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.Makuch, Eddie, "PSP's PlayStation Store Will Be Removed Soon. Here's When", Gamespot, 29 Feb 2016. PlayStation Network services were fully terminated July 2, 2021 as per an email statement to registered PSN users. Even so, it is still possible to sideload prior purchases 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==
thumb|125px|The Final Fantasy II UMD and print manual in a jewel case.
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.
Game 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Metascore
Game 	Japan 	North America 	Europe 	Metascore
Final Fantasy 	April 19, 2007 	June 26, 2007 	February 8, 2008 	67
Final Fantasy II 	June 7, 2007 	July 24, 2007 	February 8, 2008 	63
Final Fantasy III 	September 20, 2012	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection 	March 24, 2011 	April 19, 2011 	April 22, 2011 	77
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- 	December 18, 2008 	August 25, 2009	September 4, 2009	83
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions 	May 10, 2007 	October 5, 2007	October 9, 2007 	88
Final Fantasy Type-0 	October 27, 2011 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Dissidia Final Fantasy 	December 18, 2008 	August 25, 2009	September 4, 2009	79
Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning 	November 1, 2009 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 	March 3, 2011 	March 22, 2011 	March 25, 2011 	78
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable	May 25, 2006 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===PlayStation Network===
List of Final Fantasy titles on the PlayStation Network. These games can no longer be purchased as new due to the PSP storefront being offline; but existing license holders can re-download prior purchases from their accounts at any time.
Game 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Metascore
Game 	Japan 	North America 	Europe 	Metascore
Final Fantasy 	June 24, 2009 	January 10, 2012 	February 16, 2011 	67
Final Fantasy II 	July 8, 2009 	March 2, 2011 	January 10, 2012 	63
Final Fantasy III 	September 20, 2012	September 25, 2012	September 26, 2012	N/A
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection 	March 24, 2011 	April 19, 2011 	April 21, 2011 	77
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions	May 10, 2007 	October 9, 2007 	October 5, 2007 	88
Final Fantasy Type-0 	October 27, 2011 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Dissidia Final Fantasy 	December 18, 2008 	August 25, 2009 	September 4, 2009 	79
Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning 	November 1, 2009 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 	March 3, 2011 	March 22, 2011 	March 25, 2011 	78
Dissidia 012 Prologus Final Fantasy 	January 18, 2011 	March 15, 2011 	March 23, 2011 	N/A
Crystal Defenders 	N/A 	N/A 	October 29, 2009 	N/A
====PSOne Classics====
Game 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Release Date 	Metascore
Game 	Japan 	North America 	Europe 	Metascore
Final Fantasy Origins 	N/A 	January 10, 2011 	N/A 	79
Final Fantasy IV 	June 27, 2012 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Final Fantasy V 	April 6, 2011 	November 22, 2011 	May 4, 2011 	80
Final Fantasy VI 	April 20, 2011 	December 6, 2011 	June 2, 2011 	80
Final Fantasy VII 	April 9, 2009 	June 2, 2009 	June 4, 2009 	92
Final Fantasy VIII 	September 24, 2009	December 17, 2009 	February 4, 2010 	90
Final Fantasy IX 	May 20, 2010 	June 15, 2010 	February 26, 2010	94
Final Fantasy Tactics 	May 13, 2009 	September 17, 2009	N/A 	83
Vagrant Story 	August 12, 2009 	March 1, 2011 	December 22, 2009	92
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon	May 25, 2010 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Chocobo Racing 	February 9, 2009 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===UMD Videos===
*Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
*Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
===Related titles for PSP===
*Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010)
==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 13, 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.
==Citations==
==External links==
*Wikipedia: PlayStation Portable
*Official US PlayStation Portable website
*Official Europe PlayStation Portable website
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