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lolita on 15 March 2009

I hope they drop the format for the next PSP. Load times are not horrible, but longer than I would like and it eats up battery life. I never bought UMD movies because I'd rather watch movies on a big screen.



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-Newcloud- on 15 March 2009
jonop said:
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
They could drop the UMD drive and just sell games as downloads prices would need to drop even more on memory cards for that though

 

u see they could do that but thats cutting half the market some people wont be able to buy the games because not every one has a credit card

 

They could sell psp stores cards in stores or something.


ya they could do that but the people with no internet will be left out

Pyramid Head on 15 March 2009
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
They could drop the UMD drive and just sell games as downloads prices would need to drop even more on memory cards for that though

 

u see they could do that but thats cutting half the market some people wont be able to buy the games because not every one has a credit card

 

a hobo could get a prepaid visa card.



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Pyramid Head on 15 March 2009
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
They could drop the UMD drive and just sell games as downloads prices would need to drop even more on memory cards for that though

 

u see they could do that but thats cutting half the market some people wont be able to buy the games because not every one has a credit card

 

They could sell psp stores cards in stores or something.

 

ya they could do that but the people with no internet will be left out

 

1.  you can steal wifi anywhere almost it seems

2. boo hoo, people with no internet simply are left out



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WraithPriest on 15 March 2009
Procrastinato said:
WraithPriest said:

 

Movies aren't sold on Wii discs.

 

As Sony have allegedly dropped UMD in favour of direct downloads for PSP2 i'd say yes, it is a dead format.

 

They break easily, they use too much power and are generally a pain in the arse to crry around. Sit down wrong with one even in your front pocket and the clear and white plastic seperates.

I bolded the key word there.

And um... if you stick a cart game in your pocket?  Hello, static electricty, so long game.  I don't think durability in your pocket was the point.  Also, the PSP has something like 5x the horsepower of the DS, which is the real battery issue with games -- the UMD is expensive, but its not a bad game format at all.  Its a problem for movies.  I very much doubt Sony will go the cartridge route for games anytime soon.

 

I carry my DS gmes around in my wallet or pocket and i've yet to have one die at all.

 

I've done that since i got my Gameboy Pocket back in the day.

 



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Valkyria00 on 15 March 2009

Oh god. Its dead. Its freakin dead. Period. No argument can prove otherwise. UMD is a failed format.



jonop on 15 March 2009
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
They could drop the UMD drive and just sell games as downloads prices would need to drop even more on memory cards for that though

 

u see they could do that but thats cutting half the market some people wont be able to buy the games because not every one has a credit card

 

They could sell psp stores cards in stores or something.

 

ya they could do that but the people with no internet will be left out

 

They can access the internet through wireless hotspots 



Zkuq on 15 March 2009

It's not bad for games. It is bad for movies (well, right now at least). As long as people buy UMD games, it's not a dead format.



Legend11 on 15 March 2009
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
-Newcloud- said:
jonop said:
They could drop the UMD drive and just sell games as downloads prices would need to drop even more on memory cards for that though

 

u see they could do that but thats cutting half the market some people wont be able to buy the games because not every one has a credit card

 

They could sell psp stores cards in stores or something.

 

ya they could do that but the people with no internet will be left out


Not if there are kiosks in stores where the games could be downloaded from.