Last week, Sony announced that PSP owners would be able to move UMD content from their PSP devices directly to their Vitas (for a small fee, of course) through a service they’re calling “Passport.” The announcement was welcome in the PSP community, since it means replacing your massive UMD collection wouldn’t mean re-purchasing everything you already have.

However, there’s one important catch that’s worth noting before you start jumping for joy: transfers are tied to one PSN account.

Here’s the basic gist of what’s going on: if your UMDS are registered to a different account than your PS Vita, you won’t be able to move any of that data to the device. Everything, including the PSP, Vita, and UMD content, must be registered to a singular PSN account to be eligible for transfer. This probably won’t hurt a majority of gamers, but a few more hardcore folks, or people that have gone through more than one account, may find their content library split between devices.

Sony has been on an anti-sharing tear lately; we’ll just have to see how the player community reacts. What do you think about the Passport program?

Via IGN

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