A few months back, Sony’s John Koller broke to us that PSP owners who wanted a PSPGo would be able to digitally acquire those games for the PSPGo’s built-in storage. Now Sony has reneged on that offer. Sort of. More »
So what will happen to all of your old UMD games if you buy a PSP Go? You’ll be able to procure digital copies of those discs, maybe even for free.
With the news that Microsoft is offering full retail games on demand and Sony’s PSP Go breaking away from the UMD, it seems that the disc’s days are numbered. In your opinion, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
The rumours Sony is working on a PSP2? Pure confusion, says Sony exec John Koller. Rumourmongers are somehow mistaking its push to digital distribution, away from UMD, as work on PSP2. Uh huh. [SAI]
Sony announced last week that, yes, it’s still releasing UMDs, baby! Partnering with MTV, PSP owners will soon be able to purchase “Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection,” volumes 2 and 3; “Jackass,” volumes 2 and 3; “Wildboyz,” volumes 1 and 2; “Viva La Bam,” volumes 2-4; and “Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection.” While Sony has to know that UMD has become a game-only format, small, thematic releases like these aren’t really going to hurt/help the format or the bottom line. It’s like gambling on the penny slots after losing for a few hours of $20 blackjack. [Reuters]
newVideoPlayer("7umd1_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Many of us expected the a new PSP to have on-board storage to allow for a less UMD-reliant experience for music and gaming. In this clip, SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton tells us what’s gone wrong with UMD, and more importantly, how Sony plans on reviving the struggling PSP media format. He sorta lays the smackdown, so it’s worth a watch. The only hole in his logic seems to be that Sony prices UMDs fairly high as well. [kotaku] More »
Crecente got some hands on time with the Darth Vader PSP, and he says it’s definitely lighter, possibly firmer, and has a new UMD tray. The buttons and D-Pad were also tweaked and improved, which is one of the bigger complaints in the old design.
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