| Sony not planning UMD solution for PSPgo purchasers | | sony is primed and ready to unleash the newest in their portable gaming line, the PSPgo next week, but will offer no UMD solution for early adopters according to statements made at the Tokyo Game Show this week.The PSPgo, the worst kept secret of E3 2009, has no UMD drive, and will instead rely 100% on digital downloads,a move that has lead some retail outlets to not even carry the thing.Sony is offering a rewards program for European regions though.There, gamers can download three titles, of 17 total, at no charge. The list includes Resistance: Retribution, Patapon, and Wipeout Pure.However, the rest of us, in North America, will not enjoy any such luxury.So if you've amassed a robust library of disc-based PSP games and were hoping to receive a voucher to download each, sorry, doesn't look like it's happening.The PSPgo goes on sale October 1 priced at $249.99more info:
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| | PSPgo upgraders to receive three free games | | Sony has announced that people with existing UMD games who want to upgrade to the new PSPgo, due out on October 1, will receive three free downloads of full games.The PSPgo Rewards program involves registering a PSPgo on PSN, then logging on to PSN with an existing PSP with a UMD in the drive, which allows you to download a special PSPgo theme and then presents you with a voucher via email for use with the PSPgo.The voucher will be redeemable for three of 17 available titles, which will include Killzone: Liberation, SOCOM: US Navy SEAls Fireteam Bravo 3, WipEout Pure, Everybody's Golf, echochrome, Buzz!:Brain Bender, Buzz!: Master Quiz, LocoRoco and Patapon, reports Eurogamer.PSPgo Rewards will be available from October 1 until March 31 2010 and is open to people with any existing PSP model and at least one UMD who buy and register a PSPgo during that timeframe.The issue of how people with existing PSPs might "upgrade" their UMD collections to work on the download-only PSPgo has been debated since the system's E3 unveiling, but a solution has yet to be announced by Sony.The platform holder has previously said that it intends to support UMD despite the launch of... | |
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