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Note : This article would be about Sony's Gran Turismo for PSP but as I dealt more with the PSP itself, it changed. That said, if you feel this article weird, that's because of this sudden change. :o)

I own my PSP since 2004, when I received it for my birthday. My first reaction was "wow !", because I did not really expect that game console ; at this time, I fell in love with Nintendo's fat DS, because I had a GameBoy Advance that I played so much on. That said, the UMD that was given with the PSP Value Pack, with its video clips and music amazed me ; graphic quality, and even the screen looked so good.

Five years later, ths PSP still is the best looking-game console to be released, but there's an obvious lack of games that would make me play it again. That said, things are changing ; since the beginning of this year, Sony really seems to work hard to help his handled console ; Resident Evil, Soul Calibur, Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet or even the funny Fat Princess are all coming in the next few months.

It feels strange because I played on my PSP in 2004, and now I have to dust it to play with those new games ; because as I said, PSP is still the best portable looking-game console. And on the list, we also can find THE zombie : Gran Turismo.

Can you believe that ? Gran Turismo was first revealed before the PSP launch, but since 2004, nothing. No informations, no screen, no release date... Nothing at all. And when it comes between your hands, as you expected five years ago (or even more), you just realize your hapiness ! 60 frames per second, hundreds vehicles available. Well then, that's not the best Gran Turismo we had to see, but it's still a great experience you should try. I did not try the Ad-hoc mode yet (wireless multiplayer mode), but I'm eager to !

But that's not all ; to boost the PSP, Sony decided to release a new design of it, called the PSP Go. With the original PSP, Sony tried to monopolize its format UMD for small devices ; these UMDs are small DVDs, therefore they need a UMD drive to be launched. As it cost battery, and Sony failed in standardize its strange format, they decided to give it up and they remove it ; that's why you can't find any PSP Go games anymore.

Then you should wonder how can you buy games for you all new PSP Go. It's simple ; you just have to download them, directly (or not) from your console ! (Indeed, you're also able to download them from your PC or your PS3 system). The PSP Go is therefore the first video game console to only offer games by downloading them. Still, for those who still have a "fat" one (that's how they are called in France now), don't forget that you can always go to your retailer ; they'll continue to offer UMDs...