Board 8 > Sony explains why North America didn't get the UMD Passport program

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/sony-outlines-why-umd-passport-isnt-coming-here/4001/

“PSP games in Japan are sold at a much higher price, so people see the value in spending the $5 to $10 to get the digital copy,” said Yoshida. “But when the games are already sold at a lower price in the U.S. we see less value in introducing that kind of system.”

I deny your reasoning!

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also Americans don't buy PSP games

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what about europe?

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dum PSP users and their 4.28 attach rate. I have like 7 times the amount of that!

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I have uh....triple that!

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the option still would have been nice! unless it's unreasonably expensive to implement the system for the US for whatever reason

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in other words, they feel americans won't value a superior product.

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The response wouldn't be much better if they were doing it in America, anyway. "Sony is making me pay for games I already own!!!" would be commonplace here. I don't think the support level is there yet, either. Games like Metal Gear and Final Fantasy aren't part of this program, the last I saw.

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More like they know their Vita is catered to the Western market so they need no further incentives to sweeten the deal. Meanwhile the flop in Japan...

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Eh, this doesn't affect me, I didn't have a PSP.

My to-buy-digital list:
Cladun: This is an RPG
Cladun x2
Class of Heroes
Corpse Party
Half-Minute Hero
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Ys Seven

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Well, screw you Sony. My 19 UMDs means I'll just have to keep my PSP for longer.

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I bought Ghost of Sparta and P3P on the PSN

Suck it UMD buyers

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