It's About Time Sony Appreciated The PSP Library
The PSP might be the most slept-on console of the PlayStation line-up. Overshadowed by the Vita, abandoned for the mainline platforms, and left as a relic in the memories of ‘00s kids everywhere, it’s the home of spin-offs and experimental deviations from the mainline games. I can’t count the number of drives made tolerable by the PSP or the nights spent fighting Templars in Cyprus under my bed covers. And now, I have a chance to tap back into that goldmine without needing to buy the old hardware.
It’s neat that we’re getting downloadable PS1 and PS2 games. Together they make one of the greatest libraries in the medium’s history, and it’s just sitting there, waiting to be played - but there are so many spin-offs that have either been forgotten or never got their proper time in the sun to begin with - we might get another shot at GTA: Chinatown Wars or a crack at Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters on consoles. Sure, Size Matters had a PS2 port, but it was terrible, watered down, and missing features. It’s like playing the Lego Star Wars games on DS. This will be the original, the real deal.
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There’s a history here that’s been shoved to the wayside, left to the occasional publisher. GTA made its way to mobile but so many of these oldies were abandoned entirely. Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines, the sequel to the first game that continued Altaïr’s story, is barely talked about, let alone in circles of remasters or ports. It’s as much a part of the series’ long narrative as Brotherhood, Revelations, or Rogue, but it doesn’t crop up because of the platform it launched on. At home on the PS4 or PS5, it’ll finally have a place, and maybe it’ll grow a
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