodate a new video-out feature (while rendering older PSP remote controls incompatible). In PSP-2000, PSP games will only output to external monitors or TVs in progressive scan mode, so televisions incapable of supporting progressive scan will not display PSP games. Non-game video outputs fine in either progressive or interlaced mode.
USB charging was made possible (the PSP Slim will only charge while it is in "USB mode". It cannot be charged via USB when playing a game). However, there are unofficial USB charge plug-in downloads for charging the PSP with a USB without the need for being in USB mode. The D-Pad was raised in response to complaints of poor performance,
[88][89] while buttons offer improved responsiveness, confirmed in the
GameSpot "hands-on" review: "
several GameSpot editors have noticed that the d-pad and buttons on the new PSP provide a little more tactile feedback for a better overall feel."
[90]A new simpler and more compact
UMD loading tray design was developed, in which the tray swivels out instead of opening up completely, while the Wi-Fi switch was moved to the top of the PSP. To address many consumer complaints about the Memory Stick door breaking off the old PSP, the Memory Stick door has been relocated and redesigned. The speakers were repositioned on the front of the PSP near the top of its screen. The infra-red port was also removed because it offered no use to the original PSP generation other than in
homebrew applications. Its analog stick was also redesigned to be more flexible and is not removable without opening the PSP. The air vent at the top of the original was also removed.
A "
1seg" TV tuner (model PSP-S310) peripheral, designed specifically for the PSP Slim & Lite model, was released in Japan on
September 20, 2007.
[91][edit]TV output and accessory port
Component cable, which allows PSP-2000 and -3000 models to output analog
stereo audio and analog component (
YPBPR) video
Sony added TV output to the PSP Slim through
Firmware update 3.60. It can output in a conventional aspect ratio (4:3) or widescreen (16:9), and offers a screensaver if the PSP is inactive for a set amount of time. It is able to output games, videos, and other media. To achieve TV output on the Slim model,
Composite,
S-Video,
Component (
YPBPR) and
D-Terminal (YP
BP
R) cables are sold separately by Sony. PSP format games are output as a
progressive scan signal, which can be carried only by the Component and D-Terminal cables, and displayed on televisions which support progressive scan. They are also rendered at the 480 × 272 resolution of the PSP screen, rather than the 720 × 480 resolution used for output, and are not upscaled meaning they are displayed with black
windowboxing when viewed to an external display. This can be overcome on some TVs by using in-build zoom functionality. However, the PSP system software, music player and video playback are displayed in full-screen. As of firmware update 5.00, PlayStation (PSone) format software purchased from the PlayStation store is output in full-screen mode and optionally in interlaced format for non-progressive displays. Although the user needs component cables and a TV that supports 480p (mainly found in HDTVs) to play PSP format software, a homebrew plugin called "FuSa" allows anyone with a Slim PSP to view their games on any SDTV or HDTV using Composite or Component cables. The plugin is also advantageous to those with TVs that do support 480p because it allows a full screen (1:1 ratio) viewing of games. The maximum resolution through TV output is 720 × 480 pixels and composite video uses NTSC color encoding (no PAL composite signal is available; European TVs must be NTSC compatible to be used with a PSP via composite). The old PSP-1000 model is not capable of this feature due to a slightly different port. As a result, original PSP accessories (using the connector) will not work with the Slim and the Slim's accessories will not work with the original PSP. Sony has released a new version of the remote control accessory designed for the Slim as a result. The PSP Slim can still use 3.5 mm headphones, like the old PSP-1000.
Sony confirmed a GPS Accessory for the United States at Sony CES 2008. The GPS is to be retailed for the new Slim PSP models. It will feature maps on a UMD, and offer driving directions and city guide.
[edit]Releases and Limited Edition models
Limited Edition models began being released in Japan on
September 12, 2007; North America on
September 5, 2007; Australia on
September 12, 2007; UK on
October 26, 2007, and Europe on
September 5, 2007. The PSP-2000 was made available in Piano Black, Ceramic White, Ice Silver, Mint Green, Felicia Blue, Lavender Purple, Deep Red, Matte Bronze, Metallic Blue and Rose Pink as standard colors (not all colors were available in all countries), and had several special edition colored and finished consoles for games including
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Ice silver engraved),
Star Ocean: First Departure (Felicia Blue engraved),
Gundam (Red gloss/matte black), and
Monster Hunter Freedom (Gold silkscreened) PSPs in Japan,
Star Wars (Darth Vader silkscreened) and
God of War: Chains of Olympus (Kratos silkscreened) PSPs in North America, a
The Simpsons (bright yellow with white buttons, analog and UMD drawer) PSP in Australia and New Zealand, and
Spider-Man (Red gloss/matte black), and
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Ice silver engraved) PSPs in Europe.
The PSP 3000, released on October 14, 2008, in North America, in Europe on
October 17, 2008,
[92][93] on
October 16, 2008, in Japan and in Australia on
October 23, 2008,
[94] is currently available in Piano Black, Pearl White, Mystic Silver, Radiant Red, Vibrant Blue, Spirited Green, Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green and Lilac Purple. The Limited Edition "Big Boss Pack" of
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker saw the release of a camouflage PSP while the
God of War: Ghost of Sparta PSP special bundle pack will include a black and red two-toned PSP.
[95][edit]Homebrew
The
homebrew community were initially unable to hack the later PSP-2000s and the PSP-3000 because it had a new CPU (motherboards revealed to be TA-088v3 (for PSP Slim) and TA-090v2 (for PSP-3000) which does not support the PRE IPL Exploit used in hacking the previous versions. This is due to the motherboard having its own PRE IPL where it checks the firmware thoroughly; if passed, the PRE IPL is cut off entirely to prevent unwanted modifications to the system.
In November 2008,
Datel announced a "Lite Blue Tool" battery which allows the PSP-3000 to boot into service mode. This battery is not able to start homebrew as the new PRE-IPL has yet to be cracked.
[96] The Lite Blue Tool was deterred from distribution due to legal action by Sony.
[97] Some time later, Datel changed the name from Lite Blue Tool to Max Power Digital and changed the description.
[98]MaTiAz, a known hacker in the PSP hacking community, found an exploit which is done with a US copy of Gripshift and a HEN save game exploit. However, this was only temporary. After the release of this initial hack, a sizable increase in sales of the game was experienced. Many eBay sellers inflated their prices to cash in on the sudden demand. A revised version of the PSP firmware (v5.03) was released shortly after to patch the exploit.
[99] Malloxis found a TIFF crash which is proven to work on 5.02 and 5.03 firmwares for PSP-3000; further crafted and engineered by MaTiAz, the TIFF crash became a TIFF exploit capable of loading an h.bin from the root memorystick. Davee, another hacker, further engineered this exploit with a privilege escalation exploit and created a Homebrew Enabler (HEN) which would allow the execution of unsigned code by users. In firmware revision 5.50, the TIFF vulnerability was removed, preventing any further firmwares being affected by the exploit. The HEN for the TIFF exploit, which was called "ChickHEN", was released on
May 5, 2009.
[100][101][102]On June 5, 2009, custom firmware version 5.03GEN-A for HEN was released, which is compatible with both PSP-2000 v3 and PSP-3000. It allows users to play game backups (ISO/CSO), PS1 games, and includes access to PSN, VSH, and recovery mode.
[103] This marked a major step forward in ending Sony's PSP-3000 piracy protection. Two days later, on
June 7, 2009, a duo of hackers (Xenogears and Becus25) released custom firmware support software based on a modified work of the released 5.03GEN-A for the formerly unhackable handheld called "Custom Firmware Enabler 3.01" in which PSP-3000 users can install custom firmware and load those firmware's files onto the PSP's RAM with the direct usage of "ChickHEN".
[96][104]On March 29, 2010, a user-mode exploit was revealed in the demo of the game
Patapon 2.
[105] This was quickly followed by the public release of "Half-Byte Loader",
[106] a piece of software allowing to load homebrew software on all PSP models (including the PSP Go) running firmwares less than 6.30. HBL has also been ported to
Everybody's Golf, allowing HBL to run on 6.30 and 6.31 firmwares.
[edit]Hardware issues
On release, an issue with interlacing was noticed on the PSP-3000 screen when objects were in motion. Gaming Bits (among others) did an
in-depth review of the differences between the two versions, noting the interlacing issues, and about a week later Sony announced that they would not be releasing a software update to address the issue:
[107]On some occasions, scan lines may appear on scenes where brightness changes drastically, due to the hardware features of the new LCD device on PSP-3000. Installed with this new LCD device, PSP-3000 offers more natural and vibrant colors on its screen, but the scan lines have come out to be more visible as a result of improving response time to alleviate the afterimages on PSP-3000. Since this is due to hardware specification, there are no plans for a system software update concerning this issue.
The PSP Go was revealed on May 30, 2009, in the June episode of the PlayStation Network online magazine
Qore and was later officially announced on
June 2, 2009, at
E3 2009.
[108] The PSP Go features
Bluetoothfunctionality, a smaller 3.8-inch (97 mm) screen and weighs 43% less than the original PSP. Instead of the
UMD drive as found on previous models, the PSP Go has 16
GB of internal flash memory and a
Memory Stick Microport that accepts cards up to 16 GB as opposed to
Memory Stick Duo. Currently, the PSP Go has a max memory of 32 GB, but the M2 memory can be increased in firmware updates. Games must be downloaded from the
PlayStation Store. The sliding mechanism on the screen hides the main face buttons and the analog 'nub' when not in use. With the release of the
PSP Go, most future PSP games will also receive a PlayStation Store release,
[citation needed] whereas only a handful of games were available before.
| Region | Units sold | First available |
|---|
| Japan | 15 million (as of December 28, 2009)[1] | December 12, 2004 |
| United States | 17 million (as of March 14, 2010)[109] | March 24, 2005 |
| Europe | 12 million (as of May 6, 2008)[110] | September 1, 2005 |
| United Kingdom | 3.2 million (as of January 3, 2009)[111] | September 1, 2005 |
| Worldwide | 62 million (as of September 16, 2010)[1] |
By March 31, 2007, the PlayStation Portable had shipped 25.39 million units worldwide with 6.92 million in Asia, 9.58 million in North America, and 8.89 million Europe.
[112] In Europe, the PSP sold 4 million units
in 2006 and 3.1 million
in 2007 according to estimates by
Electronic Arts.
[113][114] In 2007, the PSP sold
3.82 million units in the US according to the
NPD Group[115][116] and 3,022,659 in Japan according to
Enterbrain.
[117][118][119] In 2008, the PSP sold 3,543,171 units in Japan, according to Enterbrain.
[120][119]In the United States, the PSP has sold
10.47 million units as of
January 1, 2008, according to the NPD Group.
[109][121][122] In Japan, during the week of
March 24–30, 2008, the PSP nearly outsold all the other game consoles combined with 129,986 units sold, some of which were bundled with
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G,
[123] which was the best-selling game in that week, according to
Media Create.
[124] As of
December 28, 2008, the PSP has sold 11,078,484 units in Japan, according to Enterbrain.
[79][120] In Europe, the PSP has sold
12 million units as of
May 6, 2008, according to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
[110] In the United Kingdom, the PSP has sold
3.2 million units as of
January 3, 2009, according to
GfK Chart-Track.
[111][edit]Hardware
A ceramic white PSP-1000. The shoulder buttons are on top, the directional pad on the left with the analog 'nub' directly below it, the PlayStation face buttons on the right and a row of secondary buttons below the screen.
The PlayStation Portable uses the common "slab" or "
candybar" form factor, measures approximately 17 x 7.3 x 2.2 cm (6.7 x 2.9 x 0.9 in), and weighs 280 grams (9.88 ounces). The front of the console is dominated by the system's 11 cm (4.3 in)
LCD screen, which is capable of 480 x 272 pixel video playback with 16.77 million colors. Also on the front are the four PlayStation face buttons (
,
,
,
), the directional pad, the analog 'nub', and several other buttons. In addition, the system includes two shoulder buttons and a
USB 2.0 mini-B port on the top of the console and a
WLAN switch and power cable input on the bottom. The back of the PSP features a read-only
UMD drive for movies and games, and a reader compatible with Sony's
Memory Stick Duo flash cards is located on the left of the system. Other features include an
IrDA compatible infrared port (discontinued in PSP-2000 and later series), built in stereo speakers and headphone port, and
IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi for access to the
Internet, ad-hoc multiplayer gaming, and data transfer.
[4]The PSP uses two 333
MHz MIPS32 R4000-based
CPUs, a
GPU with 2
MB onboard
VRAM running at 166 MHz, and includes 32 MB main
RAM and 4 MB embedded
DRAM in total.
[4] The hardware was originally forced to run more slowly than it was capable of and most games ran at 222 MHz.
[125] However, with firmware update 3.50 on
May 31, 2007, Sony removed this limit and allowed new games to run at a full 333 MHz.
[126]The PSP includes an 1800
mAh battery (1200 mAh on the 2000 and 3000 models) that will provide about 4–6 hours of gameplay, 4–5 hours of video playback, or 8–11 hours of audio playback.
[27][127] Official accessories for the console include the AC adapter, car adapter, headset, headphones with remote control, extended-life 2200 mAh battery, battery charger, carrying case, accessories pouch and cleaning cloth, and system pouch and wrist strap.
[128][edit]Software
[edit]System software
Sony has included the ability for the operating system, referred to as the
System Software, to be updated.
[129] The updates can be downloaded directly from the
Internet using the [System Update] feature under [Settings] in the
XMB, or they can be downloaded from the official PlayStation website to a computer, transferred to a
Memory Stick Duo on following directory: PSP -> GAME -> UPDATE -> EBOOT.PBP, and subsequently installed on the system. Updates can also be installed from
UMDgame discs that require the update to run the game.
[129] The Japanese version of the
PS3 allows the System Software to be updated by downloading the System Software onto the Hard Drive then to the PSP. Sony has prevented users from downgrading the PSP to an earlier version of the System Software that is currently installed.
While System Software updates can be used with consoles from any region,
[130] Sony recommends only downloading updates released for the region corresponding to the system's place of purchase.
[129] System Software updates have added various features including a web browser;
[131] Adobe Flash support;
[132] additional codecs for images, audio and video;
[131][133] PlayStation 3 connectivity
[134] and patches against several security exploits, vulnerabilities and execution of
homebrewprograms.
[135][136] The most current version is v6.31.
[edit]Web browser
Web browser on a PSP-1000
The version 2.50 upgrade added
Unicode (UTF-8) character encoding and Auto-Select as options in the browser's encoding menu, and also introduced the saving of input history for online forms.
Version 2.70 of the PSP's system software introduced basic
Flash capabilities to the browser.
[132] However, the player runs Flash version 6, four iterations behind the current desktop version 10,
[138] making some websites difficult to view.
[132]There are three different rendering modes: "Normal", "Just-Fit", and "Smart-Fit". "Normal" will display the page with no changes, "Just-Fit" will attempt to shrink some elements to make the whole page fit on the screen and preserve layout (although this makes some pages extremely difficult to read), and "Smart-Fit" will display content in the order it appears in the HTML, and with no size adjustments; instead it will drop an element down below the preceding element if it starts to go off the screen.
The browser also has limited
tabbed browsing, with a maximum of three tabs. When a website tries to open a link in a new window, the browser opens it in a new tab.
[139]Parents can limit content by enabling Browser Start Up Control which blocks all access to the web browser and creating a 4-digit PIN under [Settings] in [Security]. Additionally, the browser can be configured to run under a
proxy server and can be protected by the security PIN to enable the use of web filtering or monitoring software through a network. Recently, TrendMicro for PSP was added as a feature that can be enabled via a subscription to filter or monitor content on the PSP.
The PSP browser is slower compared to modern browsers and often runs out of memory due to limitations put in place by Sony. Alternatively, Homebrew has allowed a custom version of the browser to be released that utilizes all 32/64 MB of the PSP's RAM, which allows the browser to load pages faster and have more memory for larger pages.
[140] Opera Mini can also be used on PSP through PSPKVM, a homebrew application which is a Sun Java Virtual Machine. It was claimed to provide much faster loading time than the default browser and provides better web page capability.
[141][edit]Remote Play
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