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The UMD and PSP Getting Off The Ground
1up is running a piece examining Hollywood's relationship with Sony's UMD format. From the article: "Two UMD movies sold 100,000 units within two months. By contrast, one of the earliest DVD releases, Air Force One, took nine to achieve the same goal. DVD and ticket sales are on the decline, Hollywood needs a new source of revenue while they pick up the pieces, and PSP's handheld UMD format is turning into the glowing solution." Relatedly, Next Generation is running an article taking a look at the increasing quality of original games coming out for Sony's handheld. From the article: "After an embarrassingly slow start, the PSP has begun to find its niche with developers; likewise, Sony's internal studios and publishing division have gotten really adventuresome lately, with big and little games, both in tested genres and genres those games serve to test."
That second article is crap. It doesn't even talk about PSP games! Rogue Galaxy and Siren 2 are both PS2 games. The only PSP game mentioned is Loco Roco. The single sentence in the summary is about the only mention of the psp in the whole thing. Zonk, maybe you should RTFA next time?
Games are what computers were made for not boring spreadsheets