For the layperson, exactly how powerful is the PSP?
For those not able to understand the techno mumbo-jumbo spelled out in the PSP specs, what it all boils down to is that the PSP has a whole lot of power, portable system or otherwise. At GDC 2004 in April of 2004, Christ Charla (of the development outfits Digital Eclipse and now Backbone Entertainment) said at the handheld’s tech demonstration unveiling conference: “Polygon for polygon, PSP has more power than PS2 … A huge number of effects that are given to you in software on PS2 are available in hardware on PSP.” And all indications at the E3 unveiling were that the system would indeed meet those lofty heights — the preliminary box for Gran Turismo 4 Mobile stats that the game quality, “…is not at all inferior to its PS2 counterpart.” While most familiar with the hardware say it would still be unfair to put the typical PSP and a PS2 or current-generation console game side-by-side in a professional test and expect the two to match up or favor the handheld version in technology te
