| domflo said: I mean, I get that they didn't want to implement a UMD drive into the Vita. Would probably be clunky as fuck. I still don't get why they thought that an optical medium would be ok to be used with a handheld console. Not only did that kill off any chance of the Vita having (physical) backwards compatibility, but it also means that the PSP games are the only handheld games I don't carry around all the time since the UMDs are so prone to breaking. It's annoying. |
UMD was actually a pretty great idea. I remember when me and my friend first saw a UMD game; we were amazed at how small the disc was. It stored as much as a mini dvd as well. Plus optical media wasn't in a decline and manufacturers were still playing around with mini discs and sd cards. Hell I spent 150 bucks on a 4gig memory card for my PSP back then. Solid state format just got viable when the cost per mb went down enough. I personally would have liked a BD-UMD, imagine storing let's say 10 + gigs of data at a cheap price. It'd be pretty nice. Though the cons outweigh the pros (Which wasn't the case at the time.)
