What if you could turn a cracked-screen PSP into a miniature PS2, connect a Bluetooth controller to it, and play PSP games on your TV? That's the idea behind Retro Mod Works' PS PlaceableA mod that “consoles” the PSP and was Showed in a video yesterday From YouTube channel Macho Nacho Productions.
Retro Mod Works charges $274.99 for prebuilt PS placeables. However, they are currently on a waiting list – a message on the site says the project is a “one man show” and that demand for the placeable was higher than anticipated.
Retro also offers modifying customer-supplied PSPs for less than $100, and there is an option to Preorder DIY parts And do the conversion work yourself. The mod requires either a PSP-2000 or PSP-3000 modification, as earlier PSPs did not have video output. It's unclear when the DIY parts will be shipped – we've asked Retro Mod Works and will update when we hear back.
The main person behind the project, named Dan, told Macho Nacho host Tito Perez that he “doesn't like the idea of buying digital games” of which he has physical copies, and he wanted to add Bluetooth controller support while preserving the UMD drive. Wanted a way to. has also been mentioned Answers on Reddit Their goal is to help people revive broken PSPs with mods that don't require the console's screen.
But purchasing one of these mod kits can be expensive or require skills that most people don't have. If you only want to play PSP games on your TV and don't care about having a UMD drive, there was the PSP Go – which lacked Sony's oddball optical drive but supported Bluetooth controllers and also a way to output video. was – still is it's very easy to get here,