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Sony's Peter Dille talks about PSP UMD

Posted Jul 24, 2007 at 5:23PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Interviews, Opinions & Analysis, PSP Slim & Lite Tags: Gamasutra, Hollywood, interviews, John Koller, Peter Dille, Sony

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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I bought three UMD movies since launch day, The few anime series to get a UMD release got canceled before the third disc. Then you got movies that sank like the Titanic. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT 2 FREAKING YEARS AGO $ONY. Where is a decent UMD audio disc for my collection. Now that you admit you have a problem be a man and fix it. People are complaining about load times a bit too much though, Chrono Trigger on the PS-ONE anyone? NOW THATS BAD LOAD TIMES!!! Just be glad they try most of the time. At least you aren't screwing us over like you did with the PS2 HDD and PSBBN

# What movies I got on UMD... — Shatterdome 2007-07-24 19:14

I was happy with....however it's a pain to carry lots of UMD's...AND I already had most of the movies on DVD...

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...

# ... — Guest 2007-07-24 19:25

but most people who bought a PSP probably won't buy a PS3 because IT BLOWS (right now)

# u r right — Guest 2007-07-24 19:32

i was just to say the umd and blu ray idea it would be a lot better for sony and it would be grate if they sold it at a resonable price

# ... — Guest 2007-07-24 19:47

yea, also, I've bought six games since launch, the latest of which is lumines for the illuminati exploit

# wow that didnt take long — Logic 2007-07-24 20:11

Im flattered thank you for spoofing my name. Ive only been posting for a couple days and Im popular enough for people to pretend to be me. Thank you.

# fools — Guest 2007-07-24 20:48

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.

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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.

# logic spoof? — Guest 2007-07-24 21:57

"wow that didnt take long

Im flattered thank you for spoofing my name. Ive only been posting for a couple days and Im popular enough for people to pretend to be me. Thank you. "

you're an idiot

# dillehole — Guest 2007-07-25 01:50

Why does sony keep these retarded phucks

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

# A few errors but soooooo true — Guest 2007-07-25 11:11

Which Final Fantasy remake came out on 04,08,2003 on the PS-ONE? It was Final Fantasy Origins. Or how about those Atlus reprints last year, you know Rhapsody and Persona 2. ^.^ SCPH-5x0xx was supposed to fix the Disc Read Error but even the slimlines have problems from time to time. UMD is dead because these guys don't listen to their customers, see my rant above and I forgot one up there too, the pocketstation. I do have to give M$ a lot of credit for their efforts to fix the problems, they beat sony in every possible way.

# yeah — Guest 2007-07-25 16:43

ur right with that. i have a PSP and the way i look at it, the PSP is like a mini PS3. like how the DS is sort of like a mini Wii. the PSP has ***** for games. the DS does. so i got a wii, not a PS3

# LMAO @ Common Cents — Guest 2007-07-25 20:43

A) I suppose you have no idea what he means when he said "development organization". No, it doesn't mean 3rd party support; it means people from SCEA, SCEI, and SCEE.

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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