Procrastinato on 15 March 2009
Saying UMD is a "dead format" is like saying the proprietary Nintendo Wii DVD-esque disc is dead, because no one buys movies on it.
UMD is awesome for games. I don't see any reason why Sony would drop it. IF they enhanced it with cheap Blu-Ray tech down the road, and it could store a whole 480i DVD's worth of info, it might even make a comeback as a movie format, assuming Sony made the royalty prices attractive.
I think a disc format, like UMD, would almost be a prereq for any handheld fancier than the PSP. I sincerely doubt Sony will "drop it" and move to carts.
