UMD Sales Picking Up Steam

After what some deemed a slow start, Sony is now claiming that they've sold slightly more than 17 Million UMDs since the launch of the PSP. 9 Million of these discs have been games, with just over 8 Million UMD movies. From the article: "Current manufacturing lines are stretched to the max - Bob Hurley, with Sony DADC, says that Sony is churning out 200,000 UMDs a day and future capacity is expected to be 500,000 per day. 'Tiger Woods Golf is my personal favorite [game], but video has been surprisingly good to us,' says Hurley. In a few years Sony expect videos to be more than 60 percent of all UMD sales, with an expected 130 million UMDs being sold in 2008."

Comments

I guess there's simply no limit

[BlackCobra43]

to human stupidity.

movies I can't play anywhere other than on my tiny PSP screen, for more than a DVD? SIGN ME UP!

Seriously, I doubt UMDs will account for 60%, as the novelty of this format will soon wear off. (one can hope, anyway...)

no surprize

[Turn-X Alphonse]

UMDs seem to majorly outnumber games. You can't buy what isn't there.

Re:Slightly off-topic, but still relevant

[ivan256]

I wonder if Sony figured out how bad it looked to have 150 unsold PSPs in the case at every walmart the day after release and only shipped enough to cause an artificial shortage...

I wouldn't put it past them.