Over the past few months, I've spotted something a little odd and unexpected happening to Sony's old PlayStation Portable. There's been no corporate push, no announcement of the truly portable Sony handheld we used to hope for (sorry, Portal). Instead, through something far less predictable, considering it's 2026, people are
The CPU performance and screen resolution show their age, and being a SCE product, using it as anything but an appliance for consuming purchased content involves jailbreaking it and then working with a system not designed to be used that way, but the industrial design, as with many Sony products, is beautiful.
If you want something more modern then buy a cheap handheld emulation console. Mangmi Air X is the undisputed winner for price to performance for this level of gaming.
The CPU performance and screen resolution show their age, and being a SCE product, using it as anything but an appliance for consuming purchased content involves jailbreaking it and then working with a system not designed to be used that way, but the industrial design, as with many Sony products, is beautiful.
If you want something more modern then buy a cheap handheld emulation console. Mangmi Air X is the undisputed winner for price to performance for this level of gaming.