The Sony PSP: A Console Ahead of Its Time

Today, friends is a momentous occasion because we're going to be building the most ultimate of ultimate consoles, and that's not even close. The Sony PSP was a console so far ahead of its time.

And I think, especially when you look at the Steam Deck and Switch OLED, and all these things. It's time, Sony. Why don't you make a PS5 portable? Okay, shall we?

Oh okay, I think there's something missing, but we actually do have the PSP itself. Oh, yo! Ah-hah! You know what my first thought is? This is so much smaller than I remember. Probably because my hands were half the size at the time.

Oh dude Yeah, this has games in it. Oh, my [box clatters] - I think that box that I bought from eBay, not in the best condition, if I'm honest. It's definitely a bunch of stuff [box clatters] - This just there. You bought two PSPs? We've had that one for years and I forgot about it.

Can you just get a close-up with this one? I'm gonna just show you how long we've had this. [finger creaks] Oh, yeah. Wait, I'm gonna finish unboxing this one. And also look at all the games - Resistance. We've got Coded Arms, Killzone which is actually pretty good.

Grand Turismo, which I actually really liked. Alright, we've got ourselves the 32 gigabyte memory stick duo, which looks a lot like an SD card but that is definitely something you want. You want well it is here. Oh, is this another one?

Whoa, Ken, this is illegal. [Austin puffs] We can't show this on camera. What's that? - This is too much. So while it came with a 32 gigabyte memory stick duo, our resident mad lad, Ken Bolido, has purchased this which is a full two gigabytes of capacity.

Yes, friends, you didn't mishear that two gigabytes of memory. Don't format that one. Why? - It has custom firmware on it. Is this a jail break? It's got everything for a jail break on it? - Yes, granted well, it's for a PSP 2000 and 3000.

It does say 3000 on the back of it. Yeah. Someone did write 3000. Unfortunately. Dude, there's so much to go through here. I'm not even done with the unboxing. [boxes thuds] Another PSP? Wait, this one - That's a 2000, I think.

It says 3000. 3000, yeah. So this is very Japanese because if feel like when you buy a console in Japan, it almost always comes with the box. You could hack that one thereof if you wanna hack the blue one, you could do that too.

How many PSPs do we have for this video? [Ken chuckling] This bag that we have all the PSPS in. Also have this in there. Not that you could play it. Is that an HD DVD of

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Today friends is a momentous occasionbecause we're going tobe building the mostultimate of ultimate consoles,(box thuds)the Sony PSP.This was a console sofar ahead of its time.And I think, especially when you lookat the Steam Deck and SwitchOled, and all these things.It's time, Sony.Why don't you make a PS5 portable.Okay, shall we?(rousing triumphant music)Oh okay, I think there'ssomething missing,but we actually do have the PSP itself.Oh, yo! Ah-hah!You know what's my first thought is?This is so much smaller than I remember.Probably because myhands were half the sizeat the time.Oh dude Yeah, this is,this has games in it.Oh, my(box clatters)- I think that boxthat I bought from eBay,not in the best condition, if I'm honest,- It's definitely a bunch of stuff-(box clatters)- This just there.- You bought two PSPS?- We've had that one for yearsand I forgot about it.- Can you just get acloseup with this one?I'm gonna just show youhow long we've had this.(finger creaks)- Oh, yeah.(Austin laughing)- Wait, I'm gonna finishunboxing this one.And also look at allthe games, Resistance.We've got Coded Arms,Killzone which is actually pretty good.Grand Turismo, which Iactually really liked.All right, we've got ourselvesthe 32 gigabyte memory stick duo,which looks a lot like an SD card,but that is definitely something you want.- You want, well it is here.(sealed wrapper thuds)- Oh, is this another one?Whoa, Ken, this is illegal.(Austin puffs)We can't show this on camera.- What's that?- This is too much.So while it came with a 32gigabyte memory stick duo,our resident mad lad, KenBolido, has purchased thiswhich is a full two gigabytes of capacity.Yes, friends, you didn't mishear that,two gigabytes of memory.- Don't format that one.- Why?- It has custom firmware on it.- Is this a jail break?It's got everythingfor a jail break on it?- Yes, granted well,it's for a PSP 2000 and 3000.- It does say 3000 on the back of it.- Yeah.- Someone did write 3000.- Unfortunately.- Dude, there's so muchto go through here.I'm not even done with the unboxing.(boxes thuds)Another PSP?Wait, this one-- That's a 2000, I think.- It says 3000.- 3000, yeah.- So this isVery Japanese because Ifeel like when you buya console in Japan, it almostalways comes with the box.- You could hack that one thereof if you wanna hack the blueone, you could do that too.- How many PSPS do we have for this video?(Ken chuckling)- This bag thatwe have all the PSPS in.Also have this in there.Not that you could play it.(game cover thuds)- Is that an HD DVD of"March of the Penguins?"- Yeah. (laughs)- That's empty.- Oh, whoops. (laughs)- Set the time and date, 2004.Uh, I'm unfortunately gonna have to adda lot of years to that one.Dude, look at how good this interface is.This holds up so well.I'll say the screen, not asgreat as I remember it being.When the PSP first came out,this thing was like a revolution.It was so much better thanlike, I came from a Game Boyto the SP.We're all friends here, right?Can I let you in on a little secret?So one of the things that made the PSP,especially important tome as a young, you know,bordering on teenager.- Did you watch?- Absolutely, hundred percent.- Oh my god.- Hundred percent,the web browser and the wifi on this,used the neighbor's wifi and boy oh boy,was I incredibly amazed.- Wow, I didn'tknow you would go there.- The PSP man, the PSP.- To be fair, that'swhy we all wanted the PSP.- Is this likesuper old firmware?1.5 that's early firmware.I actually don't wanna update this one.I actually kinda wanna see cause 1.5,that was, that actually wouldn't,I mean, it wasn't what it shipped with,but that was really early.I'm gonna just grab one of the other PSPS.So the PSP 3000 was, Iwouldn't say a huge upgrade.This was back in the days where Sony woulddo a lot of sort of smaller updates.So one of the big things you'll noticeis that the door is now spring loaded,as opposed to on the PSP 1000where it's a much more kindof complicated mechanism.So if you pop up withthe PSP 1000, you know,it's actually almost a little bitof a nicer sort of design.With this, you just pop it open.It's much simpler, and I'llalso say that the PSP 3000is far lighter than the 1000.(celestial music)Here we go.Signs of life.Oh, it's even at thesilver background too.Time to use my big brainmemory to figure outhow to change my settings year.Oh, it's also, ahh!Ken, this is Japanese.This means that the X buttonand the O button are flipped.Ahh!- I mean, the way it should be.- What do we wannaplay, do you wanna play,Little Big Planet?- Gran Turismo.Why can't we, I wanna doWorld Series of Poker first.- Why?- I'm just curious.'Cause Poker is a great game, Ken.Quick play, let's do it.- Yep.- That's me.- That actuallydoes kinda look like you.- How dare you.A Jack and a nine, that'swhere a calling on.- This is so visually boring.- And here's the flop,I'm about to go all in.Watch me, watch me.Watch me, here we go.Oh, oh baby. (hand claps)I got three jacks, let's go, all in.All in, let's go.I mean sorry, Poker face.All in. (hand claps)I won, I actually won $1,100.Oh wait no, I put in a thousand dollars.- So you made a hundred dollars.- Yeah.(box thuds)(box clatters)What is this?A component AV cable.Wait that used the same connectoras like the headphone Jack?Well that's actually, oh my god.Okay well, so this is a PlayStation TVwhich we actually took a look atfor our building the UltimatePS3, not that long ago,but this is a brand newstill-sealed connectorthat goes from a PSP 2000 or PSP.Wait, this is PSP 2000 only.- Oh.- Here's the PSP 3000, right?Well, that's unfortunate.You got me all excited.- Yeah.- You gave the PlayStation3D TV without P-(box thuds)Oh, what's that?I mean, it looks like it goes from PSPinto this box then it goes into HDMI.- Yes.- I feel like I'm slowly beingoverwhelmed with PSPness.(sound whirring)So-- Wait.- Yup?Yeah, go ahead.- Nothing just proceed.- Do you want to displayon a capable device?I do.All right, now it's supposedly outputting(playful music)something.Okay, My PSP screen is dead.So it is supposedly outputting right now.It's almost like a bunch of old technologyis not working as well as it should.Judging on what I'm finding online.I actually don'tnecessarily need this box.I think this component cable,even though it says it's for 2000,it looks like you can actually work thison the 3000 as well.Component activate, all right.Now, if I press this button,it should enable my PSP output.Ready, set.(playful suspense music)- Well, the logo showed.Turn on the TV and off again.(playful suspense music)(Austin gasps)- It works, we did it!We did it, it's already deal to a PSP.We're done, congratulations.We're successful.All right, we got this.Look at this, look at our bigbrain moves right now, Ken.We got PSP on the big screen.You know, I feel like we're in the middleof trying to build the Ultimate PSP,but we've quickly got sidetrackedwith literally nothing but piles of boxes,but I'm just playing the game right now.- Mm-hmm.- And There's nothing ultimate about thisbesides I'm playing on a cool screen.- Mm-hmm.- Okay, cool,just double checking.- Put on yourbest Louise impression.- Hello?Oh, you don't want me to do that.- Knock 'em all off the track.- You know the performanceactually isn't terrible.Like this doesn't look that bad.- Framerate lookspretty good, actually.- Framerate, yeah.I don't know how wellyou can tell on camera,but it's actually not bad.Look at this.It doesn't even sound that bad as well.Honestly, it's really impressivethat this is running on a handheldthat came out in 2004.Obviously the latter boxingis pretty extreme, right?I don't know exactlywhy that is, but I mean,this is 100% playable.And honestly, I don't think if we havethis side-by-side with like a PS2and like Gran Turismo 4,I don't think we would noticethat massive of a downgrade.This video is sponsored by Stamps.com.As life starts to get back to normal,there are a lot of thingsto look forward to.One thing that can remaina thing of the pastis standing in line at the 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hello there and welcome backto the "Ultimate PSP Project"where I will now be demonstratingthe PSP TV adapter plug and play,which is the same thing we just did?- No, so this is for PSP 1000.It did not have a dedicated TV outand this was the next best solution.- Is this literally just like?- Yes, it's a camera.- So this clip's supposedto go on here, I think.(clip clicks)Okay.- Thank god that plasticis scratch resistant too.- Oh, I just realizedthis is even stupider.You're supposed to still use the controlswith like, oh my God, it's even worse.So power on, and now sheget a signal of darkness.Oh no, that's good.That's good, the PSP's not on.Everyone ready to experience the greatestof the PlayStation portable?Okay, wait.So I gotta focus it?- Focus.- That's fine, that's fine.Wait, let me get on an actual menu.- So we're filminga camera image of a PSP.- That's about as sharp asI think we're gonna get.And I was playing with the brightness.You know, that's not awful.- Take off thecamera, take off the camera.- Oh, yeah, great idea.Who needs to play games with it?Okay, Let's pop it off.- Okay. There you go.Oh, let's use the camera,let's use the camera.- Oh, and wow.- Oh, I love MTV.- Hello and welcome to the Ultimate PSP.Yo, if this is 2005, that would be rad.We'd be making our montage.We're uploading it to YouTube,but like the old school YouTube,they had like SpongeBob episodeson the front page, be great.(box thuds)Invisibles Shadows Zone.Bro, you're bringing me back right now.I never played this, but this is likeone of those thingsthey are trying to make,like the Sony version of like Pokemonor even like Digimon.But what was special aboutthis was that it camewith the camera for the PSP.Now, we have to remember that this ison the PSP well beforecameras were around.So DSs started getting cameras in the DSI,but that was what 2008 no part 2009 or so.So we gotta start with the camera.Wow, that's tiny.So it's literally just avery, very small camera.It's got the USB port on the bottomwith a couple of pins andthe camera just rotates.So you can have it front facing,top facing or rear facing.Who needs to build an Ultimate PSP,whereas you can buy thecamera and call it a day.Oh, oh my goodness.The PSP lives.Okay, so it's a 480p VGA camera,but I also have movie mode.Switch to movie mode.All right, we have twominutes of record time,320p at 15 frames per second.So friends, you are now experiencingthe majestic gloryof a PSP camera that has been archivedfrom the deep dark recesses of 2011.That audio sync,it might be the most atrociousthing I have ever seen.Let's enter the Shadow Realm.I mean, the Shadow Zone.So have you played the first InviZimals?- Wait, there's an InviZimals 1?- Apparently. So.Oh no, I have to watch acut scene now, don't I?- Your victory will be fretting.What is this?(jaunty music)Oh, look at that.Wow, look at that tracking.- That's really cool, actually.- On a PSP.- Whenever she lands very quickly,slap her with your hand.- Slap her.(Austin chuckles)- I'm not gonna slap her with my hand.This is not a thing I'm doing.- Just be loud and quickand make sure you don't hurt your hand.(Austin chuckles)- What the are we listening to right now?- Start capture.- Okay.(hand thuds)- InviZimal.(Austin laughs)- Bro, I miss the PSP man.This good stuff is great.- So it isn't building the ultimatewithout stacking a bunch of stuff. Right?- I feel like we've lookeda lot of individual items,but I'm not looking.I'm looking at a regular PSP here.I need an ultimate PSP.what'd you got for me?Holy Christ.(boxes clattering)- Is this ultimate or is this just big?Oh, wait a minute.Yo, I used to have this.The theater spirits.Aluminum case with built-inrechargeable battery,amplified stereo speakersand PSP system stand.Built-in battery adds up toseven hours of play time,which is actually that's.- That's actually a lot.- That's all like what,double, almost triplethe original battery.It recharges the PSP first,then the built-in battery,which means that you canuse this as a power adapterand fun fact, I did usethat cause I rememberI'd lost my PSP adapter,It broke or something.Holy, yo.Yo what the,- Remember thisis a different time, we-- This is back before we realizedthat plastic was no longera renewable resource.(cover creaks)Oh my god.(adapter clicks)Look at that.- Ooh.- Look at that.- They don't make them like that-- Ooh. Woo-hoo!(Austin huffs)Ah, whoo!So I'm gonna pull it forward.- Oh, that was so nice.If you have this then you werethe coolest kid on the block.- So I got my Hi-Fi speakers.Let's give this a try.(upbeat whimsical music)I would say that's Hi-Fi ish sounds.- That's betterthan the built-in PSP-- It is.So I do remember this is not likethe most comfortable thingto actually like play withsince you know, your handsare kind of cramped here,but you can hold it,and it does actually doa good job of protecting your PSP as well.- Look, I usedthe PSP to watch videos,so this would have been amazing.- Hang on, what about our Stamps.com?I'm gonna open up, whoa, whoa, wait.There's also the movie dock.Holy, but this one has a remote.Who needs a remote control for your PSP?Oh, this is about to get wacky.We've got a handheld dock that lookspowered by AAA batteries, boys.We're going for it.AAAs, you can't stop 'em.You can't stop 'em.- And I hate 2005 again.- This is top tier actual,most garbage town plastic ever.It's super like sort of janky feeling.You know like the typethat like feels likeit's about half as thinas it should be.And about four times as brittle,like this down accurately portraysthe quality of this particular item.My real issue as I'm tryingto build the Ultimate PSP,but all of these things work separately.I can't like put them all together'cause they all want a PSP,but they want this port and that port.So if I fire this up.- That's why about five of thesebecause we have so manyPSPs and different acce-(whimsical music)Oh, there's some whining in that.(rousing whimsical music)That's loud though.- It's loud, but it sounds terrible.Wait, let me turn the volume down.You may not hear this in the actual video,but there's a very loud, high pitched,squealy electrical noisecoming out of these speakers.Open up the Stamps.com,see if this is any better.That is some volume though.This feels far nicer.You can tell they put some money into itbecause there's a pieceof plastic covering upthe glossy plastic hereto keep it protected.(rousing whimsical music)- Yo, that sounds legit.- Oh my God.- I guess, this is garbage.We're just gonna put that away.- That's the best one.- It's the best one,the bestical testicle.- What no!- Oh, jesus christ oh my god.(upbeat whimsical music)- Yo, that is beast, whoa.(upbeat whimsical music)- You know, thatsounds better than likea Google Home Mini.(upbeat metal rock music)- Oh the buttons work.The buttons work.(metal rock music)Yo, all right, look the bonus with PSP.Just buy a Stamps.com Plus availableat your local best buy in the year 2005.Okay, I don't know why we're messingwith all this other stuff. Okay?- So, that my friends is alook at the Ultimate PSP.Should you ever build this?No.Should Sony build a PS5 PSP?Well, yes, yes they should.Is that the entire-- That's called Remote Play.- Nope, it's called the Nintendo Switchin the DAWs steam link.And I don't need tomake another one please.Like seriously, give mea portable PlayStation.