PlayStation Portable
Price: $250
Handheld video game machines have finally grown up with the PlayStation Portable from Sony Corp.
The PSP has versatility, raw power and chiseled good looks. The machine plays Sony’s proprietary Universal Media Discs; about 24 games, each in the $40 price range, should be available when the PSP launches this week. UMD movies are expected to cost about as much as DVD movies. The PSP’s crisp, bright graphics are spectacular.
What I really liked about the PSP is that the screen is big enough, and it has the processing power, to deliver not only casual games but deep, engrossing titles with a level of audiovisual fidelity once reserved for consoles and home computers.
Matt Slagle, Associated Press