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Sony Nixes Plans For UMD Conversion Program For PSPGo [PspGo]
kotaku.com - 9/25/2009
Sony Nixes Plans For UMD Conversion Program For PSPGo [PspGo]
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Playstation Portable owners will not be able to transfer the disc-based UMD games they own to a PSPgo when the sleek new digital-only system launches next week, Sony officials told Kotaku today. "We...
PSPgo Available Now – PlayStation.Blog
blog.us.playstation.com - 10/1/2009
PSPgo Available Now – PlayStation.Blog
— blog.us.playstation.com — Memory Stick Micro M2– Amp up your memory capacity and save even more games, videos, music and... photos Cradle – Dock your PSPgo system to charge it, sync content with your PC or use video-out to view on a big screen Carrying Case – Store and protect ... (more) PSPgo Available Now – PlayStation.Blog

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UMD games will not be converted to PSPgo
phonestechnology.blogspot.com - 9/28/2009
UMD games will not be converted to PSPgo
— phonestechnology.blogspot.com — The representative of the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment representative told Kotaku a resource that the... owners of the game on a UMD-discs for gaming consoles PSP will not turn them into games for new consoles PSPgo. Currently, Sony Corporation by virtue of legal and technical ... (more) UMD games will not be converted to PSPgo

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Get three free games with PSPgo Rewards
phonestechnology.blogspot.com - 9/29/2009
Get three free games with PSPgo Rewards
— phonestechnology.blogspot.com — In anticipation of beginning sales of portable game console PSP go the company Sony Computer Entertainment Europe... (SCEE) today announced special promotions that will allow PSP owners with a UMD (Universal Media Discs) games when purchasing a new model immediately proceed to the download of ... (more) Get three free games with PSPgo Rewards

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Converting Old UMDs for the PSPGo Is a No-Go [PspGo]
Gizmodo — ... a UMD conversion program, but due to legal and technical reasons we will not be offering the program at this time." However! (There's a however.) This development doesn't mean that PSPGo buyers with huge UMD collections will be screwed. Sony is developing a sort of UMD trade-in program in which you'll be able to swap an old UMD for a digital copy of the same game. In other words, if you want a digital version of a game you own on disc, you'll need to give up the disc. [Kotaku] ...

Sony kills (for now, at least) UMD transfer program for PSP Go
CrunchGear — ... Sony told Kotaku that it cannot move forward with the trade-in program because of “legal and technical reasons.” So if you buy a PSP Go the day it comes out, then you won’t be able to trade-in, say, Soulcalibur, for a downloadable code or whatever. That’s bad, yes. ...

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