Rumor: Disney ruling out PSN release for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

Posted Nov 24, 2009 at 2:57PM by Glenn M. Listed in: PSP Tags: Disney, Japan, PlayStation Network

The PSP Go is already gathering dust on store shelves, and if this next rumor turns out to be true, it's gonna add molds and cobwebs to its collection. Rumor has it that Disney will not be allowing the release of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep on the PlayStation Network.

Word comes from a blogger who recently visited a PlayStation promotional event:

I asked an official and was told there would be no download version.

The reason was said to be because Disney is strict towards net distribution on copyright grounds.

Lots of questions come to mind. The blogger is from Japan, so could this apply only to Japan? But since Disney's US-based, it applies to both? What event was this anyway? Hard to say, it might not be the most reliable source. We'll keep you posted.

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# what Go needs ... — Humpfreey 2009-11-24 10:10

... is a CFW to boost sales and revitalize flagging interest

when will Sony learn to embrace homebrew developers and make the PSP the best portable gaming device ?!

# um — sirgrinalot 2009-11-24 10:41

u do realize that this is why developers aren't developing games for the psp right?

# Disney — gunblade15zx 2009-11-24 10:56

Why Disney is just *****s don't you think, they complain about everything and they always get what they want. This reminds me of that South Park episode with Mickey Mouse.

# lol — balkanboy 2009-11-24 11:10

not putting there game on PSN for digital purchase isnt going to help them... disney dont wanna make it easy for us to buy? then i sha'll not pay to play that game :)

# well — sirgrinalot 2009-11-24 11:40

that's not the point, there won't be a game to pirate when they see sales are bad b/c of piracy. It happened with oblivion psp, pixeljunk monsters deluxe, and god of war chains of olympus. Because of the amount of piracy seen by developers, they chose not to make a sequel to these titles or not even make them at all. There are probably many more that fit in this category, but I don't know about them.

# gf — YAMI ANUBIS X 2009-11-24 13:23

Wow, so by your logic, DS should not be having any sequels to any of its games cause its just as bad with piracy or are you to dumb to notice piracy on DS?

Developers are just cowards and idiots and CFW is what made PSP so successful in the first place, get that fact in your head before you say something stupid again.

PSP Go is failing because of the price tag and also its alot cheaper to buy a DS than it is to buy a PSP.

Well thats good for Go owners to not get any game like this cause they dont deserve a game like this.

Oh one more thing CFW would make the GO sky rocket and before you try to be smart and such, heres the facts, PSP isnt failing cause of piracy, its failing cause developers are cowards.

# kk — haxor 2009-11-24 13:46

I dont agree that CTF on the PSPgo is a good thing for sony but i do agree that sales would sky rocket if there was CTF on the PSPgo... but after the initial skyrocket they would struggle to sell games

# - — RJ 2009-11-24 13:53

Right. So epic sized game companies are "cowards and idiots" whereas a computerchair pundit like yourself is the only one who knows what to do.

The PSP isn't actually failing btw. If you've seen sales charts for the past 2 years the usual rundown (at least in my region and Japan) is DS, PSP, Wii, PS3/Xbox 360 (interchangable ).

Selling more than the Wii is not a failure. Bloody hell fire.

# sirgrinalot? — hush404 2009-11-24 13:54

Oblivion was dead on the PSP before it got started. Pixel Junk is on the PSP and CoO is a fairly newer game... which wouldn't need a sequel right away. That and RaD moved on to working on consoles games.

I do agree that piracy is a problem, but I don't agree with the author of this reply saying Sony should just open the system wide and let gamers have their way with it. That would make piracy 4000x worse.

That aside... it doesn't make much sense that Disney would be doing this. It's not like it's their property, like a movie would be, rather a licensed game using their characters. Even then, I have no doubt that Square owns the rights to the KH series.

# youre dumb — truk 2009-11-24 14:16

why would any developer invest in anything that wont make them money?

# waste of money... — Erique555 2009-11-24 14:34

ALL PSP GAMES need to be able to be downloaded, in order to make more money for the companies. But either way, soon cfw will be on the psp go, so eventually all games will be able to be played on the go, so they might as well just sell them to make more cash before the crisis...

# I agree hush404 — T-Max Blaze 2009-11-24 15:21

It's like your wife is the PSP and you say "Im gonna open my girl wide and have my way with her". If you were to break that limit and let other ppl (in comparison Gamers) have access to your wife, she would be a breeding machine for all kinds of kids (in comparison, homebrew) and ur wife would be everybody's B!tch.

# ffg — YAMI ANUBIS X 2009-11-24 17:47

By the way you just said Oblivion didnt come to PSP cause of piracy, WRONG, DEAD FREAKING WRONG!

Did you ever freaking research what the TES Oblivion game for PSP was gonna be, EVER?

Oblivion for PSP was NEVER gonna be like the console versions, have you ever played Travels for the N-Gage?

Thats exactly what it was gonna be like, the name was TES Travels Oblivion, it was never gonna be open world from what I remember or what was stated was, it was gonna be level after level. All Bethesda knew about making a game was making it look graphically good, they didnt make it for PSP cause they thought too much about the graphics and didnt think it could be like Daggerfall.

They thought too much about the graphics. Believe me, I know more about the PSP Oblivion game because I was there, when they announced it all those years, to alot of fans, it was crappy.

You seriously think they stopped because of piracy?

Your a big joke, saying **** like that. The big piracy problem happened way after they cancelled the PSP Oblivion game.

Heres the statement Bethesda gave out about the PSP version, they couldnt make a PSP Oblivion because of technology problems AKA they thought too much about graphics.

# @yami anubis — truk 2009-11-24 18:44

we all know that consoles are priced rather low because they idea is that software will bring in the money. if the majority of users are pirating games, guess what, they aren't going to make any money, neither sony or developers.

it's a well known fact that psp is riddled with piracy, so any developer that wants to develop for the psp risks losing money due to piracy. why on earth would they want to do that in a recession?

btw, the dumb comment was directed to yami anubis, no else in this thread chain.

# @yami anubis:so what? — truk 2009-11-24 18:50

-not having the necessary resources to develop a game is a valid reason not to develop on a certain consoles.

-piracy was there since the beginning of the psp.

-youre dumb

# ... — sirgrinalot 2009-11-24 19:00

"Dylan Cuthbert, President and Managing Director of Q-Games, made the following discouraging remarks on his personal Twitter page: %u201CI don't think we'll port anything else to the PSP, we have to see how PJMD does as there's a *lot* of piracy%u201D"

nuff said

# ok but.... — Typhoonexhale 2009-11-25 19:59

DS is even easier for piracy then PSP all you need is a special game card called R4 or a knockoff imitation (they're all very cheap) and an SD micro card and your set. DS Piracy might be even more widespread then PSP you know because of the 3000 + Go models being resistant to complete custom firmware flashes but for some reason DS sales are kicking PSP sales butts? strange no?

# @Typhoonxhale — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:16

Well thats alot to do with the fact that the DS appeals to a much wider audience than the PSP, Piracy is easy on the DS but the majority of DS owners do not pirate. the pokemon games sold 6mil+ each, New Super Mario Bros sold 19mil and nintendogs sold 22mil and many other games on the DS passed the million mark.

As you can see the DS is Selling strong and so are the games so it's not due to piracy that the DS is selling.

# @Typhoonxhale — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:16

# Cont. — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:21

In comparison the top selling PSP game was GTA: Liberty City stories with 2.7mil. God of war despite being one the very finest on the PSP only managed to hit 1mil, even final fantasy only managed 2.8. The piracy on PSP is alot worse.

# Cont. — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:21

# edit — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:23

I meant final fantasy only managed 2.6mil

# edit — Perfectionist 2009-11-29 23:23

I meant final fantasy only managed 2.6mil

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