Japanese blog Gigazine says Sony is readying cartridge rereleases of UMD titles for its new handheld.

When Sony unveiled its Next Generation Portable (NGP) last week, it said that downloadable titles for the PSP could be re-downloaded on the new handheld. As for games on the UMD format, the company offered no word on backward compatibility or replacement solutions.

The NGP will see some PSP rereleases in data-card form.

Today, speaking with Japanese blog Gigazine (translated by Andria Sang), the company revealed that it does indeed have plans to rerelease PSP UMD games on the NGP's proprietary flash-based data cards. It did say, however, that rights issues may prevent the rerelease of some games onto the new format.

As for those with large existing libraries of UMDs, Sony told the blog that it is looking into possible solutions. However, it has nothing to announce at this time other than it is trying to get more PSP games onto the PlayStation Store. Sony offered similar statements when it launched the PSP Go in 2009, but ultimately opted not to offer UMD transfers or vouchers. The company also reportedly said that it has no plans to offer a UMD reader device for the NGP.

US Sony reps had not responded to requests for further comment on the Gigazine article as of press time. For more information on the NGP, check out GameSpot's complete NGP coverage and NGP FAQ.

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Good or Bad idea??

If they update them for dual analog Ill buy ones that I don't already own on psp

thank god i started downloading all my psp games i hope it upscales them to 720p but i douth it

I hope they figure something out, i have lots of UMDs and don't want to have two devices to play portable games.

If Sony wanted to do that they would have already done it, just using the PSP UMD reader to copy the game to the PS3 and then to the NGP but they won't because its a business and if they have the opportunity to charge you multiple times for the same game they are going to take it.

soo ff type 0 and mhp 3rd coming flash disc wise to the west confirmed?

What would  be really cool is when a gamer buys the NGP, he can exchange his UMDs for the respective vouchers to download on PsStore. Then the UMDs will be sent for destruction or recycling.