Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games
You may be thinking, with the recently announced PSP Go, how will I be able to play my previous UMD games? Well, you can keep your old PSP, or you can listen to what John Koller has to say. What’s said might just peak your interest.
When asked how current owners of the PSP will be able to play their collection of UMD games, John Koller responded with:
“We’re in the midst of putting together a good will program. We’ll be unveiling that soon [because] we actually think there’s a significant group that will be upgrading from the 1000…In the past, we’ve seen a 20-25% trade-up factor, and I assume that’s going to be the case here. We’ve modeled that. So we’re looking at a good-will program—a short term good-will program that would continue for years afterward.”
Koller also explained how this would be done, and compared it to Portable Copy (which allows you to rip and convert Blu-Ray movies on your PS3 or PSP). But, Koller did confirm that they will not be doing UMD ripping. Instead, you can expect a PSN-based digital distribution system, in which you can sign up for.
The most interesting part of this whole thing is that Portable Copy is free. It might be possible that Sony will offer this new system for free, but of course, there is no confirmation. And to add, the system may not apply to every PSP title out there, just the important ones.
Stay tuned on PlayStation LifeStyle for more on the PSP Go, and other PSP related news.
[Source]
13 Responses to “Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:25 PM
When and where can I pre-order my Go???? I want one even with its limits on 802.11b WiFi… With G being the standard it should at least step up to what the PS3 has…i don’t expect Gigbit technology but wireless G is doable.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:39 PM
just make sure i get my classics sony!
June 4th, 2009 at 5:46 PM
That’s freaken amazing!
@SPD55 Sony probably won’t start official preorders for a while but you could probably put down a reserve at your local Gamestop.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Shoot, Sev said Azariah just preordered his at E3.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I’m still confused, what’s the good-will program? How are we going to get our UMD collection onto our Gos?
June 4th, 2009 at 6:37 PM
dont own any psp titles till when i get the PSPgo.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Wow I didn’t expect them to be this gracious.
June 5th, 2009 at 1:23 AM
That’s exactly what I needed to hear, and I’m in that group who owns a PSP 1000.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:28 AM
really nice gesture, +1
June 5th, 2009 at 11:33 AM
The chatter on the PSP Go! just keeps getting better and better. If this turns out to be true, then Sony has really stepped up the support on the PSP platform.
June 7th, 2009 at 12:42 PM
This is definitely great news for anyone with UMD games.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:48 AM
SWEET … Just want some of my UMD’s others I could careless about anyways.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 AM
[...] the PSPgo and its removal of the UMD drive is considered a godsend to developers and consumers alike, European retail outlets [...]