While most gaming fans have spent this month getting to grips with their brand new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles, I've been excitedly awaiting delivery of an altogether different handheld. One that, to my minor horror (because of how it reflects on my own age), turned has just turned twenty years old. I speak, of course, of the Sony PSP – a device I lusted over as a teenager, and one that still manages to look and feel futuristic today.
In today's world of incremental updates, it can be hard to remember just how quickly games consoles improved, at least graphically, across the nineties and noughties. In eight years, we've jumped from the Nintendo Switch to the Nintendo Switch 2. That's nothing compared to the jump from the Game Boy Pocket to the PSP, which took place in roughly the same time. And while it might not impress Gen Alpha much, the first generation PSP still unlocks that childlike wonder I experienced when I first laid eyes on it in 2004. Rather than one of the best retro games consoles, it's one of the best consoles full stop.
