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Rumor alert: all PSP games in 2009 will be available as downloads, more

Posted Oct 3, 2008 at 1:16PM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: Wii, PS3, PSP Tags: Disney, EGM, LittleBigPlanet, Lucas Arts, Rogue, Sony

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So apparently the Kojima FPS and DMC-style Strider game weren't the only rumors in EGM's latest issue. NeoGAF member SuperSonic1305 let us in on a few more rumors, including one that could have quite an effect on PSP gaming.

Perhaps the biggest rumor is that all of the PSP games that will be released next year will also be made available as downloads. That's official downloads, not Torrents. While publishers can probably save a lot of money by going digital, I don't think they're willing to give up physical discs this soon. It might be part of Sony's plans to ramp up PSP sales, though.

Here's a list of the other rumors in the latest EGM:

Lucas Arts handing Rogue Squadron rights to new publisher. All games released on one Wii disk with enhanced visuals and Wii controls
Fast domestic release of the Disgaea side scroller
non-Sony property LittleBigPlanet DLC coming very soon including Disney and characters from 3rd party games

Via NeoGAF

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I'm a major collector of video games, so having a physical copy of all the games I like or rare games is a really big deal to me.

If Sony ends up turning everything into a downloadable format, I'll honestly say that I'm no longer going to purchase any titles but download them all. I won't purchase a game unless I get some sortof physical copy and I'll start pirating every game that comes along if it comes to that.

Siren: Blood Curse(PSN game) is the only game I seriously thought about buying from a service like PSN or XBOX Live.

-andrew- -kupomogli-

# me neither, man — pspablo 2008-10-03 19:15

I'm not a MAJOR collector of video games. But having the actual game in your hands is something incredible.

Since I'm old enough to work, I can afford the games that I like (like crisis core, patapon, liberty city stories, etc).

I hope they keep making UMD discs in spite of having the downloadable version also.

# ditto — papajag 2008-10-03 22:07

Things that u download tends to get accidentally erased by ur cousins or what ever and cannot be obtained unless u redownload and I hate that. Having the actual game makes u fell better because u can actually see the game in ur shelf.

This download is actually not a great idea because then it will definitely be passed though the internet like crazy without having to change it to ISO format

Had to redownload Siren when I got a new hardrive for my PS3 and that took forever

# I dunno — Cactuar Knight 2008-10-03 23:17

I think having the option to download future titles is a good thing, I mean it cuts the loading time down on certain titles [Jeanne D'Arc and Twisted Metal are good examples] and sometimes they're cheaper.

If it's an optional thing then I'm down with it, otherwise I think it would be a bad move for Sony to give up on UMD sales so soon.

# Maybe better — pokerpoker 2008-10-03 23:33

I think it could be a lot better, 1,8GB UMD can't stand much longer, if they make a game only downloadable, they can make it 2+ gigs = so that means better games, ofc you'll have to have a big memstick

# AWESOME — Izuna 2008-10-04 00:25

lol, am I the only one who noticed that all PSP games are already downloadable? =)

# ... — Stinky_1 2008-10-04 02:33

the OFFICIAL sony ISO loader has been in their OFW for a while now. So we knew something like this "could" be coming.

I think its a good move. If you want something physical then from what I understand you would still be able to go buy it. But for the rest of us who do NOT need a box to brag about I would rather just DL the game and run it off my 8 gb MS.

If ANY of the PSP games ever needed the FULL 1.4 gb of disk space maybe it would be worth playing. So far even the games that are 1.4gb can have the dummy file ripped out to get it down to 1 gig or less. Having it as a download would me we no longer have it bloated with dummy files though. So you would know if the game was 800 mb it was ALL game, and not bloat.

And who says it wont be downloaded via BT? BT has legitimate uses, and I would think this would be a good example of it.

Sony hosts the game on their server. But if 5 people are downloading it, then everyone gets it faster, and the overall strain on sonys side is MUCH lower than if all 5 people downloaded 100% from them. Everyone wins when BT is used for its legitimate purpose. Even the ISP's.

# mine do — majorbb100 2008-10-04 03:32

my parents refuse to buy anything online, which leaves me with no choice but to download iso's.

# haha — majorbb100 2008-10-04 03:34

not legally though. but who cares. ha

# Dial-up users — PatriotsFan342 2008-10-04 04:04

This is just stupid, users with dial-up will have to wait 24 hours without a phone call just download one game, Sony should just stay with the UMDs

# Sony still limits downloadable titles... — Techni 2008-10-04 04:48

To 1.8 GB. Disc titles are not limited to using only 1 disc

# hate to break it to ya... — Ron Overdrive 2008-10-04 04:50

dial-up users are a minority in this day and age. In order to increase profits a company has to look at the majority.

# Um... — Techni 2008-10-04 04:55

UMD is 1.8 GB, not 1.4. And many games fill the disc.

# nooooooooooo — emcp 2008-10-04 05:50

damn, i can see a new psp with HDD coming then

i only bought pandora, but then again if a decent emulator come to it i can have 64gb of psp games, using 2 sdhc cards and more if i use a portable harddrive

# You didn't read the whole article — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2008-10-04 06:28

Sony is still making available on UMD. They are just giving you an option to download the games too. To me UMD is good. Sony succeeded in creating a portable optical medium that has near the capacity of 3 CDs. What's wrong with that? Sure it is not worth much for video but for having a physical copy of a game is better than having to download some that you can't sell later. I just hope they allow us to have larger flash memory capacity where we may never have to erase their games or movie thus keeping a true portable library of content.

# ... — Silver-Tiger 2008-10-04 10:12

I don't know where the hate for UMDs comes from.

They are quite reliable, and through the case they don't scratch so fast.

# Normally, I would agree — damonous 2008-10-04 12:32

I really don't like the idea of digital downloads becoming the norm. On the other hand, considering what little trade value PSP games get to be in a short time; and that the whole point is to have a *portable* device ....I think I could appreciate this VERY much with the PSP. If they get large enough memory cards available for a low price, it would really make PSP the ultimate mobile platform. Right now, if I'm taking my PSP on an airplane trip, I also have to pack my dongle of UMD's. (Then, they have to inspect that little baggie separately at the checkpoint. --I actually had them do that once; open up the UMD bag and hand-inspect each disc.) If I could have any/all PSP games on 2-3 memory cards (or even 1), as well as some movies .....not only would I *only* need to carry the PSP, but I'm sure I'd save a lot of battery power in not having to drive the UMD loader.

# WTF!! — Hekynn 2008-10-04 13:24

God damn Sony so not give up on the UMD!! I like buying my games from retail stores and buying UMD movies for when my parents takes us out on a long road trip. PLZ dont give up on the UMD.

# UMDs and Memory Sticks — CityNightRush117 2008-10-04 16:00

Wouldn't it be nice for Sony to actually allow for UMD-RWs? I mean, mods will have a ball with it and burn their music, video, and emulators onto them but hey?

Also, Why doesn't Sony make use of the whole .cso format? PSPs run them alot faster and they take up a smaller fraction of the iso which means faster, larger, and better games. With all the technology out there, you're trying to say Sony can't come up with some kind of Sony-exclusive format unrecognized by pcs?

Plus, not everyone has hispeed internet to download these files (run from 150MB to 1.8GB). I just got hispeed a few months ago and love it but some are still unfortunate and still hack dial-up so they definately don't benefit from this (not to mention all that bandwidth and traffic on the download servers).

Good idea? It's good for those who don't recieve hardcopy games until months after the release (like Australia!), bad for those who have low-capacity memory sticks and dial-up (actually, memory sticks are like twice the price of a UMD so thats a really stupid idea to download to your DUO).

# You guys... — arishay 2008-10-04 18:52

You realise that Sony isn't going to make it easy to pirate the downloadable versions of UMD ISO's right? I'm pretty sure this is going to turn into the DRM version of Games, meaning that the new generation of downloadable games are going to be encrypted to prevent pirates from cracking them, sort of like the Blu-ray. It will eventually make it's way but i'm certain that it will thwart people for a decent amount of time. Sony will probably even do some sort of license thing to block the current loadable ISO's on torrents, or w/e your flavor. They HAVE to. It's going to be a huge loss to them since games are SO easy to acquire, and memory cards are so cheap. Those of us with money can easily go download all the games we want at high speed and then go to best buy or gamestop etc, and buy the memory cards we need to put the games on them. It would be ridiculous to just give the games to users as download. They will drop this project. Guaranteed.

# BTW. — arishay 2008-10-04 19:00

@CityNightRush117, the 1.8gb capacity is never used most of the time. It's the same concept used in PC ISO's. ISO files are all the same size, based on the particular application. There is something called filler space. It is just a dead space filled with useless 1's and 0's to fill up the entire CD. When you rip a cd to ISO, you are getting the EXACT same empty space. By converting to CSO you are stripping the ISO dead space, and even further you can strip music and sound from it so you save even more space. ISO is the worst format for anything. Most of the time, from a PC perspective, ISO files are larger than the total accumulation of files inside the ISO due to the dead space.

# Choices — WingedPaladin 2008-10-04 22:41

There's always the honorable choice of not playing what isn't paid for. Besides, the article does not say that it won't also be available in UMD format. It is very likely that many of them will be for the benefit of retail stores.

# - — mr.x256 2008-10-04 22:48

I haven't got a single scratch on any of my UMD's.

# ... — tanman37 2008-10-05 10:03

You can't have a UMD-RW. You would need a burner that sony uses to burn them, so it could add the digital signature. I.e, it's not like a DvD player.

# - — APerson 2008-10-05 10:31

Umm... "hate to break it to ya" but out of the internet population 45% of UK has broadband, 35% of connected US households have broadband. So dial up users are NOT the minority.

# UMDs are great — houaruto 2008-10-06 05:59

I've never had a problem with it besides tossing them all over the place in my messy room and having a hard time finding them.......but i easily find them and with out a scratch, unlike CDs........they are small, easy to carry, way prettier and sexier than cartriges...................bottom line, they are tough and reliable

# If there is no more UMDs — houaruto 2008-10-06 06:11

I have no reason to go to GameStop where I get to check out new games for other consoles and interact with people, I will no longer have a reason to go the the Eletronics sections of retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target to kill time when I'm shopping with other people to check out games and kill time......Buying games and having UMDs have always been a convience to me

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