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Haven't been to my local WHSmith for awhile and noticed that their PSP movie section has disappeared. They used to have a good location now they've vanished and don't seem to be selling them.
Are people still buying PSP movies? Did they take off well? To be honest they seemed very pricey compared to proper DVD players. It seemed like an excuse to release any old film on the format. Perhaps it wasn't profitable afterall.
Are people still buying PSP movies? Did they take off well? To be honest they seemed very pricey compared to proper DVD players. It seemed like an excuse to release any old film on the format. Perhaps it wasn't profitable afterall.
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The idea of 'iMovies' was always going to be a success. Quite how SONY didn't see this and decided to create a BRAND NEW FORMAT (that was clearly only going to last 4 years) was sheer lunacy.
SONY have SONY Connect (SonicStage is part of this, i think.) Why on EARTH they didn't put a hard-drive in the PSP is beyond anyone. It makes too much sense, perhaps. but the UMD format is a waste of time.
My friend is a SONY nut. Everything from Playstation branded scarfs, to a £120 12" figureine of Snake (MGS3.) Yet he has ONE UMD, yes one - and he only has that because it was a gift from someone who got the UMD film for £7.99 minus 30% staff discount.
I hear there's a new PSP rumoured, but it's too late to make it profitable, surely. The amount companies have lost on the UMD has to be notable. They should run it into the ground with games only and then in 2010 - or-so, release a proper handheld. 100GB of storage, downloadable games, films, music. Allow home-brew products/code and give it a proper analogue stick. Oh, and also make it more comfortable to hold the rightway up rather than upside down... (Don't believe me, try it.)
I'd say Nintendo are on the right track. People will always go for an iPod, so why try to brek the market when you can take a completely different direction and still take 4 of the top 5 slots of Japanese software sales.
Anyway.... UMD was never going to work. Minidisc, remember that? Exactly.
SONY have SONY Connect (SonicStage is part of this, i think.) Why on EARTH they didn't put a hard-drive in the PSP is beyond anyone. It makes too much sense, perhaps. but the UMD format is a waste of time.
My friend is a SONY nut. Everything from Playstation branded scarfs, to a £120 12" figureine of Snake (MGS3.) Yet he has ONE UMD, yes one - and he only has that because it was a gift from someone who got the UMD film for £7.99 minus 30% staff discount.
I hear there's a new PSP rumoured, but it's too late to make it profitable, surely. The amount companies have lost on the UMD has to be notable. They should run it into the ground with games only and then in 2010 - or-so, release a proper handheld. 100GB of storage, downloadable games, films, music. Allow home-brew products/code and give it a proper analogue stick. Oh, and also make it more comfortable to hold the rightway up rather than upside down... (Don't believe me, try it.)
I'd say Nintendo are on the right track. People will always go for an iPod, so why try to brek the market when you can take a completely different direction and still take 4 of the top 5 slots of Japanese software sales.
Anyway.... UMD was never going to work. Minidisc, remember that? Exactly.
I never saw the point of UMD movies... Pay, what, £20 to watch a film on a small screen while on the bus/train...? Then if you want to watch it with some mates you have to fork out again to buy the DVD version so you can see it on a TV screen, rather than all of you hunched around a handheld...
I can see it being useful for some people, but very, very few. People who are that desperate to watch films on the go would be better off with a portable DVD player. At least then you can also watch the film on a big TV as well.
I can see it being useful for some people, but very, very few. People who are that desperate to watch films on the go would be better off with a portable DVD player. At least then you can also watch the film on a big TV as well.
Poor Dringo I don't think anyone will let him forget it :)
Just a natural reaction nowadays, can't be helped :-D
Kawada wrote:
> Why, has Dringo paid them a visit?
As soon as I saw the word "flames".......... :D
> Why, has Dringo paid them a visit?
As soon as I saw the word "flames".......... :D
Why, has Dringo paid them a visit?
Hedfix wrote:
> Just what you need when launching a new movie format: your
> previously launched movie format to go down in flames.
Sony Computer Entertainment is going down in flames.
> Just what you need when launching a new movie format: your
> previously launched movie format to go down in flames.
Sony Computer Entertainment is going down in flames.
In Sony's defence, it was only them supporting the UMD discs from the start, they just cajoled other firms into releasing stuff. BluRay is supported by quite a few high end electronics companies so even if people prefer HD DVD it will still stand a chance of surviving.
Stupid though that they just can't all work to one format before the technology is released to the public. Look what a waste all those betamax videos were once no-one wanted the players any longer. Even worse when all those 'special' releases appear on both formats this time, with films and extras you can only find on one format. Most big firms are supporting both formats at the moment, but you'll get Columbia (Sony Pictures) and LucasFilm only on Bluray and a few companies only on the HD DVD format. If one format dies a death you'll miss out on their releases unless they do a re-release on the other format.
Stupid though that they just can't all work to one format before the technology is released to the public. Look what a waste all those betamax videos were once no-one wanted the players any longer. Even worse when all those 'special' releases appear on both formats this time, with films and extras you can only find on one format. Most big firms are supporting both formats at the moment, but you'll get Columbia (Sony Pictures) and LucasFilm only on Bluray and a few companies only on the HD DVD format. If one format dies a death you'll miss out on their releases unless they do a re-release on the other format.
Just what you need when launching a new movie format: your previously launched movie format to go down in flames.
Sony are stopping them due to them not selling. Just look on Amazon to see how many are now half price.
They are releasing movies on memory card instead, which won't work either because people won't pay for a 2gig memory card just to watch a movie.
They just need a subscription download system to download movies in the right format (which is what the new Yourpsp download site looks like its becoming - check out www.yourpsp.com)
They are releasing movies on memory card instead, which won't work either because people won't pay for a 2gig memory card just to watch a movie.
They just need a subscription download system to download movies in the right format (which is what the new Yourpsp download site looks like its becoming - check out www.yourpsp.com)
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