PSP 2 Rumors Keep Gaining Momentum
"I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive," reads a Twitter from Perry, a self-described "executive video game industry consultant" who founded Shiny Entertainment in 1993.
"I can't reveal my sources, but you can be certain there's no UMD, which means fully digital online device, and you know I know people," Perry added to GameDaily BIZ.
A recent rumor from VG247 claims Sony is preparing a "complete aesthetic overhaul" of the PSP, complete with a sliding screen, for release this year. However, the site was clear that this would be a redesign of the existing hardware, not the PSP 2.
Late last year, Eurogamer reported that Sony was working on both the PSP 2 and a redesign of the existing PSP, but that the release of the PSP 2 was still a ways off.
At the time, Sony quickly denied the PSP 2, saying that it was encouraging developers to create downloadable PSP games instead of UMD disc titles, and rumors had misinterpreted this push as proof of PSP 2 games under development.
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matrixneo42
replyHow would people get UMD movies or games on their new device?
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Maybe they could register their games and movies. Not likely though because sony would have to make every UMD downloadable.. oh well.. =)
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Ya agreed, you could register the stuff online for access to downloadable content. OR Sony can just move the fuck on and not have the PSP2 be backwards compatible.
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The UMD is an old bad idea. It uses too much power and doesn't really have that great of storage compared to flash memory now a days. They should ditch the UMD and move on.
Not all systems are backwards compatible. Back in the cartage days nothing was compatible. The gameboys got away with it by using the same form factor. But now the DSi is ditching the cartage slot, so it's not necessarily a given.
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