Playstation Portable

The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console developed by Sony.Development of the console was announced during 2003,and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004, at a Sony press conference before 2004,The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005 and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005.It primarily competed with the Nintendo DS, as part of the seventh generation of video games.

The PlayStation Portable was the more powerful system when launched just after the Nintendo DS in 2004. It was the first real competitor to Nintendo's handheld domination, where many challengers, such as SNK's Neo Geo Pocket and Nokia's N-Gage, failed.The original PSP model (PSP-1000) was replaced by a slimmer model with design changes (PSP-2000/"Slim & Lite") in 2007. Another remodeling followed in 2008, PSP-3000, which included a new screen and an inbuilt microphone. A complete redesign, PSP Go, came in 2009.Followed by a budget model PSP-E1000 in 2011.