The
PlayStation Portable (
PSP) is a
handheld game console developed by
Sony. Development of the console was announced during
E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on , 2004, in North America on , 2005, and in the
PAL region on , 2005. It primarily competed with the
Nintendo DS, as part of the
seventh generation of video games.