E3 2009

They said at the conference that they will still be releasing games on UMD for "people that like to be able to buy their games in stores"

PSN on your computer is apparently just a luxury, and the PSP Go is apparently useless

They might change their minds later, but I think they pretty clearly said they weren't going to stop releasing new games on UMD. and that PSP go and 3000's could both make use of the PC playstation network
 
The PSP Go is not completely useless. At first I thought it was, but it's going to appeal to those who've yet to buy a PSP or to those who want a smaller PSP with better controls.

I think the PSP Go is going to be a stop gap to get developers back on board to the PSP as they lay down the foundation for digital distribution to combat the rapid piracy of the PSP. Then once the PSP starts to reach the end of its life cycle, Sony will bring out an all digital PSP2 because UMD is useless now and the PSP was easily hacked.
 
Well apparently the older PSP games can utilize the digital distribution as well

and I don't think when faced with a 249.99 price tag and 169.99 tag, newcomers to PSP are gonna go with the more expensive one with no UMD drive

and some people might not like removal of mem sticks too.

and to my knowledge PSP3000 has yet to be successfully hacked.


What was costing developers money for PSP I read was used games moreso than piracy anyways. It's not like going digital would stop piracy anyways.

Going digital was what I thought was an attempt to eliminate the used game market on PSP
 
jaxel said:
They aren't dropping SUPPORT for UMDs... but Sony will soon no longer be publishing games on the format. This is the reason for the PSPGo. They will be bypassing brick and mortar and be releasing games through their PSN Store download service. If they kept on releasing games through UMD, the PSPGo would be worthless.
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There is alot of truth behind what Jaxel is saying here. Remember before the PS3 launched how Sony was talking about ways to make it illegal for you to sell games to gamestop? Its a bad kept secret that used games sales are hurting the industry (by industry I mean anyone that isn't Gamestop). If Sony and Microsoft could make it so that you could only buy games through their network they would do it in a heart beat. look at the success Valve has had with steam. its a matter of time before you can't buy a hard copy of a game. Hell can't you already buy full games through the playstation store?

10 bucks says that within 10 years you won't be able to buy a hard copy of the majority of major releases. The only thing holding us back is the fact that the majority of people of people in the USA don't have broadband connections.
 
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