Gift Guide: Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Holiday Gift Guide 2008

Gift Guide: Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

by Jon Chase — Nov 15th 2008 at 12:01AM

Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) (Gamer, Under $250)

Whether your gaming sympathies lie with the XBox, Wii, DS or PlayStation 3, we can all agree on one thing: the PSP is a pretty awesome piece of multimedia machinery, despite not being the end-all be-all everyone demands of it. The newest update, the so-called PSP 3000, brings a welcome power boost under the hood, a longer 6-hour battery life, and a thinner, smaller, lighter body. At less than two bills, no other portable gaming system?or portable media player for that matter?comes close.

Price: $170

Tags: hgg-250, hgg-gamer, hgg250

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jermina said 8:33AM on 12-03-2008

Hi, remember to get a memory card too when you buy one - see my post on how kind of useless it is without one!

http://jermina.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/mistakes-even-big-brands-make/

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