If you’re reading this article it’s because your appetite for PSP games has increased to the point where it is now quite expensive to acquire all the games you’d like to play. This is not surprising when you consider that most games are at least $35.
If you are after free PSP games there are sites that will allow you to download these games. These sites are commonly referred to as P2P sites (peer to peer). What this essentially means is that you are able to download what I would best define as a shared game. You can find these sites by simply typing in “download free PSP games” into your favorite search engine.
Great, now you have found a free download site-or at least you might think so!
Why is this? Well, many of the “free” sites will allow you to download at ridiculously slow speeds. I’m talking about taking nearly 20 hours to download a single game and that’s not the slowest I have come across. This means that no matter how fast your modem connection is you are dependent on the access sites modem speed which can be very slow. Many times, many of these sites will offer the free download facility on a slow download speed and then offer you a paid option for a faster download. To me, this is “cheating”.
These free sites usually provide very poor download quality. The reason for this is quite simple-you get what you pay for and if you pay nothing then don’t expect quality or customer service. Now, there are some decent free PSP download sites but they are as rare as hen’s teeth and I don’t have hours to search the net and take unnecessary chances downloading potential viruses.
This leads me on to the other major problem with “free download sites” is that unscrupulous site owners very often take advantage of “naive” net users by using a free opportunity to download malicious viruses, Trojans and other spyware that can harm your computer or PSP.
So you can see that while you might get the game you are after you may also get a very poor quality game that’s taken a long time to download and furthermore may have a lot of “nasties” associated with it. Why take the risk?
There is another alternative, in fact 2 alternatives, we will go into the second later, however, we will firstly examine the ” free but catch-attached” alternative.
In your search to download PSP games that are free you will most likely come across a free download site that claims to be free until you try to download the PSP game that you’re after. The way these sites work is quite simple. You click on, perhaps in your search engine search, “free to download PSP site” and find what you have searched for and then you find that the site requires you to pay a fee at best and at worst, the site will most probably ask you to to pay for a monthly membership subscription (usually $10 or more a month).
In essence, there is nothing free about these sites and they make you pay for access to the sites not the actual game itself.
The second alternative that I mentioned earlier is probably the best solution for many games users. This usually involves the purchase of a lifetime membership from an unlimited download site.
What is an unlimited download site?
This is simply a site that caters primarily for PSP users and allows access by becoming a member. The reason why I recommend these types of sites is that they offer better value for money than the previous alternative. Yes I know it’s not free but it’s not expensive either (lifetime membership doesn’t usually cost more than $35).
What are the benefits of joining one of these sites?
A major benefit that these sites provide is “choice”. Any decent unlimited download site is going have about a hundred million files to choose from. Obviously, you would need a lifetime to play all these games but at least you have the choice. In addition to games you get wallpapers, game cheats and even music. So, these sites offer a lot of choice in one place.
However, one of the major benefits that you should consider is that the sites provide good quality games that are both current and virus free. What the sites have done is some of the “legwork” for you. They are presenting you with an opportunity to download an unlimited number of games and the real cost is just the initial membership fee.
So to answer the question, whether it is possible to download PSP games for free, yes it is, however you may end up with problems that may cost you quite a bit of money to fix. You may end up having to clear all your games from your PSP if you get a viral infection. It’s just not worth the hassle.
Okay, you now may be thinking, I thought I was going to get access to a site where I was going to get free PSP games. Well I think that I have outlined that while it is possible to get free games the best alternative is to get membership to an unlimited download membership site.