Sony subsequently released the successor to the PSP, the PlayStation Vita, in Japan on Decemand starting worldwide on February 22, 2012. ) and PSP-E1000 (similar to PSP-3000, but without stereo sound, Wi-Fi and microphone). There are five versions of the PlayStation Portable, the PSP-1000 (also known as 'PSP fat'), PSP-2000 ('slim and light' edition, a lighter version of the original PSP), PSP-3000 ('bright and light' edition, that includes a built in microphone and improved LCD), PSP-N1000 (or PSP Go, with a sliding screen design, bluetooth and internal storage of 16GB replacing the UMD drive. The PlayStation Portable can also connect with the PlayStation 3 as a sort of remote control for movie playback and for downloading content. This allows players who are traveling to download items, surf the web and play online. The PSP is wireless, meaning it can connect to the Internet (and other PlayStation Portables) without any cables. In many countries, Spider-Man 2 (the movie) was included for free with the console. The reason the PSP can have movies is because the disc ( Universal Media Disc) has a lot of memory space. They also ended in June 2014 in Japan and ended shipments to Europe by the end of 2014. In January 2014, shipments of the PlayStation Portable ended in North America. The PlayStation Portable is the first handheld game console to use a disc as its media storage instead of a cartridge. A Memory Stick Pro Duo can also be used for memory storage. The games and movies come on a disc called the ' Universal Media Disc' which holds 1.8 GB (this is a lot more than a normal CD, but less than a DVD). To transfer music, videos, or pictures to a PSP, you must use a USB cable to send the files from a computer to it. It can play PSP video games, as well as music, video, and pictures. It was first announced in 2003 at E3 and then next year its first design was shown off. After that, it came out in North America on Maand came out in Europe on September 1, 2005. It was made in Japan and came out there first on December 12, 2004. The PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is Sony's first video game console to be a handheld.

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