You know, I wonder how many people will take this to be a real PSP. While working at gamestop this holiday I had over 10 customers come up to ask if those Gift Card Tins designed to look like a PSP were real PSPs, and if we were selling said PSPs for $5.

ima youtube my friend opening his christmas present. hahahhaha!

PNRTABLE? At least the R and the N aren't switched around. NSFW BTW.

With a dremel, a screwdriver some spare parts from a real PSP and a weekend's worth of free time I could probably make this look more convincing..... I could also up the voltage..... muahaha.

@Sorwah: Working in retail has taught me one thing - IQ's under 75 are more common than you'd think. True story: I was working at target when, one day, a woman walked up to me an my manager as we were shooting the breeze. She held up two packs of 9 volt batterise, one containing one battery and one containing two. She, with a sincerely puzzled look on her face asked "What's the difference between 9v1 and 9v2?" At that point my manager put his hand over his mouth to stifle the laughter that was coming out of it, got red in the face, and *ran* away leaving me to answer the question. There is no way to say the words "Well you see, this one has one battery in it, while this one has two" without sounding like a condescending jerk.

That annoying person would be much more shocked to recieve a Wü, complete with Shark Gun. (and a dranghty to put it in)

-dude, you got to check out chains of olympus!


-wait, you mean it's out already? Hand that shit over!

@What The Geek:

Oh man :D ! So what did say? And what happened next?

@cyhborg:

I actually said the words "Well you see, this one has one battery in it, while this one has two." at which point her face dropped as she realized what had went down - she said "oh..... thanks" in a very small voice and walked off looking kinda defeated. I actually felt kind of bad - I mean, stupid question and all, but my manager did *actually* run away laughing.

Yea... the end of that story isn't quite as funny as the beginning. Would you believe that was actually the second time in my retail career where someone asked me that question? The first went down very similarly, except I was alone at the time.

"the only shock you'll get is how little time you spend actually playing games on the thing" Ha ha, we needed good ol' Luke to keep the PSP puns going through 2008!

people think those pdp ds game cases are $10 ds lite systems all the time.

Next up, an XBox that gives you a hernia! Oh...

People also think no one plays games on PSP, apparently. They'd be incorrect.

oh and if this thing played snes emulators Sony would have some competition on their hands.

@What The Geek:

75? You're too gracious.

How do u get harmlessly electrocuted? Makes no sense whatsoever.

@REDFIELD8: unless he gets ban for trolling

@Proz:

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

What is the point of the character art? Is it trying to make the package look authentic? But then it says it's a fake... hmm. Perhaps the Chinese believe that the people of the English speaking world don't purchase things that do not showcase violence, cars, or "hawt grrls".

Thanks for keeping Teh Bias out of your articles Luke. Makes you seem *that* much more professional trashing something while writing about it, big man. Christ, no wonder Kotaku's PSP GOTY choices were so atrocious.

Whoever shocks me with a fake PSP gets punched in the ballbag. If someone hands me a real PSP they get punched in the ballbag too. lol, j/k. Nah, really, PSP is cool except my hands get cramped after playing for more than 15 minutes.

it's available in korean/japanese and many asian countries as well, not just china. dont be fooled by the cheap propoganda from those politicians.

also you guys should have known the cheap korean ps2 slim mimic that contains 99999 games.

I like my PSP :(

It's all silver and sexy...and stuff.

@What The Geek: Yeah, I agree. This one time a lady called asking if we received any Wiis. My manager finally just snapped, "Ma'am, if I could say 'Yes' to you right now, it would mean that I have some in stock. With that in mind, by the time you hang up the phone and take the 20 minutes to get here, we will be sold out of all four systems we would receive. So why do you call?" Her reply was, "Well I don't want to have to take the 20 minutes to drive up there and find out you're all sold out." My manager's reply was, "Well I'm glad we both see the same picture." then she hung up.

I laughed.

@Sorwah:

Lol. It does feel good to rip into the occasional customer. Retail sucks - I don't miss it even a little.

@Gumbydunzeeto:

It's all tongue-in-cheek, y'know, kotaku-style? Don't get all huffy.

I love my PSP, never understood all the hatred towards it, especially now when there are a good amount of games available for it. Guess we know what someone's New Year's Eve resolution is..."Keep my eyes and mind closed".

@steve86uk: Exactly. Even with my limited understanding of the English language, I've seen lots of people confuse electrocute with electric shock. Electrocute means to die through a severe electric shock, hence the 'cute' part (execute?).

I think I'd get maybe a little bit more fun out of a real PSP than this one. With God of War: Chains of Olympus and Patapon coming up, I might be tempted to pick one up off eBay just to play some of the better games, and then put it back on eBay again afterwards. I'm not buying a PS3 for years to come yet, and I already have a DS which I love, so I don't see a lot of point of hanging on to it.

I used to not care for PSP before because i had a DS then got tired of it and sold it but now that ive took the time to get a PSP and use it. I have enjoyed playing it and some of the rare games on it are great too I played more with the PSP this week then i had with the wii or 360.

but going back to the artice in the post ive seen so many trick handheld consoles i remember ages ago when they made a gameboy knock off that would shoot water @ you if you pushed the buttons. hahaha i pissed of a lot of people and that's was the time when gameboy and tetris was like Cocaine to people.

See, I saw that comment about not playing games on it and thought "oh, so he uses his for media playback more often". Still not convinced it was meant to be troll-bait.

Don't tase me, bro!

You know, making fun of the PSP may have relevant about a year ago, but it's really come out on it's own lately, and showed that it's worth owning. I haven't bought a DS game since last christmas, meanwhile there are plenty of good titles to choose from for the PSP.

oh, another "Playstation doesn't have any games" post. whatever. why doesn't anyone start a 'wii has only four games" post.

playing puzzle quest right now on PSP.

i actually never use the media functions of the psp, i only game on it. i got an mp3 player and i find watching movies on a small screen unnecessary

I wis someone would mod a real psp to behave like that one.

@ Plunkett:

"Buy a regular PSP and the only shock you'll get is how little time you spend actually playing games on the thing."

Like one poster already said, you're a little late to the party with your snappy PSP comments.

I have a DS and a PSP and having a system that only plays games annoys me. When I got the DS I was kind of surprised that's all there was to it out of the box. Though I do enjoy my DS a lot.

I don't have an mp3 player so I use my psp to listen to music and the radio. I like surfing when I'm away from my computer. I don't watch movies, but I do put anime on there sometimes. Though even then there are tons of games to play on it. I like options anyway. Never by a gadget that does only one thing.

Oh well, no need to get all SERIOUS BUSINESS I guess.

Have had both since launch, gave a DS away because its useless and the stylus is rubbish, as opposed to the psp which I used to use all the time.(when you start doing homebrew, the thing is amazing) However, now I have found a great use for my DS, I use it all the time as a kanji dictionary to help with learning. Its become a defacto cheap electronic dictionary. Id still never play games on the thing though, just nothing worth my time.(I dont like nintendo first party titles, nor anything capcom, konami, etc. has produced on it. All feel gimmicky)

As for the topic, looks great to me. I love the idea of being able to shock people.

I honestly would be cooler with the entire "tongue in cheek kotaku way" if they did through out the systems, with comments like "You and your friends are probaly gathering together now and pantomining synchronized masturbation sessions as we speak on your wii!" or "Great news, we have a third party DS game that ISN'T castlevania, final fantasy, or mostly comprised of minigames!"

I actually did the DS first, and walked away from it when nothing outside of castlevania, final fantasy, or the new super mario brothers held my attention.

Currently I'm switching between metal gear, megaman, valkyrie profile,lumines, and the new castlevania. People are trying to lure me into the RTS market right now, never been much of them, but the market is booming on the psp >>

Plunkett = Muppet.

I love my DS, when I buy a handheld, I buy it to play games. If I had a PSP I'd use it's other features but there are probably 2 games on the system that I'd even be slightly interested in, there isn't anything that can bring me to buy one... Sure there are pleanty of games on it, but the DS just has more going on it that I want to play...

I can't wait till I finally get my hands on Contra 4.

I want to get that, take it apart, then get a psp, take that apart, and put the shock thing indide the real psp.

Is there a way to mod my existing PSP to do this? I imagine I'll get a lot more use out of it that way.

@REDFIELD8: Well, he is the only person left who can stick the good ole "PSP has no games" line with a straight face, after all.

Oh well, too bad there was no way to include a clever and witty "the PS3 is an overpriced turd" stab in the article...

Yeah, it was just a jab at the PSP... I'll admit, I haven't touched mine for about 4 weeks now *guilty* I don't regret purchasing it, though!

"Pnrtable" made me laugh, I love engrish. I wonder if you can plug headphones in and shock them in the face. That could be funny.

@hana_fubuki: actually he didn't say the psp has no games. he says you won't be playing the psp for it's games. there is a difference and as someone who owns a ds and psp, i can see it.

the psp just isn't as fun for portable gaming. the load times are atrocious. you can not just pick it up and play it for a while. by the time i load up silent hill origins and have the game actually started (past the title screens, menus, etc), i could've been playing a DS game for a few minutes.

the ds = true portable gaming device. easy to play whether you have 5 minutes to kill or hours to kill. a lot of ds games are designed to be able to be played quick or long.
psp = portable gaming device when you really have time to hunker down and play for a while. in my very limited experience, psp games are not meant for quick pick up and play. but this does allow more "hardcore" gaming.

i do hear the psp2k loads quite a bit faster so maybe it makes the disgusting load times bearable.

Actually electrocute means to die from electrical shock and i doubt the little 9v in this thing is capable of doing that, lol.

I like how if you have gamer friends, they'll prolly read this thereby disabling this potential expensive prank. Thanks kotaku lol.

@KaneTaker: I save my email and use it to read it offline while I'm on break at work a lot. Games...I tend to play when I'm at home, even on portable systems. So even though I love my psp games I really DO use it for other things than playing games more often. The jab against the psp is lost on me too.

@What The Geek:
I would have actually explained the real reason behind the use of 9v1 and 9v2. They're stock codes, meant for keeping track of which product goes on which hangers, and which needs to be reordered. And that they have nothing whatsoever to do with the actual 9v batteries themselves. And hope that if I slipped in a few seemingly-subtle hints, she would be able to catch on to them without me actually having to come right out and say that one card has twice as many batteries as the other. Let her save some face, you know?

@DELETED:
_Actually_, "electrocute" is a portmanteau of "electric" and "execute". It's original meaning is to put to death by electric shock, it soon became coopted for accidental deaths caused by electricity (hairdryer in the bathtub...), and has gradually been growing to include non-fatal shocks. At least one dictionary lists its meaning to include "to kill or injure accidentally".

As for the 9v, it's possible to kill someone with the juice stored in a fresh battery, but highly unlikely. Remember, it's not the voltage that'll kill you, but the amperage. Run that 9v through the proper transformer and you can drop the voltage to almost nothing while raising the amperage pretty high. Given the right circumstances (someone who's already suffering from untreated physical shock, direct application to the heart during surgery, etc.), it might have enough kick to do you in. But probably not just some random passerby who's looking to get a little game on.

"is how little time you spend actually playing games on the thing"
LOL omg u kotaku writers suck so much! U dont even know what u are saying lol ffs just get another job! for real