UMDs returning in next PSP?
Analysts certainly think so
Michael Pachter has been busy today - joining fellow analyst Jesse Divnich in predicting that Sony's next revision of the PSP will once again support UMD. The PSP Go famously omits a UMD drive in favour of a digital only approach
"I think it is possible and likely that the PSP-4000 will support UMD, and I think that Sony will support whichever formats make it the most money. It's an interesting dilemma. Without question, there is room for packaged products and the benefits of digital-only are probably more than offset by foregone sales of UMDs," Pachter told Edge.
"I think that the next version will likely have both, with a disc drive that uses no power if the user is playing a downloaded game. The question is whether it's too bulky, but my guess is that they can fit some flash in there, or equip the game with a 16Gb memory stick and consumers will be perfectly happy."
Your thoughts?
