UMDs Shelved for Good

[Hidoshi]

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3266

Movies anyway. Obviously taken from 8-bit Theatre's post about this stuff. Not sure if we've gone over this already, but as it's a recent thing, I figure not.

SO.

Who didn't see this coming?

[Eusis]

I'll have to find other stories, but despite the headline I don't see anything flat out stating that /Sony/ has ended UMD. I've seen a similar story on GameSpot. and they're only reporting that while UMDs will still be made, they will make movies come free with memory stick duos as well.

Nevertheless, the format's life is limited for uses outside of video games. How the fuck did they expect this to succeed when only a video game system plays them, let alone the fact they're just mini-DVDs when they've already got cheap, affordable portable DVD players? I expect a few more monthes before Sony /officially/ shuts down production, espicially since it's going to be harder for them to sell them when no one else wants to.

Edit: The GameSpot story, for those curious. To be fair, that /is/ typical PR crap, but still means they're not officially scrapped yet.

[JetEnduro]

I bought a few of movies for my psp.They were pretty sweet but  they were mostly bare bones versions of dvd's you could most likely buy for cheaper.So it's not suprising there "being scaled back"

[Eusis]

Gamespot story of Sony planning to make UMDs sell again.