UMD-less PSP Has Always Been in the Works
Speaking in a recent interview, Sony product planning division lead Naoya Matsui, had revealed that it was always Sony’s intention to remove the UMD drive from their PSP.
“We’d planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning,” said Matsui. Going on, he stated, “But if we’d simply released the hardware, there wouldn’t have been much for everyone to enjoy. We needed to prepare the right environment for it first – things like the transferral of content with the PS3 and PSN, and PC software to manage content like music and movies such as Media Go.”
Essentially, Sony had to wait for digital downloads to come up to par with physical media, and they feel the time is right. The PSP Go] is set to hit stores shelves October 1st.
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9 Responses to “UMD-less PSP Has Always Been in the Works”
im pretty sure the PSP2 will be released next year.
How many years has the PSP been out? I hope so, PSP2 maybe PSP2-Phone? but i hate to buy a PSPgo then turn around and buy a PSP2… but knowing me I probably will… thanks Sony, you know im a sucker
I would hate to see a psp2 anytime soon. They need to establish an app store and really test digital distribution before they jump into psp2.
The only reason the psp2 rumor wont die is because people cant get past the one analog nub.
crappy psp games are not crappy because the psp has one analog nub.
crappy psp games are crappy because the dev didnt make a game with the psp control set in mind.
I really want a PSP – any good FPS available now?
FPS’s play like ass on the psp unfortunatley, I have found it is great for racing games and third person shooters oh and GOW COO!
I can’t understand why they don’t just come out with a PSP with a second analog stick – it’s what everybody wants. On existing games, people could just not use the extra stick. For new games, they could. Sort of like playing PS1 games on a PS2.
No, instead they come out with a $250 handheld in a world of $130 – $170 handhelds.
yikes – pspgo fails before it ships, c’mon Sony
lol yeah right. They created a format just to retire it a few years down the road?
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