Sony has announced, in Japan at least, the UMD Passport.
The aim of this is to let owners of PSP UMDs play their games on the Vita by giving them access to download versions at a discounted price.
To activate the UMD Passport you need to:
- 1. Download a UMD Registration Application from PlayStation Store to your PSP
- 2. Boot up the UMD Registration Application from your PSP’s XMB menu and insert the UMD game you want to register into the system.
- 3. Follow the prompts to register your UMD disc with your PSN account
- 4. You can then download the downloadable version of your game at a discounted price.
Apparently around 200 titles will be supported, with the likes of Square Enix, Capcom, Konami and Sega contributing. The list is here.
Source: Andriasang
ruinereraser
I don’t see the problem here, it’s not like PS3 Bluray player playing DVDs or 3DS running NDS titles, because in both of these cases they still have the same data carrier or drive that can use both types. In PSV case it’s totally different, as it’s changing the UMD to flash card of some type.
Plus, they’re not obliged to do this, and also they’ve already stated that PSP digital games bought from PSN will work on Vita without any extra cost.
I’ve only one grief with this program: PSPgo owners say “fuck you, Sony”. This was supposed to happen on Go premiere already as then it was a must (same handheld, different media type). Probably low sales of Go learned them a lesson, hence the UMD Passport program now. I guess – better late than never, too bad they didn’t expand it to PSPgo at the sime time as well.
wonkey-willy
DISCOUNTED PRICE!!!!
fuck you sony i already payed for that shit..