The first word that came out of my mouth after opening the box to my new case was, “wow.” The leather is really nice and soft and the velvet made me trust it even more for housing my precious new PSP. I put my PSP in it right away considering the piece of foam I got as a case really didn’t impress me much. The PSP fit snugly and the design of the case allows the UMD to fit in there without the case bulging. The game actually goes behind the disk slot when the case is closed and because of the thick leather and it fits perfectly. I also keep my cleaning cloth that comes with the PSP in between here and it fits nicely. It stays put while playing a game because the back compartment also opens with a snap. The memory cards fit just as well. They are stored over the screen and don’t touch the screen at all because there is a light gap between the screen and the top of the case.

The soft leather is probably just as affective of protecting the PSP as a leather case would be for a cell phone. The front and back of the PSP are pretty well off and I’d say could easily survive a slight fall. The sides of the unit with the power slider and the WiFi -slider don’t really have much padding to break the fall, but the outer edges case that actually holds the PSP extend outward a little so that when it falls there, the side of the PSP doesn’t hit the ground, just the hard edge of the leather sides. The PSP is pretty well protected overall, maybe not as much as some other cases like the Logitech one, but this one does the job well and looks good doing it.

With all of this thick leather, how much bigger does the case make the PSP? The case with the PSP stands about 1 ½ inches high compared to the standalone PSP at ¾ of an inch. The PSP does gain some volume, but I’d rather carry that around than leave my PSP unprotected. The PSP in the case to the untrained eye sort of appears to be some sort of camera and pretty much hides the fact that it’s a gaming console, which for some of you, it might be what you want.

I really only have three gripes about this case and those are pretty minor. First of all, the top part of the case that surrounds the PSP and is above the PSP’s screen is kind of in the way. Over time, I’m sure it will loosen and adjust to where I want it to go, but at the moment, it sometimes gets in the way of the top millimeters of the screen which is kind of annoying. The second thing that bothers me is that the velvet attracts lots of dust. The dust sometimes transfers to the screen, but luckily I pack the cleaning cloth that comes with the PSP in my case as well. Last is the price. The case costs just over $50 which is pretty steep. For this quality leather though, I can understand it. The case will probably only be popular amongst older crowds.

Overall, this is a very good case with a somewhat steep price. Noreve’s case holds an extra disc and two extra memory cards which is definitely better than nothing. The case looks really great and is probably the best looking case on the market right now. With a steep price tag of $50, I can’t see many people jumping to buy one, but for a great looking case with good protection, this is definitely one of the best choices.