Official PSP Thread
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Panajev2001a
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Surprising cybamerc, surprising... let the story pan out... you are jumping to a conclusion ( negative ) too fast...
What if you are allowed to download the movies from Sony or retailers and that is the reason to pay ( you would get a discount in this case ) and maybe there are also movies released in UMD for people that do not want to go to a retailer and have the movie downloaded and authored in their blank UMD ( or they do not want to download it )... still this doesn't exclude the possibility of you converting and authoring ( through Sony ) movies... a lot of people are not capable of ripping their DVD movies and encoding them in MPEG4 anyways...
What if you are allowed to download the movies from Sony or retailers and that is the reason to pay ( you would get a discount in this case ) and maybe there are also movies released in UMD for people that do not want to go to a retailer and have the movie downloaded and authored in their blank UMD ( or they do not want to download it )... still this doesn't exclude the possibility of you converting and authoring ( through Sony ) movies... a lot of people are not capable of ripping their DVD movies and encoding them in MPEG4 anyways...
Panajev2001a
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Mfa... you might be able to record data on UMDs but you might need special software and get the MPEG4 PSP compatible movie authored by Sony and the movie might be tagged for your specific PSP so you cannot play it in any other PSP and it would have slight modifications that would not make it run on any PC either...
They could use a custom format which uses MPEG4 as the codec, but that is only decodable by the PSP ( think about a .psp file format )...
They could use a custom format which uses MPEG4 as the codec, but that is only decodable by the PSP ( think about a .psp file format )...
Panajev2001a
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Are all UMDs going to be Read Only ? 
Panajev2001a
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Have you eaten your "Troll Cereals" this morning in your Yoshi cup ?
cybamerc said:Has anything else been announced?
If you're referring to UMD, SCEE just announded that in the EU they will sell Movies on UMD cheaper than on DVD and they're aiming to have UMD Music selling for under 10Euros.
Also, average game will cost ~20Eu, with the range going upto 50Eu for some titles.
Panajev2001a
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cybamerc said:
I thought that was cheap spam, but you can try to repackage it and add a pinch of logic to it...
marconelly!
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Well, GBA games also go up to €50, so that pricing is nothing unusual.
I must say I think it will be a mistake to make UMD movies just slightly lower priced than DVDs. Seriously, who is going to buy the same movie twice, and who on Earth would buy an UMD movie instead of a DVD one, and miss the better quality DVD offers (even if PSP could connect to a TV for movie watching) They really should be giving UMD movies for some super-low price if you buy a DVD of a said movie. Same for music UMDs, in case you buy a CD.
Otherwise, I *really* can't see myself buying music UMD - *ever*. Really, why would I?
- I can't play it on my PC / RIP the MP3s. I use my PC 99% of the time for home music listening. It's way more convinient than anything else.
- As long as I have a CD, I can rip music from it, record it on a memstick and play the music on PSP (well, hopefully).
Basicaly, as far as I can see, music UMD offers nothing, even to owners of PSP. As far as movies go, I'd probably buy some of my super-favorite movies on UMD, and very few of them, as I don't like paying twice for the same content.
UMD really has to be recordable to has any hope of achieving some kind of success in the realm of multimedia, but I think it's absolutely great format for games on the go.
I must say I think it will be a mistake to make UMD movies just slightly lower priced than DVDs. Seriously, who is going to buy the same movie twice, and who on Earth would buy an UMD movie instead of a DVD one, and miss the better quality DVD offers (even if PSP could connect to a TV for movie watching) They really should be giving UMD movies for some super-low price if you buy a DVD of a said movie. Same for music UMDs, in case you buy a CD.
Otherwise, I *really* can't see myself buying music UMD - *ever*. Really, why would I?
- I can't play it on my PC / RIP the MP3s. I use my PC 99% of the time for home music listening. It's way more convinient than anything else.
- As long as I have a CD, I can rip music from it, record it on a memstick and play the music on PSP (well, hopefully).
Basicaly, as far as I can see, music UMD offers nothing, even to owners of PSP. As far as movies go, I'd probably buy some of my super-favorite movies on UMD, and very few of them, as I don't like paying twice for the same content.
UMD really has to be recordable to has any hope of achieving some kind of success in the realm of multimedia, but I think it's absolutely great format for games on the go.
No brawling, please!
Most games are going to be €20-€30 (the usual handheld stuff), high priced games up to €60 (very lasting games like Square RPGs).
Regarding UMD very little is known about it ... let's just wait for the next puzzle piece of information, to clear this up.
Most games are going to be €20-€30 (the usual handheld stuff), high priced games up to €60 (very lasting games like Square RPGs).
Regarding UMD very little is known about it ... let's just wait for the next puzzle piece of information, to clear this up.
I had a survey on my site about the movies:
Would you buy PSP movie discs?
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Yes
Percent Votes Image analysis
40.90% 27
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No
Percent Votes Image analysis
22.72% 15
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Maybe
Percent Votes Image analysis
36.36% 24
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Looks like they don't have a problem to buy them special movie discs, but of course this will change depending on the price tag of those movies.
Fredi
Would you buy PSP movie discs?
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Yes
Percent Votes Image analysis
40.90% 27
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No
Percent Votes Image analysis
22.72% 15
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Maybe
Percent Votes Image analysis
36.36% 24
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Looks like they don't have a problem to buy them special movie discs, but of course this will change depending on the price tag of those movies.
Fredi
*Pokes thread*
Speaking graphicly about PSP, what would you say the games could look like?
I'm thinking they could very well look like cleaned up psone games, without the grainyness, or perhaps some low end DC games? It's a possibility.
It's sure to blast GBA out of the water by far.
Speaking graphicly about PSP, what would you say the games could look like?
I'm thinking they could very well look like cleaned up psone games, without the grainyness, or perhaps some low end DC games? It's a possibility.
It's sure to blast GBA out of the water by far.
Irony...Cybamarc is hardly the one here jumping around too fast. You guys should know who are the ones that do that often.
Looking at the announced pricing of PSP, i can say good luck Sony on their bold movie/games/music ideals. ...unless of course UMD discs are compatible with current laser players...
