It didn’t drop out for me once, I tried with 4 different Bluetooth earbuds (two from Sony, one Sennheiser and the last from Motorola)

Agree with all your points!

The metal body is so very satisfying. But the cheaper (and almost toy-like) Innioasis Y1 had a far better menu system with that scroll-wheel

I really recommend it!

The metal case is a standout to me, I just love to hold it!

Thank you!

It was a surprise, since the listing had no indication it was jailbroken, but the fun thing was just how old that was!

You never really know what you’ll get with ‘junk’ listings :)

I love the shell!

There are a ton! Check out the Retroid Pocket 5 if you’re wanting something which can run upscaled PSP (and far more), or the more recently released Retroid Pocket 6 if you want it to be able to run Switch and PC games also

The word ‘junk’ on Buyee/Japan’s online marketplaces doesn’t mean what it does elsewhere. It can mean anything:

• Not having a charger on hand, so it can’t be tested
• Literally just dusty
• They don’t know how it works
• …all the way to actual issues (which typically I’ve found are things like muck in the power switches which isopropyl alcohol fixes right up!)

Junk absolutely doesn’t mean they’re broken! Listings tend to go into a little detail on what is wrong with the consoles :)

I’ve bought a TON of handheld consoles through Buyee. DSi’s (I got a great DSi LL in box with all the bits, barely used for $52 AUD), GBA SPs, I even got a launch Switch to jailbreak from Japan!

I actually wrote a article on a ‘junk’ PSP from Japan, you can read more on it here:

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-bought-a-junk-psp-from-japan-heres-how-it-went/

Wow, that’s an amazing compliment, glad you liked the article and that it began to sway you to the (older) handheld scene :)

Thank you!!!

Oh that’s excellent! I’m glad I could help!

From Buyee!

I actually wrote an article about that process and what you can expect (and do to get the best deal, in my eyes) on Buyee

You can read it here if you’re curious:

https://gardinerbryant.com/i-bought-a-junk-psp-from-japan-heres-how-it-went/

You knew exactly what I meant by my headline with this article. If you thought I literally meant every person alive then you’ve got a rough go ahead of you!

Sorry for your (PSP) loss :(

It was the design on the back battery cover. Technically Vader is the black part!

Time to update that firmware and get yourself some new tricks! I saw someone has ported Spotify (or some version of it) to the PSP a little while ago.

And I interviewed Barcode Studia a little while ago too, they brought GTA III to the Liberty City Stories engine so it is playable on the PSP :)

Definitely time for you to jump back into the PSP!

felt like a huge tech upgrade over the DS at the time

There’s a post somewhere on the internet comparing a racing game available on the DS and PSP, and the gap is HUGE between what they were both capable of. What that game was escapes me now, but it was an interesting time!

PS Vita and RG Vita…just because I can

And a PSA for anyone who has a terribly dead or spicy pillow battery, OSTENT make great batteries which do an even better job than the originals. I opt for the 1,400 mAh ones, which give you more capacity with the same size!

As far as hardware design goes, I think Sony just nailed it with this PSP