Originally Posted by GBAstar These aren't on clearance. It's just a price drop from $129 or $119 to $99. The actually are still in production; the newer ones are in blue and white packaging where the original PSP 3000's are in yellow and white packaging. It is possible that Target will no longer carry them and they will eventually hit a clearance but I do not think that the $99 pricing is a clearance price.

This. I should have clarified they were NOT clearanced, it had a regular $99 price tag on it

Originally Posted by gutter2d I never understood why the PSP wasn't more successful. The graphics are awesome on the system and are even better than the 3DS. Plus the game library is a lot stronger than the DS's, particularly if you like Japanese RPGs. I love the DS, but the PSP beats it in every way. Too bad SquareEnix isn't bringing that Final Fantasy game that came out last year over here.

well it was pretty successfull in other markets, just not in the US. My guess is that, other than the piracy issue, the UMD format was just terrible. The hardware was also kinda fragile. Mine gives me the 'are you sure you want to quit' message all the time when im trying to play it. Its been doing it since i first used the damn thing almost and makes playing an action game pretty much impossible. Ive tried to find a solution but every post ive seen about it has no real solution at all. I think its either the disc tray isn't seated right or the reader is just messed up


Anyway.. im still on the fence on whether to get one or not. I saw the post about the new ones being in a blue package. I find that kinda interesting. Has anyone actually seen one like that? I may want to get one in the newer packaging if thats the case. Would be sweet if i could PM at best buy since i have a bunch of certificates with them. Are they still PM'ing retailers? Do they even still carry PSP's?

Originally Posted by gutter2d I never understood why the PSP wasn't more successful. The graphics are awesome on the system and are even better than the 3DS.

Have you even played a 3ds? Resident evil revelations looks like an early 360 game and even the other games look great like MGS:Snake eater and Kid Icarus.

Great deal, but with Black Friday 2013 around the corner, I may have to just bide my time.

Originally Posted by SolidSnake86 Great deal, but with Black Friday 2013 around the corner, I may have to just bide my time.

???

I have one of the white Darth Vader PSPs. Loved it. As far as the talk on the system's library. I don't care what anybody says. Its library, for me, was amazing. The RPG and SRPG selection was awesome. I loved having Disgaea on the go. Put close to 100 hours on the first one. Final Fantasy Tactics was crazy good with the re-written dialogue. Joan of Arc? Rocked. VC2? Rocked. Persona 1, 2 and 3? Come on, man. And that was just the tip of the iceberg.

It failed in the US because of the piracy problems (a retarded monkey in a third class zoo could do it...in fact, I think some did) and the stupid, stupid UMD format.

That said...you can get UMDs of awesome games on the super cheap now.

I dunno...if you can catch the Vita on another sale like what was offered on Black Friday, I think you are better off spending the extra money. Get the best of both worlds.

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the PSP has a FANTASTIC underappreciated library. I've owned 3 PSPs since launch day and a ton of games. I <3 the PSP.

But I really dislike the 3000 model because of the scanline issues,color oversaturation and backlight bleeding when not using the oversaturated "Wide" color mode. But the 1k and 2k have worse screen response time. Trying to play side scrolling games on the 1k will actually most likely give you a headache as it did for me.

So it's like pick your poison!

The PSP Go is supposed to have the best screen of the lot. But you'll have to hack it to play UMD games(As ISO's)

Originally Posted by MrBonk the PSP has a FANTASTIC underappreciated library. I've owned 3 PSPs since launch day and a ton of games. I <3 the PSP. But I really dislike the 3000 model because of the scanline issues,color oversaturation and backlight bleeding when not using the oversaturated "Wide" color mode. But the 1k and 2k have worse screen response time. Trying to play side scrolling games on the 1k will actually most likely give you a headache as it did for me. So it's like pick your poison! The PSP Go is supposed to have the best screen of the lot. But you'll have to hack it to play UMD games(As ISO's)

You must have super sensitive eyes. I have a red GOW PSP 2000 and a Ratchet & Clank 3000, and they're pretty much identical in screen display to me!

Originally Posted by ubdu You must have super sensitive eyes. I have a red GOW PSP 2000 and a Ratchet & Clank 3000, and they're pretty much identical in screen display to me!

It's incredibly easy to see the issues with the 3000 display(At least for me. I have cursed eyes). And I wish it wasn't that way. Because the response time is fantastic.
If my 2nd 1k didn't break 2 years ago because of some crappy replacement part that didn't fit, i'd still use that for the majority of stuff. I'm planning on getting a Go here one day just to see if it solves my screen issues and is as good as they say.

Want to see it close up, here you go
courtesy of Eurogamer

https://images.eurogamer.net/2011/ar...3000_1.JPG.jpg

Notice the Sawtoothing like edges instead of sharp pixel shaped ones

Compare that to
PSP-1k https://images.eurogamer.net/2011/ar...1000_1.JPG.jpg
PSP-E1k https://images.eurogamer.net/2011/articles//a/1/4/2/5/3/1/7/E_1000_1.JPG.jpg

Originally Posted by Jaysonguy PSP has an awful library compared to the DS, especially if you like JRPG's Heck, the PSP has an awful library compared to the DS no matter what type of game you're looking for

PSP has a smaller library for sure, but it by no means has an "aweful" library. I own about 70 games for it, and the vast majority of them are quite good. A few off the top of my head:

Badman series (aka. "What did I do to deserve this, My Lord!?" 1&2 and "No Heroes Allowed)
Brave Story: New Traveler
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Daxter
Dead Head Fred
Disgaea 1, 2, and Infinite
Dissidia: Final Fantasy 1 and 2
Fate/Extra
Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection
Gods Eater Burst
Growlanser IV: Wayfarer of Time
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Half-Minute Hero
Hexyz Force
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
Medievil Resurrection
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Persona 1, 2 (Innocent Sin), and 3
Phantasy Star Portable 1 and 2
Popolocois
Prinny 1 and 2
Star Ocean 1 and 2
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Ultimate Ghost 'N Goblins
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Ys I + II , Oath in Felghana, and Seven
Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman

Originally Posted by Monsta Mack Could be going out. Can't find PS2s new anymore here either, so my guess is PSP is next...

I'm positive that PSP production for North America has been ceased for quite a while now.

Originally Posted by Nintendonly I'm positive that PSP production for North America has been ceased for quite a while now.

No. If that was true why is their new packaging (Blue instead of Yellow)?

In fact I have one in front of me and the outside box says :MFR DATE 09/09/12

Originally Posted by Gosha White PSP Gos, not 3000.

Oh, jeez, reading comprehension FAIL on my part.

Originally Posted by xenozfan2 Have you even played a 3ds? Resident evil revelations looks like an early 360 game and even the other games look great like MGS:Snake eater and Kid Icarus.

Don't mean to defend the other guy but the vast majority of games on the 3DS look like N64-Dreamcast graphics level. There are few exceptions like RE Revelations and some others what look like original Xbox. It's weird how the 3DS can scale like that.

are these moddable to play homebrew games ?

Originally Posted by slidecage 99 seems like a good price could see them falling to 49 bucks thanksgiving 2013 though

Shouldn't the PSP be msrp $49.69 right now??

gonna ask again.. are you guys sure they have a newer PSP core in the blue packaging? I have NOT seen one anywhere. Just the white and brown one for the core. I was gonna pick one up i think but want to verify these exist before i just pick a regular pack up.

Also. Anyone know if BBY carries them anymore? I cant find them on the website and saw none at my local store

Several (a few) months ago I picked up a blue-packaged Cars2/FIFA12 bundle on clearance at my local Target for... $100?

I know it's a blue-box bundle and not core, but I was pretty happy with the price, as a first-time-ever PSP owner, and the game library isn't bad at all (and certainly very cheap now overall, too). Added bonus, my two kids have no idea I have it, so they aren't begging me to play it (they each have DSes and access to Mom's iPad, which helps).

Originally Posted by Kenshindono gonna ask again.. are you guys sure they have a newer PSP core in the blue packaging? I have NOT seen one anywhere. Just the white and brown one for the core. I was gonna pick one up i think but want to verify these exist before i just pick a regular pack up. Also. Anyone know if BBY carries them anymore? I cant find them on the website and saw none at my local store

Yes. I am 100% positive. I haven't seen any in retail stores but the one I ordered from Amazon.com came that way and it had a September 2012 build date.

This was for a PSP-3000 core model

Originally Posted by chimpmeister Well its all opinion in the end. I think the PSP blows away the gimmicky DS in every way, in terms of hardware and games too. To each his own.

Exactly. Ghost Of Sparta, alone, proves that comment.

This is just a price cut, not clearence so don't hope for that 50% off yet