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Sony's Peter Dille talks about PSP UMD |
Listed in: Interviews, Opinions & Analysis, PSP Slim & Lite Tags: Gamasutra, Hollywood, interviews, John Koller, Peter Dille, Sony
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In the same E3 interview by Gamasutra where Sony's Peter Dille talks about the Xbox 360 and announces the arrival of a movie download service soon for the PSP, he also speaks in defense of the decision to retain the PlayStation Portable's Universal Media Disc on the PSP Slim's design. Peter Dille is the senior vice president of marketing for the PlayStation.Gamasutra addressed the concerns from users about loading speed and the lack of availability of movies in the new UMD format. Dille says that the new design of PSP Slim has fixed the loading time of the UMD "to a certain degree." As for his take on the movies, he says that there was a problem communicating the PSP's demographic with Hollywood.
Essentially, the PSP was aiming at males from 18 to 35 years old but the movies released in the UMD format didn't match that demographic. The lack of attention in the right areas invited in a lack of popularity. With the release of the new PSP Slim and its new video output feature, there may be hope yet for the UMD to make a comeback.
Dille's comments echo PSP Senior Marketing Manager John Koller recent comments about the UMD and how Sony will stick to it. To read the whole interview, follow the Read link after the jump.
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What Sony should start doing is pkg UMDs with blu-rays....as most people that got a PSP will get a PS3 when they go next-gen.....i'm getting one when they are cheaper...
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no you stupid *****, the reason was that you stupid *****s were pricing them as high as standard fully featured dvds, thats why they failed you moron!
umd movies wont make any kind of comeback. you missed the boat. even ifyou price them reasonably now, i doubt the studios will risk getting burned twice, especially given that many people who WOULD buy movies on umd, allready have discovered how much easier/better it is to keep em on the memory sticks.
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you're an idiot
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no one buys umd maybe if they put a umd drive on the
ps3 they may have sold some with its upscaling feature
could have been sweeeeet
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B) 100 crappy exclusives don't beat out one great exclusive. If you would like an analogy, all of the Disney and filler games for the PS2 didn't measure up to say...Halo?
C) It's a matter of months for HD-DVDs. The war has only started since the drive was released for the XBox 360. Universal is the only company who hasn't jumped ship...but money talks. They'll jump on the bandwagon soon enough and that'll be all she wrote. Besides, I'm willing to bet only 10% of 360 owners will be willing to buy it since they only "bought their systems to play games, not watch movies on TV's they can't even afford." If they're willing to spend all that money, why not get a PS3 in the first place instead of having to take the chance of seeing the rEd RiNg Of DeAtH.
D) The PS1 had an 8 Year lifespan. The PS2? Who knows? It's 10 year anniversary is just around the corner. With the PS2 still outselling every console out there, I don't see it dying in a couple of months. The PS3? Why don't you do some research on Cell technology. If you compare games today, the XBox 360 and PS3 are head to head in terms of graphics, although MS had a headstart. Soon enough, developers'll be able to tap the most out of the 360 where as the PS3 will have more to tap into. READ
http://gametomorrow.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/07/cell-power-at-gdc-2007/
E) I love your logic. If you were a Sony fanboy, you'd probably sound something like this:
"Its pathetic that M$ had to leave the failing XBox behind and hop on their 360 boat. So sad to see that the 360 is only doing a little better than the OG Xbox in terms of sales on a quarterly basis. At that rate, it's going to be the next Dreamcast, minus all the pirating, while the Wii is the next PS2 defending it's title against Sony and who ever else that decides to enter the fight. Peter Moore did the right thing in jumping to EA, since M$ was sinking like the Titanic. He did the right thing of extending the warranty and that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Death to M$ and Vista. 2onasnfisnao13294u203hown!!!!@!$%!$"
Wow...just utterlyy. Wow.
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