One of the great thing about handheld systems is its ability to play games from all over the world. There's too many great titles in other countries, like Bleach: Heat the Soul, and the unique dancing game, Audition (pictured, above). Some people enjoy the stranger titles that can be found outside of our country, which is why we feature imports in our weekly releases. Simply insert the UMD and watch it play.
Sometimes, you want to cheat. Sometimes, you want to see the end of the game without having to go through actually playing it. On the PSP, game shares are easy to share, thanks to Memory Stick. What if you want to download a save file from the internet? Easy. Just go to GameFAQs, and browse through Game Saves. Download the one you want, and save the data to your Memory Stick. Easy!
Sure, the battery life could be longer ... but we love the fact that the PSP's battery is removable. Why? Because it means you can throw in another freshly charged battery in there. Other handhelds will force you to find an AC outlet to recharge, but hardcore PSP gamers carry around an extra battery for even more gaming. In fact, there are also extended battery options that give you more power and play time.
39. Sleep mode
Just hit the switch. Your system is now in sleep mode, allowing you to pause a game and save battery life. We love sleep mode so much: it's easy to use, and it lets you break up games into bite-sized chunks. In fact, because sleep mode drains battery so slowly, we never turn off our systems ... and we think that most PSP owners do the same.
40. Custom soundtracks
More and more games are allowing for custom soundtracks, where you can listen to your own music instead of the game's. The PSP should already be home to a good assortment of music thanks to its Memory Stick and music play back. It only makes sense that games should let you play your own soundtrack. The upcoming Wipeout Pulse will take advantage of this feature.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-28-2007 @ 10:16PM
clankman said...
I just love sleep mode one of my favorite features.
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6-28-2007 @ 10:31PM
Brandon said...
I agree, Sleep mode is awesome. My system is never fully turned off, I always just go into sleep mode. Its great when you get stuck at a point in a game and you want to take a break from it without losing your place. You get to go back to it, and pick it up right where you left off. Its one of my favorite little features about the psp hardware.
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6-28-2007 @ 11:09PM
GoBob said...
I'm another one who loves sleep mode. Also, extra batteries for the win! I got one of those extended life batteries on eBay for 12 bucks. Best purchase on ebay to date.
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6-28-2007 @ 11:56PM
raj said...
yet another person loving sleep mode. like many of my things, my psp is never really "off"
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6-29-2007 @ 12:21AM
PSP-Rising said...
Sleep mode rules, but in all fairness the DS has this option as well when you close the lid. I went a year without powering the PSP completely down. It's just normal for me to switch to sleep mode versus turning it off.
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6-29-2007 @ 1:05AM
Saigon said...
^??? How old are you kid? 12?
Yeah, sleep mode is handy, especially when the battery dies.
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6-29-2007 @ 2:13AM
gullum said...
The best part about sleep mode is I can pick up watching Death Note right from where I left off. Oh and resuming my games is kinda cool too.
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6-29-2007 @ 3:03AM
Don said...
Sleep mode is an awesome feature. But I couldn't go for long without turning my PSP actually "off"; as in not sleep mode but hard off. Because if I put it in sleep mode too many times during certain games like Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, it'll freeze & turn right off.
What I really love about sleep mode is that you can listen to music, pause it, let it go into sleep mode & press play on the remote & it'll resume where the song was paused. Just a really handy feature.
The replacable battery is another underrated feature. Most small devices like an iPod have their battery built in, when it starts to wear down & not hold its charge, it's much harder (if not possible at all) to replace the battery.
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6-29-2007 @ 4:11AM
Andy said...
I'll voice my "I love the sleep mode" comment. Only time my system's "off" is when it resets for an update or somethin. Sleep mode is a really, really nice feature. Something I would have loved to have had in the Gameboy era...
Also, Region-free FTW. I just got through getting my PS2 import friendly for Guilty Gear Accent Core, only to find that a localized version will be coming soon... I've imported 3 games for the PSP, Bleach 1 and 4, and DJ Max 2. Those probably won't be the only ones either...
As for custom soundtracks, its hard to count that one since there aren't very many games that use it. Maybe one, I think? I know the new Wipeout game will, but still. I'd like it in all my games!
I've got all my gamesaves backed up on my PC in case of problems. I love how easy it is to do that!
Good list, keep 'em coming...
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6-29-2007 @ 7:51AM
txa1265 said...
Sleep mode is great - and I love the associated 'hold' function - keeps things in line.
The problem I have with sleep is not a PSP problem but a 'lazy dev' issue - a few games (Madden '07, Chile Con Carnage, Call of Duty PSP, and a couple others I can't recall) take ~20 - 30 seconds from me hitting the wake-up button until they respond. One thing I love with sleep is the ability in most games to just switch it on and play - doing that Dungeon Maker now! So making me wait 30 seconds sort of kills the appeal of sleeping in those games.
As for the custom soundtracks, sure only a few games support it now, but it is a great feature that enhances the ones that do because of the high sound quality of the PSP.
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6-30-2007 @ 1:59PM
jnyjb said...
Sleep mode on the psp is much better than on the ds. the ds' battery gos down much quicker.
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7-01-2007 @ 9:52PM
Amar said...
When you said more and more games allow CS. Not really. I have like 11 PSP games and they all do not support Custom Soundtracks. I rented a ton of PSP games in the past year and I've only seen 2 of them with CS. Wipeout and NFS Carbon.
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