The PlayStation Portable, officially abbreviated as PSP, is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Its development was first announced during E? 2003, and it was officially unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E? 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, the United States and Canada on March 24, 2005 and in Europe and Australia on September 1, 2005.

In addition to playing PlayStation Portable games, there have been new releases of downloadable PlayStation games that can be played via emulation for the PlayStation Portable. Currently, the only official way to access this feature is through the PlayStation Network service for PlayStation 3. Unofficially, almost any Playstation game can be played without requiring a PlayStation 3 by using a custom firmware.