I was obsessing over these back in the day but it was at the upper end of what I could possibly manage to wangle as a Christmas and Birthday present combined… Then I discovered that a refurbished, like new, PsP 1000 phat could be had for less than half the price that these were retailing for and not only was the modding / emulating scene more active and better supported but it also opened an entire new library of native PsP games.

I don’t regret my choice in the slightest. Although I still think these are really cool.

I switched to “drag up” nav bar as soon as OLED and burn-in became a thing. So technically I was already “gesturing” before gestures were integrated :3

Once proper gestures came in, after the initial learning period, I never looked back!