March 13, 2010 - Sony's PlayStation Portable disc-based titles aren't going away anytime soon. During a session at the Game Developers Conference this past week, the company said it has no plans in abandoning the UMD format. 

The session was meant to inform independent developers about the marketplace advantages that exist on the PlayStation platform. When discussing the PSP, the company said its UMD format is "alive and well" and that all retail games will continue to be available on both a UMD disc and digitally on the PlayStation Network store. 

Sony also provided its latest life-to-date sales for the PSP platform. Since its North American release in 2005, sales have reached 17 million total units. Total worldwide sales have now topped 60 million total units. 

Last October, Sony released the PSPgo, a UMD drive-less version of the original PSP that requires users to download titles directly off the PlayStation Network store. During last year's Tokyo Game Show, the company said it would remain committed to both versions, calling it a "dual platform strategy." Sony wasunable to provide a solution to owners with UMD games who upgraded to the PSPgo due to "legal and technical reasons."

 

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60 millioned *SHIPPED* I presume.

Either way congrats to Sony. I mean, standing up against the DS is no easy feat. Despite heavy piracy world wide it is still a viable platform in Japan and has provided us with some good exclusive hand held titles!

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they shipped 60.10M by JAN 31 though..

unless, they meant they produced that many?

looks like where in for a little adjustment there cant be 4 million psps on shelves

how can there be 3 million psp's out there?!?!

Impossible for there to be 3m PSPs on shelf, 0.5m or less would be more acceptable.
Adjustments needed

The PSP has already been adjusted.

No it hasn't, at least not recently... its still says 56.9m for sold and Sony says they have shipped over 60m units meaning that there are more that 3m units on shelves, which is impossible, or very very very unlikely.