![]() To me the PSP remains one of the best feeling devices I’ve ever held. It far surpassed the original PS1 in terms of power, and depending on what way you look at it was nearly up to spec with the PS2 which was only released a few years prior. Looking back the PSP was extremely impressive for its time. The PSP was released at the end of 2004, although Europe wouldn’t see it until September 2005, and was released around the same time as the Nintendo DS. But the PSP wasn’t bad was it? Just because we remember one better doesn’t mean its competition should be considered unsuccessful. Nostalgia definitely plays a part in the Game Boys legacy, and the overall appeal and success of DS is probably why we remember it better. The PSP doesn’t get the same ‘fond memories’ treatment of its Game Boy and Nintendo DS rivals, even though it came out around the same time as the Nintendo DS. At its release it was a media powerhouse that did what no other portable device could do, but ask anyone who had one and the best you’d get is “oh yeah, I had one of those, they were pretty cool”. ![]() The legacy of the Playstation portable is one of the more difficult consoles to grasp. Following Sonys impressive track record with the Playstation 1 and 2, and the promise of being a portable media powerhouse, Nintendo now faced a real contender in the portable gaming world. However in 2003, Sony announced they were also working on a handheld. Sure there were attempts such as Segas Game Gear and Ataris Lynx, but Nintendos grasp on the handheld was too strong. When the GameBoy was released in 1989 it took the world by storm, and over the next 15 years it remained pretty much unopposed. ![]() Gaming got to where it is today because of these attempts, lets see how. Successes, failures, the niche, the hyped, and the releases that were dead by the time they reached the market. In Retrograde I’m going to look into the many past attempts of gaming innovation that tried to make its mark in the gaming world. What seems revolutionary at the time might not take off for a few years, and what may seem like the next big thing, might end up falling flat on its face. The gaming world can at times be one of the most unstable markets to predict. ![]()
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