So today’s article I wrote is just me plodding along wondering out loud why the Sony PSP has become so popular again all of a sudden.
I mean, clearly “so popular” is an exaggeration in the grand scheme of things, these are no-doubt extremely small numbers compared to other handhelds available. Scrolling social media really has shown a lot of them on feeds for me in 2026.
If you’re interested in why I think they’re showing up more lately, then read on with my article. I go through a reason in each ‘section’, but If you’ve got your own ideas, I’d love to hear them below here. Oh and if you’re thinking:
“hey there’s no in-depth investigative journalism here, it just looks like they wanted an excuse to write about the PSP!!!”
…you’d be right. I’ve been obsessed with them lately. This is my 4th PSP article in a very short time. I do so love them!
Anyway, if you want to see some old PSP TV ads, some nostalgia, and want to chat about PSPs (plz do), then here’s the link:
You, good sir, are what I love to see in a space like this. I’ve got your site now and will be keeping an eye out for that review for sure 😄.
About the comparison, very good to know! I always figured when companies put out products like this they have the OG hardware that doesn’t just emulate the old console like I’ve seen done with…I think it was a SNES or something?..either way, didn’t realize it’s still just running emulation software to get those results, makes sense though!
Cuz heck, even it can only really run PSP games (which is how they prolly should have marketed it) it looks to be a great piece of hardware for playing those on. Especially for those people who can’t get their hands on an old PS Vita that hopefully works.
Side note too, I see your a gamer after my own heart with MGS being in your top suite of games to test. Love me some Hideo Kojima.