PlayStation Portable The PlayStation Portable ( officially abbreviated as PSP ) was a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Interactive 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 had the ability to play video games , watch videos , listen to music , and view images . The PSP was also one of the first wireless handheld systems , bearing an inbuilt Wi - Fi adapter that permitted Internet browsing as well as wireless local play for select games and use as a " second screen " for the PlayStation 3 . Since the PSP was an Internet - enabled device , users could purchase and play original PlayStation games from the PlayStation Network on the PSP . . The handheld system and many of its associated services were discontinued worldwide in 2014 . The PSP was succeeded by the PlayStation Vita , with which its downloadable games are compatible . Device - based PSN services for this system were discontinued in the United States as of March 31 , 2016 . Even so , it is still possible to sideload games from the PlayStation Store website ( Microsoft Windows systems only ) , or by using a PS3 in conjunction with the PlayStation Store applet on the console . Hardware versions . PlayStation Portable hardware underwent as many as four major revisions , each improving in terms of hardware , memory capacity , and firmware capabilities over the unit before it and also decreasing overall size and weight . The final mainline model , the PSP - 3000 series , was the slimmest . It allowed for direct output to a standard TV screen via cable link , also adding extra UMD cache memory for quicker load times , a brighter screen and an internal microphone that previous revisions lacked . The fourth model , PSP - N1000 , dubbed PSPgo , eschewed the original series ' UMD drives in favor of a digital - only distribution model . This model had 16 GB of internal flash memory with support for up to 32 GB M2 cards as external storage . Universal Media Disc format . Games and movies for the PSP were released on Sony ' s exclusive Universal Media Disc ( UMD ) format . Loosely based on earlier DVDs , the UMD was approximately 2 . 5 inches in diameter and held up to 1 . 8 GB of data , protected in a plastic enclosure . Although movies were required to conform to DVD region locking , PSP UMD games were largely region - free . " Final Fantasy " titles for PSP . UMD . List of " Final Fantasy " titles on UMD . PlayStation Network . List of " Final Fantasy " titles on the PlayStation Network . Special Limited Editions . To mark the release of " Final Fantasy " games on the system , Square Enix has released several Limited Edition versions of the PlayStation Portable . " Crisis Core " . 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 units were available and all of them were sold in one day . A similar bundle was also released in Europe , but lacked the Buster Sword wrist strap and the slightly changed cover art for the game . While this set was limited as well , it is not known how many packages were produced . " Dissidia " . Square Enix bundled this Limited 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 enter the contest .