kotaku.com - 2/25/2009
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The new Playstation Portable won't feature a UMD disc drive, according to Acclaim developer David Perry. "I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!" Perry wrote on both his Twitter and Facebook accounts. It ...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 2/27/2009
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Sony's not taking the "Grand Theft Auto" series'
move from PSP to DS as a permanent shift,
the company's head of PSP marketing in America told me in an interview. *** After two successful "Grand Theft Auto" games on the PSP, the world's most ...
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Sony Talking To Rockstar About More ‘GTA’ PSP Games
gamedaily.com - 2/25/2009
kotaku.com - 2/27/2009
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While not outright denying rumors of a UMD-free
Playstation Portable , the head of Sony's hardware marketing
said that the UMD business is "critical to us this year and beyond." Earlier this week, Acclaim chief creative officer David Perry said ...
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Sony: UMD Business Is Critical To Us [Umd]
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Rumor of the Day: New PSP Has No UMD Drive
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... its proprietary nature and lack of writers for recording your own material. A UMD-less PSP presents the problem of backwards compatibility with older games and movies.
This is a rumor about a specific feature on a device that hasn't been confirmed to exist. Like all internet rumors, it could very easily not be true. Another part of the rumor says Sony plans to reveal the device at E3, so I guess we'll have to wait until the beginning of June to find out!
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Video game “analyst” talks the crazy talk about PS3 price drop
Sarcastic Gamer —
... chance you’ll be able to see the formation of a black hole because he also says he’s hearing “continued speculation” that Sony will be releasing a PS3 sans Blu-ray drive. For those of you that thought I mistyped that, he’s saying a PS3 that would not be able to play any PS3 software currently sitting in retail stores and presumably only play downloadable content. Wow. That’ll happen… Hey, maybe Sony will take the UMD drive they’re removing from the PSP2 and stick it in this new PS3? ...
PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #19
www.GamesAreEvil.com —
... he’s sick.. so if you get a chance go wish him well! But aside from the sickness that’s surrounding our Evil Editor, we’ve got more sickness from Jack Thompson, along side some good news about the PSN’s numbers and a ton of PSP news to go around tonight!
Links to Topics Discussed:
1. Jack Starts making sense? Nah!
2. 20 Million for the PSN!
3. 1600% Increase? No wonder no one’s here..
4. PSP2 won’t have a UMD drive? What the..?
5. So many games.. so ...
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PSP2 Sans UMD? —
Add another shaking rump on the ever-lengthening conga line of PSP2 rumours. Posting on his Twitter blog (do you call your Twitter page a blog?), game developer David Perry of Shiny Entertainment claims his sources tell him the not-yet-announced successor to Sony’s floundering handheld ...
PSP2 to drop UMD, says Dave Perry —
Computer And Video Games
Veteran developer hints at removal of "stupid battery-sucking" UMD disc drive, Sony staying tight-lipped.
David Perry, founder of Earthworm Jim house Shiny Entertainment, has written that PSP2 will drop support for Sony's proprietary UMD format. Click here to read the full article
PSP2 to drop UMD, says Dave Perry —
Computer And Video Games
Veteran developer hints at removal of "stupid battery-sucking" UMD disc drive, Sony staying tight-lipped.
David Perry, founder of Earthworm Jim house Shiny Entertainment, has written that PSP2 will drop support for Sony's proprietary UMD format. ...