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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.[1] 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[]

FF2 UMD

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 Metascore
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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 Metascore
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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 Metascore
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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[]

Related titles for PSP[]

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[]

PSP Crisis Core Limited Edition

The PSP Crisis Core set.

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[]

DissidiaPSP

The Dissidia-themed PSP casing.

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[]

  1. Makuch, Eddie, "PSP's PlayStation Store Will Be Removed Soon. Here's When", Gamespot, 29 Feb 2016.

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