Differences between PSP models

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I've never really kept up to date with the whole world of PSP, however, finding myself wanting to play a couple of games like Crisis Core that are only available on the device, I find myself confused.

I was basically hoping that someone could clear up what exact differences there are between the models; Looking around I see there are 'Series' (i.e. 1000, 2000, 3000) and the individual models within that series (i.e. 2000, 2004, etc).

Can anyone offer an insight into what to look out for? And also, do I need to keep an eye out for anything when considering the firmware? (like do older models not accept newer firmware).

Best Answer

The Wikipedia entry for the PSP has detailed hardware specs. Things to watch out for:

  • PSP Go has no UMD drive
  • PSP 1000 has no video out, the more recent models do
  • PSP 1000 gaming controls aren't quite as good as the more recent models
  • some accessories may only work with a specific model of PSP
  • PSP hardware is region coded (represented by the last digit of the model number), as are most UMD movies and some games
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