However, with the LCD background, you can play for hours without eye strain. The resolution of 480×272 is quite meagre compared to now but with 10 years ago, it was the best screen resolution that a compact gaming device could carry in itself. Sony is also very fond of equipping its pet with a large 4.3 inch LCD screen with 16.77 million colours that can be displayed. This is an ideal size from that day until now for a handheld gaming device. The PSP is a handheld gaming device that should be fairly basic in size, 17cm in length, 7.4cm wide, 2.3cm thick and weighs 280 grams (including the battery). With a large external speaker and a beautiful display, many people at that time used the PSP to replace the inconvenience PC. Not only a pure gaming device, but PSP is also considered a mobile entertainment device when it provides a variety of powerful entertainment applications such as web browser, youtube, a media player. When compared with GBA, the PSP is quite similar in terms of launch time and sales, but in terms of hardware configuration, the PSP proved to be much stronger when it was said to be as strong as the PS1 and could run games up to several GB in size.
Introduced by Sony in E3 2003, the PlayStation Portable became a highlight throughout the year and soon after its release in late 2004, it became the most powerful gaming device of its time.
