PSP Slim: Success OR Failure?

The kind of new Sony PSP Slim has a ton of great features, but has some flaws that make the portable gaming system average. It has a wide screen, mini control stick and D-Pad, and some nice buttons on the bottom of the screen. Those buttons on the bottom of the screen control the screen brightness, volume level, exiting a game, and the start button. You can buy it in a pack that comes with a memory stick, system, game and movie. I did not buy that package, because of its price at $220 canadian. I bought a used PSP Slim with free game and memory stick. Mine fortunately, came with Daxter and a 1GB SONY memory stick! Yours might be different depending on what package you are buying. Anyways, the PSP Slim, as the name suggests is a little bit skinnier than its older version, the Phat PSP. BUT, none the less, it is still bulky in weight and size. You can play games, watch movies, listen to music and even surf the web. There is also a built in radio too. There are also many firmware upgrades from SONY's website which give the PSP Slim more features.

Let's start with its games! The PSP Slim's graphics are very similar to Playstation 2's, so, it is kind of like a portable PS2. Some of the best games I've played and heard of are, God Of War, Daxter, Syphon Filter, Medal Of Honor, etc. It does not have many great titles, only a few are great. So don't buy it, if you just want to play God Of War, it is not worth it. It has built in WiFi for multiplayer gaming. Infrastructure mode which lets you play live with anyone on the network or Ad-Hoc which is just between you and a friend who is nearby. The WiFi does use up a lot of battery space, so expect only about 2 and half hours of multiplayer gaming. Medal of Honor 2: Heroes is one of the best FPS multiplayer games for the Slim, due to its graphics and replay value of course. Other than that, not much to say about the game list.

You can play mp3s and AAC tracks, I have not tried any other file format for the PSP Slim's music player. You can watch videos also, but they must be in .MP4 format AND the video must be in the correct folder, or else it will say corrupted file. The Slim has a TV-Out function which is new and is a function that boosts the PSP Slim's rating a little bit. Please note, that if you want to play a video game on your TV, you need the component AV Cable and you must have the component hookups on the back of your TV. You can play music and movies on your TV with the normal AV Cables which is good, but not great. The PSP Slim has a internet browser built in, but it is too slow. It does not matter if you have a good router or an expensive internet connection. It will always be slow, no 3G networks on PSP Slim.

Those are pretty much all the features of a PSP Slim, I would only recommend buying it if you are going to hack your PSP Slim.