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Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com News — ... In a recent interview (Japanese), the head of SCE's product planning division explained that Sony has been considering a 'network centric' model all along. “We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning,” Matsui said. “But if we'd simply released the hardware, there wouldn't have been much for everyone to enjoy. We needed to prepare the right environment for it first - things like the transferral of content with the PS3 and PSN, and PC software to manage content like music and movies such as 'Media Go'.” ...

Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com All — ... is the lack of UMD drive. Until recently, UMD has been the only medium available to full-sized new PSP games. But what at first glance looks like an abrupt turnaround for the tech giant, is in fact something that Sony has been considering since the birth of the PlayStation Portable, according to Sony s Naoya Matsui. In a recent interview (Japanese), the head of SCE's product planning division explained that Sony has been considering a 'network centric' model all along. We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning, Matsui said. But if ...