When Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) debuted in 2005, it only came in one color: black. Since then, the PSP has come in a variety of colors, including white, lilac purple, red, blue and three versions of silver. These different versions of the silver PSP do not differ much from one another or from the black PSP, but they do have some important distinctions to consider when looking at purchasing one color over the other.
Versions
The PSP has had three incarnations thus far (not counting the PSP Go): the PSP-1000, PSP-2000 and PSP-3000. As black was the original color of the device, all three versions come in black. One of the colors of the PSP Go is also black. The silver color, on the other hand, did not arrive until the PSP-2000, so it is only available in the later two versions. As of 2009, the PSP Go will not come in a silver color.
Packaging
The silver PSP can only be purchased in bundle packs, meaning that the silver PSP is bundled along with a specific game and sold together. As such, the silver PSP costs roughly $30 to $40 more than a nonbundled system to compensate for the game purchase. Black PSPs can be bought either individually or in bundle packages.
Black PSP Bundle Packages
The bundle packages currently available for the black PSP are the Ratchet & Clank and Rock Band Unplugged bundles, which come with games of the same name. An Assassin's Creed bundle will release in November 2009 with the black PSP and the "Assassin's Creed" PSP game. All three PSPs in these packages are the PSP-3000 versions.
Silver PSP Bundle Packages
Three different silver PSP colors have been released and bundled with games. The Daxter PSP bundle included an ice silver PSP 2000 along with the game Daxter. The simply named silver PSP was packaged with a PSP-3000 and the Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters game. The mystic silver PSP was released with the Dissidia: Final Fantasy package and will be released with the Gran Turismo package in October. Both mystic silver PSPs are the 3000 version.
Special Silver PSPs
A special edition silver PSP was released in 2008 for the "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII" game release. The PSP featured a beautiful drawing of the Final Fantasy 10th anniversary logo on the back of the console. Unfortunately for United States fans, this edition was only released in Japan and Europe.
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