| PSP, no this isn't some new form of PCP or | | | | cheaper alternative to buying games in stores |
| LSD or new street drug of choice, though it | | | | is download them online, and the PSP seems to |
| is a huge favorite among teens and college | | | | want to encourage these online sites to make |
| aged kids on the streets. The PSP stands for | | | | downloading of the games and spreading of the |
| Play Station Portable. This is the newest | | | | game much easier. There are, in fact, over a |
| hand held gaming system from Sony for their | | | | dozen web sites set up specifically for |
| Play Station franchise. This new gaming | | | | downloading games. Most of these sites have a |
| system is light years evolved ahead of the | | | | membership fee, ranging from a month to a |
| Nintendo Gameboys that helped to start the | | | | year. A few of the web sites even have the |
| whole craze, and PSPs offer far more options | | | | option of life time memberships for a larger |
| than their "ancient" predecessors. | | | | one time fee. |
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| PSPs are gaining strongly in popularity. Many | | | | The nice thing for Play Station fans who are |
| advertisements on television commercials will | | | | looking at a PSP is that the controls have |
| even mention a movie coming out on PSP as | | | | not been radically changed. One thing about |
| well as DVD. The ability of this consul and | | | | Nintendo, for example, was how radically the |
| portable gaming system to adapt to | | | | controls changed from the original Nintendo |
| multi-functional usage is one of the aspects | | | | system to the Super Nintendo system, to the |
| that makes it so appealing. While there were | | | | N-64, to the Nintendo Game Cube. Fans of the |
| definitely some early detractors to the new | | | | Sony systems won't have to worry: whatever |
| PSP model when it was initially introduced | | | | small changes are made, they are all still |
| (along with a huge number of gaming fans who | | | | based and designed on the original controller |
| swore by the Nintendo DS portable system) | | | | that everyone has become familiar with. The |
| Sony's PSP console's ascent in popularity has | | | | PSPs thus have the familiarity of all the |
| been amazing, and remarkably fast, much like | | | | previous Sony Play Station features that make |
| the popularity of Apple's iPod. | | | | them so popular while also adding new |
| | | | benefits and bonuses to the equation, giving |
| With the emergence of the console, PSP games | | | | the PSPs a great chance at staying in the |
| have come into much higher demand. The | | | | popular mainstream. |