Rumor: PSP 2 Won't Have UMD Drive

**Shrygue** · February 25th, 2009, 19:48

via Kotaku

The new Playstation Portable won't feature a UMD disc drive, according to Acclaim developer David Perry.

"I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!" Perry wrote on both his Twitter and Facebook accounts.

It is unclear if he has seen the rumored new Playstation Portable himself or is just hearing rumors through the development community.

This rumor is the latest in a series of rumors to hit the net in the past month or so, including one from IGN and another from VG247.

If it's true that the Playstation Portable 2 won't feature a UMD disc drive, than I'd say it's likely it will instead rely on Memory Sticks and downloads through the Playstation Network Store. The bigger question is whether such a device could be backwards compatible, and if so how it would work.

There has been an awful lot of news about the PSP coming out lately, so I think it's a safe bet to say that we can expect something from Sony about the next iteration of the Playstation Portable at E3.

***wraggster*** · February 25th, 2009, 20:08

how the hell are you supposed to play the games already released without a umd drive ?

**darkriku2000** · February 25th, 2009, 20:32

well it's a psp2, so either it removes backwards compatibility or these are fake rumors, from what I can tell though, sony does an ok job with backwards compatibility (better then nintendo imo)

**mike_jmg** · February 25th, 2009, 21:03

@Wraggster

Most popular umd games could be put on the PSN Store for a downloadable version. If you already own a copy of the game, put in the bar code and download it for free.

/topic

I think these are just rumours though, sony just published a pretty big list of games that are coming to the PSP this year, why bother if they were releasing a PSP2?

***wraggster*** · February 25th, 2009, 21:05

the major downer is that you will alienate all of them who have umd games/movies

**dejkirkby** · February 25th, 2009, 21:29

Another thing to consider is that Dave Perry sometimes waffles crap.

**kojiro7** · February 25th, 2009, 22:34

So piracy will be even easier on psp2,nice

**darkriku2000** · February 25th, 2009, 23:23

Originally Posted by kojiro7

So piracy will be even easier on psp2,nice

3, 2, 1...

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**jonezybaby** · February 26th, 2009, 00:23

u can get a bar code from anywere, wouldnt happen!

mebe if u buy the game in a shop they give u a download code or sumet?

**osgeld** · February 26th, 2009, 00:25

Originally Posted by mike_jmg

@Wraggster

Most popular umd games could be put on the PSN Store for a downloadable version. If you already own a copy of the game, put in the bar code and download it for free.

or in fine sony tradition, you would just simply buy it again

:thumbup: