So today’s article I wrote is just me plodding along wondering out loud why the Sony PSP has become so popular again all of a sudden.
I mean, clearly “so popular” is an exaggeration in the grand scheme of things, these are no-doubt extremely small numbers compared to other handhelds available. Scrolling social media really has shown a lot of them on feeds for me in 2026.
If you’re interested in why I think they’re showing up more lately, then read on with my article. I go through a reason in each ‘section’, but If you’ve got your own ideas, I’d love to hear them below here. Oh and if you’re thinking:
“hey there’s no in-depth investigative journalism here, it just looks like they wanted an excuse to write about the PSP!!!”
…you’d be right. I’ve been obsessed with them lately. This is my 4th PSP article in a very short time. I do so love them!
Anyway, if you want to see some old PSP TV ads, some nostalgia, and want to chat about PSPs (plz do), then here’s the link:
As far as I’m aware it’s impossible to get a decent quality battery replacement for PSP these days
Not true! OSTENT have wonderful batteries and have long-since become the default recommendation. I have a 1400 mAh one in mine (slight bump up on the regular capacity)
Nice. I already got one that deteriorated shockingly quickly then decided a retro handheld was the way to go. As a bonus the emulator fast forward helped me finally make it through persona 1 lol
They 100% are, and they’re so amazing these days! I have the Anbernic RG Vita Pro, the Retroid Pocket 6 and the TRIMUI Brick Pro sent to me to review next up! But there really is some satisfaction on playing games on their native hardware, even if all of these three can upscale those PSP games a trillion percent to look perfect