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  • GTS Mark
    Vrume Mark
    • Jan 2001
    • 20912
    #1

    Sony's PSP stumbles (link)

    It hoped to turn the gaming handheld into a portable entertainment unit, but those prospects are fading. Plus: Korea goes open-source.

    SAN FRANCISCO (Business 20) - Sony (Research) hoped to turn its PSP handheld gaming console into the next big portable entertainment gadget by getting studios to release - generous compared to the Apple (Research) iPod's 2.5" screen. But the PSP can only work with movies released in Sony's obscure UMD disc format, or with movies downloaded online. However, the fare online is very limited, and consumers don't want to buy both a UMD copy of a movie and a normal DVD that they can play on other systems. Indeed, Engadget notes that Warner Brothers' decision to cancel six scheduled releases for the UMD format highlights the problematic nature of Sony's unpopular, proprietary format. In fact, there are now rumors that Sony may create an adaptor that lets users play UMD movies on home entertainment systems in a bid to save the market.

    http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/13/tech...0213/index.htm

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    • Pornwolf
      Drunk and Unruly
      • Jan 2002
      • 22712
      #2
      Dumb asses. When are they gonna learn that the 21st century is not a friend of propriatary formats.

      Beta should have taught them something. And didn't the walkman just die a slow painful death for ignoring that as well?
      I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

      Webair, bitches.

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        • The Duck
          Adult Content Provider
          • May 2005
          • 18243
          #3
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            • Lace
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Mar 2004
              • 16116
              #4
              I havent bought one game or UMD movie for my PSP. Got it with Lumunies, and quite frankly, I have no interest in playing it.

              $50 for a portable game, and $20-25 for a UMD movie for the portable PSP is highly outrageous.

              Then havign to buy the real DVD or the game for my xbox, ps2, or whichever you have.....

              this market is slowly dropping, and i doubt Sony will be able tp pull this one out.
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                • Sir Basil
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2005
                  • 106
                  #5
                  I just use my PSP for an EBook reader. It's pretty kick ass for that, I can read in bed at night without having to have a light on bothering my woman.
                  “Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her scheme: a perpetual action and reaction, a host of vices, a host of virtues, in one word, a perfect equilibrium resulting from the equality of good and evil on earth.”

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                    • Stephen
                      Consigliere
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 1771
                      #6
                      Santa brought me a PSP (I was envious after seeing porn on Tofu's PSP)

                      The unit kicks ass, with a gorgeous display, and I bought the Stewie Griffin (Family Guy) video for it, which allowed me to enjoy a flight delay in LA ? I wasn't put off by a delay in Vegas, either, accessing McLaren's Wi-Fi network and surfing some porn with it.

                      I have awesome images on it, and will encode some vids for it too.

                      The biggest drawback isn't UMD, but the lack of a video-out capability to let you watch the vids on a big screen.

                      Now if Sony would release UMD burners, the situation would change

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                        • NoWhErE
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 10583
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Stephen
                          Santa brought me a PSP (I was envious after seeing porn on Tofu's PSP)

                          The unit kicks ass, with a gorgeous display, and I bought the Stewie Griffin (Family Guy) video for it, which allowed me to enjoy a flight delay in LA ? I wasn't put off by a delay in Vegas, either, accessing McLaren's Wi-Fi network and surfing some porn with it.

                          I have awesome images on it, and will encode some vids for it too.

                          The biggest drawback isn't UMD, but the lack of a video-out capability to let you watch the vids on a big screen.

                          Now if Sony would release UMD burners, the situation would change

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                            • adultfora
                              Confirmed User
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 498
                              #8
                              im glad that i get all game free from diffrent gamecompanies - because i wouldent buy a expensive game for the PSP. okay, there are some really cool ones, but there are also some huge shit - and they cost the same as the prof PSP games...
                              yes i know - im a rabbit

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                                • kektex
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Mar 2005
                                  • 1813
                                  #9
                                  Looks like they didn`t learn from Minidisc.
                                  MD is huge in Japan but I believe it would have been huge everywhere in the world if they hadn`t been so stubborn against releasing the specs.
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                                    • G-Rotica
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2005
                                      • 4258
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by kektex
                                      Looks like they didn`t learn from Minidisc.
                                      MD is huge in Japan but I believe it would have been huge everywhere in the world if they hadn`t been so stubborn against releasing the specs.
                                      Ugh MD. I spent big $ on MD, and it never took off. Now sits in the closet with my betamax unit. Hey Sony

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