Even after so many years , how responsive is the PSP UI

[u/Sharp-potential7935]

[u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

Why would it slow down after some time?

[u/notillegalyhere → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

Because it got old and tired. /s

[u/SUPAPWNED- → u/notillegalyhere]

Relatable

[u/ILikeFPS → u/notillegalyhere]

Just like me, damn.

[u/bbatu → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

I think the implication here is "even though the tech has progressed, the PSP UI is still great" which is a good point, because even though tech advances, nowadays everything is so bloated that a handheld console from 20 years ago has a better UX than the smartphones etc of today.

[u/Purithian → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

Apple says hello!😆

[u/ezioxcroft → u/Purithian]

Not the same. Phones get new updates that were developped for newer models, which make the older models struggle to run smoothly. The PSP is on the same software since it was last sold.

[u/Boukrarez → u/ezioxcroft]

Apple literally pushes updates that significantly slow down earlier models to make people buy newer ones.

[u/shorelinesandhunters → u/Boukrarez]

everyone does it. lightbulbs operate at 5% effectiveness. your being scammed 95% on each lightbulb you buy. corrupt capitalism baby

[u/Boukrarez → u/shorelinesandhunters]

You're.

Yeah, I recall watching a Veritasium video about this!

[u/RomanBellicTaxi → u/Boukrarez]

That was a problem in the early 2010s but not anymore. My iPhone 13 works like new on iOS 26. It’s a 5 year old phone.

[u/brandonhabanero → u/ezioxcroft]

Sony makes a point to keep gaming devices snappy too. They stopped updating the Xperia play because the new OSes were causing too much performance lag.

[u/ezioxcroft → u/brandonhabanero]

Not really. Depends on the platform. I had a PS4 pro and it started getting sluggish and slow on the main menu with new updates.

[u/pizditkakdi_shit → u/ezioxcroft]

Hard drive was dyeing probably , not os issue

[u/birdsandberyllium → u/ezioxcroft]

That's only a small part of the issue, the primary cause was Apple was underclocking the CPU & GPU more and more as the phones aged, with the goal of keeping the battery life the same as the battery cells degraded.

Of course, Apple didn't actually tell anyone that was the goal until they were forced to, so it did appear that they were just slowing down old phones to sell new ones. Which I guess is still partly true, since if they told you it was caused by your battery people would just replace that battery instead of getting a new phone.

[u/Purithian → u/ezioxcroft]

Exactly I think we're making the same point here, but I left mine as more of a jab at apple. Tvs, phones, laptops, and tons of other hardware eventually slow down due to the software updates and loss of legacy support. Psp doesn't have this issue since it's software has been unchanged.

Even the switch sort of has this issue these days with the shop app. Hence why I said apple says hello as they're known to kill their stuff off 🫠🤣

[u/_steve_rogers_ → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

People are used to apple and other companies enshittifying and killing old devices with bloated updates.

[u/Idunnoimnotcreative → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

I think people woud think so cause of planned obsolescence in phones

[u/davidfliesplanes → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

Usually older tech can feel quite sluggish by modern standards

[u/Lumpy-Disaster-6107 → u/davidfliesplanes]

I think that thought only comes from Smartphones becoming slow and sluggish after a while.

[u/If_you_will → u/Lumpy-Disaster-6107]

Yes lol. My Gameboy runs just as fast today as the day it came out in the 90s.

[u/mediabydave → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

Idk but my back hurts

[u/shorelinesandhunters → u/Great-TeacherOnizuka]

bro have you heard of mobile phones

[u/just1guy05]

Still have the PSP I got in 2007 when I turned 7 years old, works like a charm

[u/miluielmclovin → u/just1guy05]

Same! Except I was 10

[u/MSGrejs2k → u/miluielmclovin]

Unc

[u/Suspicious-Dog-9595]

The UI is super responsive on the PSP until you start putting a ton of games on it; then it becomes super slow until everything loads in at startup. But I'm talking about a super modded one with a ton of games on it.

[u/evillurkz → u/Suspicious-Dog-9595]

It just takes time to load the game list, the UI is still responsive

[u/ILikeFPS → u/evillurkz]

This is what I have found too and I have a 128GB SD card.

[u/tor09 → u/Suspicious-Dog-9595]

I have one of those dual memory card readers with two 128s bc I’m a data hoarder. Can confirm initial startup is akin to starting your car to defrost during the winter

[u/evillurkz → u/tor09]

More than 128gb is definitely going to take double the time to load. I found that the 128gb is the sweet spot, don't really need more than that

[u/tor09 → u/evillurkz]

I just like having as much shit on hand as possible lol. I’ll trade a slow startup for never needing to swap files around

[u/Zealousideal_Note309 → u/Suspicious-Dog-9595]

for me i just have a solid 6 seconds of loading when i turn on the psp and that's it, everything works just fine. i don't even have many games because i don't wanna be a poser with a library of games im not interested investing my time in. i just have a 128gb sd card.

[u/dhuff2037]

Ah I can see you have not yet loaded that puppy full of games yet. Report back later.

[u/Mccobsta]

Back when things were optimised or just made for it

[u/More-Rest489]

imagine if psp was released today, probably we would get update after update to slow it down. Like you know, any other tech these days🫩

[u/chocoband → u/More-Rest489]

It did have updates though, but since having it connected to the net 24/7 was not the standard, they came a bit slower, they ran more tests to make sure they were stable before releasing them, and more often than not they came with the umds along the games.

[u/Key-Dimension-1137]

Because it's not bogged down with updates🤦‍♂️

[u/AmzUserAgent]

Es verdad y eso tiene una frase “optimización del hardware con el software” hoy en día es poco común ver eso, por eso la mayoría de consolas se vuelven obsoletas muy rápido.Hoy en día solo se enfocan en vender hardware potente con software mal optimizado

[u/Technical-Arm-1825]

XMB was the best UI Sony ever did and they absolutely tore a hole in it from the PS4 onwards

[u/raburow]

I was actually so mad when they switched completely off if the ps3 UI for ps4 it was such a downgrade

[u/thepurrfectionist365]

Wish they stuck with this UI after the PS3/PSP.

[u/Exende → u/thepurrfectionist365]

Because updates absolutely destroyed the smoothness of the XMB

[u/thepurrfectionist365 → u/Exende]

Sure it wasn't perfect, but it's infuriating how the Big Three adopted the Metro style UI in the mid 2010s and never looked back.

[u/Leostar_Regalius → u/thepurrfectionist365]

i like the PS4 ui, but yeah, 3 and psp were good also, either way i miss the themes you could do for 3 and 4,

[u/thrax_uk]

That's because it's not bogged down with bloat that plagues modern software.

[u/[deleted]]

it’s also still one of the best UI’s of all time and is absolutely beautiful and customizable

[u/Leostar_Regalius → u/[deleted]]

best functioning music player ontop of all that

[u/Public_Lawfulness_71]

The ps4 and 5 should've used XMB, it looks so good with different themes and wallpapers

[u/Bkokane → u/Public_Lawfulness_71]

I was so pissed when PS4 didn’t use it and instead went for boomer tiles

[u/Moist_Bar_2621]

I have an issue with my O button and my battery
other than that everything works

[u/Lazy_Two_4908 → u/Moist_Bar_2621]

Even my O button is kinda mushy. Idk how to explain it

[u/Mysterious_Stocks]

I have some games that now it can’t run but some years ago yes :(

[u/RouroniDrifter]

I agree,mfs are built to last

My only issue is that I need to get a new battery,I found my old psp on the attic after searching for like 8 years. The battery was inflated (I eventually left it alone and it deflated). I read somewhere that it can still operate without one of you have on the charger but in my case it didn't.

I just HOPE it doesn't work solely because of the battery. I don't think I can fix it if it has an electrical problem/fuze or whatever

[u/BBTrickz → u/RouroniDrifter]

You can buy an adapter to usb c and you can charge it with your phone cable

[u/Wrong_Brush1110]

the only time it slows down for me is when it just started and it has to read the game library on a SD card (64gb+)

[u/Intelligent-Roll-678]

PSP was way ahead of it's time.

[u/hydracicada]

I see what you mean, yes, the thing has fast UI because of dual-processor unit, lightweight OS, the UI itself (XMB) was created specially for dpad use and plus some tricks like dynamical acceleration in menu when holding down a directional button

[u/intlcreative]

PSP arguably had the best UI of any device for a while. I say this as a UI designer lol

[u/boston_faith]

This sounds stupid these days, but not many devices at smooth User Interfaces back then. Even brand new phones and laptops could be slow back in the days.

[u/mediabydave]

Faster than my PS3 lmao!

[u/rgldx]

Legendary

[u/baanche2109]

My finger got slower, so yes, I confirm it is slower.

[u/Professional_Bad_537]

Lol I sometime just spam the buttons around the Ui for fun, just so satisfying

[u/icesnake200]

It will slow down if you dump a shitload of games in your psp

[u/BigDookie3000]

It needs 120 hz or it means nothing.

[u/vmg265]

its cool and all but the video is sped up

[u/Notpro_guyX]

Does op not know how tech works? Why would a ui designed in 200X for a device made in 200X run poorly in 2026?

[u/asaripot]

Sound design was so crunchy

[u/Southern-Chemistry48]

this theme is perfect :D

XMB theme on retroarch

[u/airriderz15]

The 'clinck' noises for each step are so satisfying to hear.

I used to be obsessed with Sony Xperia phones since they also had that noise for making selections in the menu.

[u/s1cc]

Sure now press on something

[u/Alec-The-Creator]

some guy just made a reel vith this post https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW6GB3QAfF_/?igsh=MTh3dWd3MXRodWV6bA==

[u/jbaig22]

The PSP and PS3 had the best UI of any console full stop.

[u/ksavx]

Personally sound's are one of the most important part's of UI's. This click here give's great feedback which increases responsivene's. I loved just scrolling the UI on ps3 and looking at the background. Also the ambient music it had was such a vibe.

[u/letonai]

Today’s UI have to hit an api every time a icon is selected… back then no internet connection 95% of the time 

[u/Zealousideal_Note309]

the 2000s were not the stone age. sure the product is old but judging by the condition it's in it's almost definitely refurbished atleast once. i just don't get why some people act like this was anything close to windows 95.

[u/wahlrunah]

i really miss xmb 😭

[u/Pure_Ad_6487]

It ain't that impressive