Hollywood Studios pull back from PSP

[A Black Falcon]

The problem with watching UMDs is as DJ said: Given the size limitation (1.5GB or whatever), it's an inferior version of the full 9GB per disc version. So even if it WAS ona TV, it'd be shorter, or lower resolution, and wouldn't have extras... so why would you want that version over the DVD? Yeah...

UMD movies aren't a horrible idea -- the PSP is there, so why not give the thing more options? But expecting them to actually be successful does seem kind of odd. I'd expect them to be a niche product for people in specific situations, or just people with too much money lying around...

Sony's focus on the movies points to the obvious problem in the PSP: the perception that it doesn't have many games worth getting. This focus on movies sure doesn't help Sony's case... and as much as they pretend that their videogame consoles aren't videogame consoles, they are. That's what they are judged by. Not their other multimedia functions. And the clear perception is that the PSP is lacking there.

Not that the PSP is a failure or anything, but UMD movies... they're only a step above GBA Video, and are no competition for DVDs, and people have recognized that.