This mod turns the PSP right into a tiny PS2 with Bluetooth controller help

What for those who may flip a PSP with a damaged display right into a miniature PS2, join a Bluetooth controller to it, and play PSP video games in your TV? That’s the thought behind Retro Mod Works’ PS Placeable, a mod that “consolizes” the PSP and was featured yesterday in a video from the YouTube channel Macho Nacho Productions.

Retro Mod Works prices $274.99 for a prebuilt PS Placeable. These are waitlisted in the intervening time, although — a message on the positioning says the mission is a “one man present” and that the demand for the Placeable was increased than anticipated.

Retro additionally provides to mod customer-provided PSPs for $100 much less, and there’s an choice preorder DIY components and do the conversion work your self. The mod requires both a PSP-2000 or PSP-3000 revision, as the primary PSP didn’t have a video output. It’s not clear when the DIY components will ship — we’ve requested Retro Mod Works and can replace if we get a reply.

The first particular person behind the mission, named Dan, informed Macho Nacho host Tito Perez that he “hated the thought of shopping for digital video games” for which he has bodily copies, and needed a means so as to add Bluetooth controller help whereas preserving the UMD drive. He’s additionally talked about in replies on Reddit that his aim is to assist folks revive damaged PSPs with the mod, which doesn’t want the console’s display.

However shopping for one in every of these mod kits will be expensive or require expertise most individuals don’t have. If you happen to simply need to play PSP video games in your TV and don’t care about having a UMD drive, the PSP Go — which lacked Sony’s oddball optical drive however supported Bluetooth controllers and in addition had a solution to output video — continues to be fairly straightforward to return by.