Why did the PSP suceed as much as it did?

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Here is my guess. One, the PSP came out in the era where Sony was still the King of Kings of gaming so more people were willing to give it a shot whereas now Sony hasn't been as successful in the past so people are more hesitant to buy the Vita. Two, the PSP was very easy to mod/hack in its early days (which is the main reason I got one).