I dont want to be misleading with my title but honestly... now I understand why Sony is the powerhouse it is and why its future looks virtually unassailable - the PSP. I picked one up yesterday on a whim and found a copy of ridge racer at a nearby gamestop... (funny story how I got that copy btw)
anyway... PSP represents all that can be right with adult videogaming.
First its a slick piece of kit- so you dont look like you playing with a toy. Its more advanced internally and externally than most PDAs... (if sony would have made the screen a touchscreen... it would be the convergence device of this generation)
Second - You can do virtually anything with it (movies, music, games, internet). The sound on this device is incredible btw.
Third the games. My biggest problem this generation is lack of desire to sit down in front of a console and play games...
I spend too much time in traffic, or on the train, or in front of the computer at work to want to sit and interact with a full blown console for hours. Plus console gaming forces me to be home to play and most of my day I'm not home.
If I am at home, I am resting or doing the multitude other things I'd rather be doing than stuck inside in front of my tv. Maybe thats why only windwaker, splinter cell1, RE4 and GoW have gotten any play time from me in the last five years...
Now I can play all the games I want to play, the way I want play them (whenever I'm free) I'm hoping that everything I missed on PS2 this generation will eventually translate over to PSP. (Rygar, Ico, Sly cooper) I am not only impressed, I am pleased that finally someone gave me a system where I have videogaming on my terms: whenever I want them, whereever I want them, in an adult-oriented, high powered package with multiple uses. I may have gotten my videogaming mojo back because of this little black device.
Sorry for the rant but I was considering quitting videogaming after the xenon generation because I have lacked the time/interest to play games on my tv... now PSP has me excited for videogaming again.
RidgeRacer (second only to Daytona) is awesome on PSP btw.