Sony to Standardize UMD Format

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 21, 2005 @02:41AM from the a-step-in-the-right-direction dept.

PSP411 writes "It was announced today that Sony has decided to open up the UMD format in a limited fashion as a formal standard. According to a PC World article, companies interested in releasing movies and music on UMD may soon be able to do so. Those interested in developing games and software are still out of luck, however, as the format for 3rd parties is still being limited to movies and music." UMD stands for Universal Media Disc, the media format used for Sony's new handheld gaming console (the PSP).

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Major Change? by Prien715 · 2005-01-21 03:02 · Score: 2, Interesting

Along with the other story today, found here does this signal a major shift in Sony's actual strategy with respect to formats or is this merely for PR benefit and marketing? Thoughts?

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