A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More)

When I finished writing about rescuing a cheap PSP-2000 from Japan recently, I thought that was probably the end of the story. I'd bought a console that most people had overlooked (the listing had been live for a few days before I clicked buy), cleaned the typical grime off it, replaced its faulty charging port, and brought it back to life. The end result was a PSP in amazing condition, complete with its original white shell that somehow hadn't yellowed at all over the decades. Not bad for something that had been written off as "junk."But after publishing that article, I realized there was one obvious question I had never answered: what comes next? A few people reached out to tell me they'd followed my articles: picked up a PSP from Mercari, and asked what they should do once it arrived. That reminded me I'd covered how to buy and repair a PSP, but never how to actually set one up for modern use.Buying a PSP in 2026 is dead easy. Repairing one is often much less intimidating than it…