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Sony planned UMD-less PSP 'from the beginning' | Game Development | News by Develop
Sony had planned to release a 'network centric' model of the PSP ever since the beginning, according to an interview on website GameBusiness.jp . In an interview with the head of SCE's product planning division, Naoya Matsui, it has been revealed that the company was simply waiting for the ...
Sony PSP Go! Black Console - PSP
game.co.uk — Introducing this year’s must-have handheld entertainment system: PSP Go. Ditching its UMD drive, the new incarnation of... the PSP now has a 16GB flash memory and a memory card slot for further expansion. Use your gigs for downlable content available ... (more) Sony PSP Go! Black Console - PSP
SCEE: PSP Go takes advantage of early adopter 'premium'
SCEE: PSP Go takes advantage of early adopter 'premium'
joystiq.com — Michael Pachter retracted one of the most correct statements he's ever made: the PSP Go is a... " rip off " for consumers. The PSP Go takes away the expensive-to-manufacture UMD drive and replaces it with cheap flash memory -- and yet it still costs ... (more) SCEE: PSP Go takes advantage of early adopter 'premium'
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Sony planned UMD-less PSP all along
CrunchGear — ... like a total chump. Well, Sony, if you’re okay with that, I guess I’m okay with that. Mainly because I’m not one of the loyal customers you could have done better by. Okay, I’m giving them a bit too hard of a time over this, but seriously, they could have had a revolutionary product (which, if I’m honest, we would have laughed at when it launched), but instead they stuck us with good ol’ UMD. Nobody wins! [via Electronista and Develop Online]

Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com News — ... not out of the game either.PSP Go is not due out until October 2nd, so customers have yet to express their opinion of Sony’s enhanced download service with their wallets. In the long run too, the huge Sony corporation has an awful lot of content and services that could be put to use on using that ‘network-centric’ model. Here’s hoping this could be the start of a new era for the PSP system.   Link: Sony (via Develop)   Buy one here:  ...

Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com All — ... a sizeable portion of the growing download market. Yet Sony is not out of the game either.PSP Go is not due out until October 2 nd , so customers have yet to express their opinion of Sony s enhanced download service with their wallets. In the long run too, the huge Sony corporation has an awful lot of content and services that could be put to use on using that network-centric model. Here s hoping this could be the start of a new era for the PSP system. Link : Sony (via Develop ) Related links: [image]

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