The PSP has the capability to do everything and while the not-so-discerning user is thrilled about this fact, there are chances that he has a dud in his hands. The Sony PSP can play games, movies, video clips, sound tracks (MP3), read books, connect to the internet, acts like a phone using Skype and a lot more. But the point here is not what it can and what it cannot do — rather, it’s how well it does these things.
If the user comments and reviews are anything to go by, the PSP does justice to the gaming part of its menu of “do-ables”. For everything else, there are really better devices that do a better job.
According to a report from The Washington post :
“Sony has often won big by thinking small. Portable gizmos such as the Walkman, the Discman and the Handicam helped make this company the consumer electronics power it is today. But until now, it hasn’t tried to run that play with its most successful product of the past decade, the PlayStation line of video-game machines”
Furthermore,
“As a portable game machine, it’s a peerless piece of work, combining sharp graphics, deep game play and easy online connectivity. As a multimedia gadget, however, it’s a dud”
On one hand Sony has for a long time done a great job with consumer electronics and has a brand image that beats rivals to death — the fact that the PSP can’t play videos that well or isn’t a great device to connect to the Internet is a trifle disappointing but is still a great alternative than to have multiple devices to do different things — look at the cost and the fact that you need to carry them all.
While you own the PSP, perhaps the only other device you might need is a cell phone ( to make local calls).
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I think on this you to relies that Sony originally did not design it do anything other than play games and video.
It the homebrew community that added the extra features.
I am sure that in the next version it will have all of the homebrew and additional features built in from scratch which will put these in at a much higher standard than the rather tat on as it is now. The psp2 will be a true multimedia device.