psp....

Post by **gannon** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:01 pm

I'm kinda surprised, I was watching tv just now and they showed a commercial for a movie that's being released pretty soon, and they said buy it soon on dvd and umd for the psp in the commercial.
Pretty good way for sony to get some more money

Doofus · Post by **Doofus** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:21 pm

Was probably one of those movies by Sony.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:30 pm

I personally don't know why somebody would buy movies on UMD, its so limited, if they made UMD players for the TV then sure, but otherwise youre stuck to the 3.5" or whatever screen.

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:32 pm

yeh I dout it will cach on although there are plenty of people stupid and will buy them evan knowing they could just make there own from the dvd

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:55 pm

Oh, yeah, I know people will buy. Just saying its a stupid gimmic.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:24 am

Takes the thinking and requirement of a computer out of it. Yeah I agree that its just a stupid gimmick. Chances are to push UMD further Sony will likely add a dock to the PS3 so you can veiw movies that are on them through the PS3 on the TV. Or made a card slot that fits in the 3.5" bay of computers.

yalborap · Post by **yalborap** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:45 am

Kind of foolish, but they'll still sell and I'm enough of a kill bill whore that I'm getting that once it's down in price.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:58 am

Well I think sony is seeing this as the new and improved walkman that everybodys gonna buy. They really are expecting this to be something BIG that everyone will accept as the new GameBoy/walkman.
Depending on how well the units sell the whole movie deal thing could be either a gimmick or pure genius.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:03 am

Well, if they make a UMD device for the TV then it's pretty female of the dog species' because the disks are so much smaller than DVDs, and people will like that. But at the moment its a 'why would I buy a movie I can only watch on the small screen?' kind of thing.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:13 am

Well you could say the same thing for the games. Why buy a PSP game when I can only play PSP games on this little screen

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:34 am

That's kind of the sacrifice you make when you get a portable, unless they make a peripheral for playing the stuff on the big screen (Super Gameboy, Gameboy Player).
To say the least, PSP owners can only hope the PS3 has a UMD slot.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:54 am

stop calling it a gameboy the market sony is going for dosnt play video games/will ever buy the psps games

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:26 am

Uh... what? The market Sony is going for with the PSP doesn't play games? Then why would they buy a portable gaming device? Anyway, the market Sony are shooting for is the young adult market which they so successfully sold the PSX and PS2 to - so there must be a market for games in that age group.

More on topic, I can't see myself ever wanting to watch films on the go so badly I'd pay for a PSP+UMDs. They take to long and I'd never have enough spare time without having a bigger screen nearby. Not to mention the hardware probems that have been reported...

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:02 pm

Alchemist wrote:Uh... what? The market Sony is going for with the PSP doesn't play games? Then why would they buy a portable gaming device? Anyway, the market Sony are shooting for is the young adult market which they so successfully sold the PSX and PS2 to - so there must be a market for games in that age group.

yeah bouth pushed crap gimmics like music or movie capablity

and realy i havent seen any thing about games with the psp...

PSP=Pocket screen portable <---nothing about games there...

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:28 pm

Im not gonna get a psp unless I inherit a load of money, or win the lottery of something and have tons of money to spare.

I am however getting a GP32 in the next few days.