To encourage more consumers to purchase movies on the company's PSP specific Universal Media Disc (UMD) format, Sony has announced the forthcoming release of the first hybrid UMD containing a full ...

When Sony revealed the PSP Go this week, it confirmed rumors that the handheld console won’t use the unpopular UMD format. In fact, it looks like Sony really wants you to trade-up to a Go: It’ll ...

You’ve probably noticed Sony’s Next Generation Portable (NGP) and PSP successor doesn’t have a UMD drive. That’s on balance a very good thing. The UMD drive tends to be noisy, adds weight (not to ...

After being derided since, oh, 2004, the UMD is set to return to the PSPgo, albeit thanks to the peripheral guys Logitech. https://gizmodo.com/pspgo-review-psp-goes ...

Current PSP owners waiting to buy a PSP Go would feel a bit hard done-by since they won’t be able to play their current UMD games on it. Sony Computer Entertainment America have confirmed that there ...

Update: North American PSP owners will not be treated to the same three free PSP Go games offer as Europe, a Sony America spokesman has told GamesIndustry.biz. "We were evaluating a UMD conversion ...

Sony tested the waters of purely digital distribution for PSP titles with the now-released Patapon 2, but some third-party PSP developers are much more upfront about the advantages of offering titles ...

During last week's massive 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo data dump, several revelations that would have made front-page news during a normal week slipped through the cracks--revelations like the ...

Source: UK gaming site CVG. What we heard: Sony introduced its latest PSP iteration, the $250 PSP Go, during the first week of October, and one of its primary draws is its slim form. The handheld is ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. According to a CVG tipster, Logitech is developing a UMD drive add-on for Sony's PSP Go. The ...