Ah Sony. Remember a couple of years ago when I wrote how much I liked my PSP, only after loading it with custom firmware? Well, recently I purchased a PS3, and thought with all the cool things it can do with my PSP, I found a way to go legit with it and the Sony firmware path.
Now that I have, my PSP is…a little boring again. Sure, it has some good, if not great, games, but the loading times are just way too long for me to boot it up for a quick gaming session. I’ve been switching between Wipeout Pulse and Final Fantasy I, but both are pretty underwhelming for AAA PSP titles; the former teased me with the potential for downloadable content but provided none (in the US – EU got theirs, which boggles my mind why it couldn’t come out here), and with Final Fantasy I could really benefit from some custom soundtrack support from the XMB.
So how could it be better? Well, I can’t convert a video on it to save my life. And it would be cool if it had Adobe Acrobat support. Audible-ready support would be neato as well, so I could have a virtual library on the go. And again, custom soundtracks please. Please.
The PSP is what it is, and therefore it’s always going to be the second-fiddle, not-quite-handheld handheld. I use it mainly for remote play, so I don’t have to turn on my entire entertainment center to check the latest additions to the PSN marketplace. And while that PSN content is downloading I boot up my DS for some convenient portable gaming.