What Was The Last Game Released On The PSP?

The PSP was Sony’s first foray into the handheld console market, the first time ever it truly felt like there was a competitor to Nintendo’s Game Boy and DS consoles. And while it didn’t manage to unseat them entirely, it did usher in a new age for portable consoles, with Sony firmly supporting it.

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How Many Games were Released On The PSP?

The PSP launched in the same period as the Nintendo DS, with only a few months delay. That was a crowded market to enter, considering Nintendo’s domination, but Sony still managed to carve out their own audience. A more conventional but powerful machine was just what they needed, giving the console plenty of life until it’s erstwhile successor came along.

In total, the PSP has around 2,000 games. That’s not an exact figure of course, with precise international numbers more than a bit difficult to get our hands on. Still, that is a commendable number for Sony’s first dedicated attempt at a handheld console.

To put that number into perspective, that’s around 286 games a year, or 24 a month. Almost a game a day until it was officially superseded by the PS Vita. Not a bad record at all.

When Was The Last Game Released For The PSP?

While the PSP first launched in Japan back in 2004, it had a rather long tale to it. Despite being replaced by the PS Vita in 2011, the PSP continued to get new games for a good while, with its final game coming a hilariously long time after its official discontinuation.

The very last game released on the PSP, physically or digitally, was Retro City Rampage DX, on July 27th, 2016 in the EU. That marks almost 12 years on from its initial launch.

What Were The Launch Titles For The PSP?

In the run-up to the PSP’s launch, Sony claimed that the console had at least three times more titles in its launch window than any other competitor. A strong claim, one that was technically correct. You see, Sony referred to the launch ‘window’, rather than the exact launch. A decent degree of leeway.

A large reason for that is because, at least in Japan, the PSP’s launch day titles were not any more impressive than the DS’ offerings, and had little in the way of first party titles. That said, in the following days many more exemplary titles did release, so it wasn’t a completely fluffed figure.

• Japan – December 12th, 2004.
• North America – March 24th, 2005.
• Europe – September 1st, 2005.

Let’s take a quick look below at every game that did release on launch day in each region:

Japan got a modest seven games, just like the DS, though the North American and European launches opened with a much wider selection of games, with 17 and 27 games respectively. Compared to its competitors of the time, that was actually a substanially improved number, one that clearly worked in favour of the PSP.

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