Sony has gotten so good at developing excellent gaming devices and then letting them languish. Speaking as a PSVR early adopter.
Comment on Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026 (my article!)
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
PSP is such a cool console but had the worst lineup of games.
makyo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
balgruuf@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
Good catalogue is a must. I’m excited to see if Steam Frame will do it, and if can afford one.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t say “the worst” but the phrase “squandered potential” looms large.
rozodru@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
it had quite a few gems. The WipEout games were some of the best in the series, the God of War games were very good. Battlefield II on it was great. Final Fantasy Tactics and Crisis Core. Jeanne D’Arc was one of the best tactics game ever. Ys Seven, Megaman Powered Up, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, Ape Escape, the Killzone game on it was very good, LocoRocco 1 and 2, Final Fantasy Dissida, Monster Hunter, Daxter, Special Agent Clank, and Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget both Death Jr games! Absolute fucking bangers!
Sagan_Wept@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The PS Vita would like a word
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
It was maybe better but by the time it came out I’d completely soured on Sony handhelds.
Eldritch@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
There were some decent games. What killed it for me was the layout. Constantly bumping the power switch mid game. It happened so often.
popcar2@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Whaaaat? The PSP had a great collection of games, you might be thinking of the Vita that had barely anything in it. You got Tekken, God of War spinoffs, Patapon, lots of racing games, metal gear solid, lots of JRPGs, among other things.
Its main issue was the lack of a right stick so many 3D games either didn’t get ported or had horrendous controls (monster hunter…)
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ace Combat! Ratchet and Clank!
BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Star Wars Battlefront!
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gah, I forgot about that! It was so much fun in singleplayer.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FF 7 Crisis Core, DJ max, FF Tactics, GTA, Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve been so enjoying racing games on mine lately! Gran Turismo and WipEout have been such wonderful time-sinks for me :)
Such a huge variety of games on there!
popcar2@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
If you’re into racing, also check out Midnight Club 3. Great game.
xspurnx@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
So is Motorstorm Arctic Edge!
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s also Race Driver 2006, which is a pretty good and content-rich port of ‘TOCA Race Driver 2’. SBK 09 works as a bike sim, and Colin McRae Rally 2005 is a decent rally sim. Formula One 06 is a port of Psygnosis’ frustratingly demanding PS2 game, made in-house so without particular simplification. The NASCAR game is weird but serviceable.
Vita has a few too, namely F1 2011, MotoGP 14 and the WRC series. Although the F1 game is straight up too easy if one practices the tracks.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
I had a ps2 so every PSP game just felt lile a really bad scam version of the games I liked.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Welcome to the NES/Gameboy experience.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ugh I do NOT miss all my hours of THE CLAW in MH and MH 3rd… but I do miss getting together with all my friends as teens/young 20ses to smoke the devil’s lettuce and hunt all day.
popcar2@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
I have no idea how people put up with it, my hand starts hurting 5 minutes into playing MH on the psp. I played maybe 20 minutes total, said “nope”, and never played it again.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I can doooo it… I just… yah nope you’re totally right, I can’t do it anymore. When they released the N3DSXL I bought one INSTANTLY for Monster Hunter, and bought a Circle Pad Pro for my partner… no way to go back hahaha.
Then realized the circle pad pro was dope and the C-nub on the N3DSXL is complete garbage, so I ripped the C-nub out with a knife and popped a PSP joystick from my spare PSP onto my DS… works incredibly. Snapped in like it was MADE for the N3DS!
I wonder if my Vita’s second stick works in old PSP MH games in Adrenaline? I can’t imagine it does, but I’d kill to play through MH 3RD (Eng patch) again with two sticks…
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
One of my favorite, unexpected gems was Kenka Bancho. You’re a bancho (high school delinquent badass) and you have 7 days during a school trip before graduation to punch other school banchos into submission to prove you’re the best of all banchos. A real shame that only one game got localized, there are several others in the series.
I was also sad that Maverick Hunter X didn’t get sequels, so it became the sole 3D remake of Mega Man X, but it’s really good and you can even play as Vile. Speaking of Capcom, you could also play Monster Hunter 1, 2 or 3 on your PSP. I spent a significant amount of time on 2 and got nowhere near the mid game. I kept getting my ass handed by some bosses. Kushala Daora became my arch nemesis. On the other hand, beating Basarios was a piece of cake with bow and (piercing) arrow
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Excellent, thank you for the recommendation! I have to re-learn how to get games on Adrenaline on my vita—Kenka Bancho sounds awesome.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I loved playing Crisis Core on my PSP. Great handheld game
Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Remember the touch panel on the back and the games that used it?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the Vita.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Criminally underrated console… especially now, hacked, it can play all PSP games, hold shit tons of games on an (until recently oh god) WAY cheap SD card, and emulate tons of old consoles on its magnificent OLED screen.
Only complaint is the PSP’s D-pad is way better for my favorite PSP/Vita series, DJ Max Portable. Buttons too, but I modded my PSP’s buttons and D-pad to make them hair-trigger sensitive (most terrifying mod I’ve ever done and I’m so proud of it)