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:
If you don’t want to waste money on things you can be getting for free, the PSP emulator PPSSPP is fantastic and doesn’t cost a dime!
It really is wonderful, and I’ve chatted to the developer of PPSSPP a few times. I tried to organize a interview with him a few months ago :)
But as much as I love PPSSPP (and I do, I test it on the retro handhelds I review each time!), there’s a lot that can be said for playing these games on the original hardware. I cover some of that in my article there!