Third party peripheral company Logitech is working on a UMD drive add-on for the PSPgo, a source has told CVG.
Neither a price or release date was given, but we were told that the device will plug into the PSPgo, allowing users to play their UMD games on the portable.
"The only problem is that it'll make the PSP a little bulky", said our source.
Logitech's UK office told CVG: "We're not aware of it, so it may be something the US office is working on." We're awaiting a response from it and Sony.
Unboxing PSP Go!
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Unboxing PSP Go!
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PSPgo is able to store and play games from either its internal memory or a memory stick. The news remains rumour for now, but if true, we imagine a UMD reader would insert into the PSPgo's memory stick port on the left side of the console, as did some hard disk add-ons that were released for the older PSP models.
Developer talk at the Tokyo Game Show in September hinted of a plan by Sony to release another iteration of the handheld, a PSP-4000 that would support Sony's UMD format, for release in 2010.
The lack of a UMD drive is, among other things, a widely criticised aspect of the new PSPgo, rendering built up collections of UMD games useless for its owners, who'll have paid a whooping £225 for the pleasure.
I really like the PSP Go's design, but two things put me off. The frankly ludicrous price is one, but the lack of UMD solution is the other. I think that a portable UMD drive does sort of defeat the point of it, though. I would have thought that a UMD-ripper would be a better idea, that allows you to transfer games from UMD through a USB. This would still allow scope for things like special editions and people keeping their old collections, but would still keep it all digital. The problem here, I imagine, is legal issues.
I simply do not understand anybody that would buy a consol with download only games!!! it makes no sense.
I guess it's a bit like having a MP3 player rather than a walkman.
the PSP Go is more like a player that only plays a proprietary format that you can't convert your CDs into. Sony used to sell those as well. Surprisingly enough, people bought iPods instead.
I simply do not understand anybody that would buy a consol with download only games!!! it makes no sense.
I guess it's a bit like having a MP3 player rather than a walkman.
the PSP Go is more like a player that only plays a proprietary format that you can't convert your CDs into. Sony used to sell those as well. Surprisingly enough, people bought iPods instead.
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