Sony's PSP Memory Stick Entertainment Packs Shipping

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Sony's PSP Memory Stick Entertainment Packs Shipping

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 9, 2006 @01:11AM from the movies-to-go dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Sony's new Memory Stick Entertainment Packs are now shipping in 1GB and 2GB sizes and contain a launcher DVD. The packs contain an unlock code and you have the choice of one of these four films: 'Hitch,' 'S.W.A.T.,' 'The Grudge,' or 'XXX: State of the Union.' Prices are $47/$77 for the packs."

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its a SONY by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-09 01:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Does it include a free rootkit?
nice by na641 · 2006-09-09 01:15 · Score: 2, Interesting

Although i still fail to see the real world useability of a 1gb memory stick when it comes to watching films. I mean, at most you can fit one full length movie on it.

I suppose these things would be awesome for TV episodes though.
1. Re:nice by Orion_ · 2006-09-09 04:19 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Yes, the PSP would be just perfect for watching movies, if they hadn't crippled their video player by making the maximum resolution much less than the native resolution.
  
  Of all the shitty things Sony has done lately, this is the one that convinced me to never buy a Sony product again.
2. Re:nice by stunt_penguin · 2006-09-09 05:23 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  Oh I get the value from the games as well; Loco Roco, Lumines, Burnout and Worms (plus a few others) have all given me their fair share of fun ^^. I was really just addressing the movie bit of the equation.
  
  They'll never have a lineup like Nintendo's though; there have been a lot of dumb games for the PSP.
  
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3. Re:nice by kwark · 2006-09-09 08:49 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  The default movieplayer in the firmware prevents full resolution playback from memorystick. But there is homebrew software (PMP Mod AVC) which let's you playback fullresolution H264/mp3 streams.
No spelling errors to be found, so by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-09 01:16 · Score: 3, Funny

I searched for some style-errors:

You guys totally forgot to say something degrading about Sony, the PS3, or the PSP in itself.
This is NOT the Slashdot I've come to know over the years. :D
1. Re:No spelling errors to be found, so by Stormwatch · 2006-09-09 02:16 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Look at the list of film choices. It's hard to get more degrading than that!
  
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DRM by EnsilZah · 2006-09-09 01:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Looks like Sony's new DRM scheme: release crap movies no one would want to copy.
Prices have dropped a lot by DrXym · 2006-09-09 01:31 · Score: 3, Interesting

A year ago a 1Gb memory stick would have set you back at least $99. Now it seems you can get a 2Gb card for less and a shitty movie thrown in too! Seriously though, I wonder if this signals that Sony is going to dump UMD for some kind of movie download service. It would actually make a great deal of sense, and if they did it right would make them far more money than UMDs ever did.
Finally! by Speare · 2006-09-09 01:43 · Score: 2, Funny

Wow, cool, I can spend a premium price for a plain old memory device that is not compatible with almost any other computing hardware, has some shovelware* minigames on it, and has a digital key for a digital movie that is ALSO not compatible with any other computing hardware?! SIGN ME UP!!!!11

*shovelware: clipart, minigames implemented in flash or hypercard, font collections, or other stuff you'd find in the $5 bin at CompUSA, the stuff that you'd normally download for free if you could figure out how a modem works

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Blows my mind by n3tcat · 2006-09-09 01:47 · Score: 2, Insightful

You would spend $50 to $75 on a $5 bargain bin DVD so that you can have a lesser quality movie. At what point is this a deal? Especially when you can buy the dvd and rip it to a memory stick already... Oh wait wasn't this why the UMD failed in the first place?

At least it's on memory stick right out of the box now, so you can try to get it on your computer through a stick reader. Odds are it's locked though so without some cracking tool it'd be useless to the people who just want a no-hassle solution.

Here comes sony again trying to create a demand for something they think is a good thing to supply. Too bad nobody is listening...
1. Re:Blows my mind by bri2000 · 2006-09-09 02:54 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  A couple of months ago $100 was probably the going rate. A quick look around internet retailers puts the current average around $75 for a 2GB memory stick. By way of comparison 2GB SD cards go for $50 or less.
Re:I'm First!!! by smchris · 2006-09-09 01:47 · Score: 2, Informative

$25 special for a 1 gig drive at my local computer store this week

So I guess that means something like:

$20 for the movie
$5 for the DVD software and packaging

Yawn.
Wait by rushmeat · 2006-09-09 03:09 · Score: 2, Informative

So, on Newegg.com you can get a 4GB SD Card for around 60 something dollars last I checked, or, you can shell out 47 for 1GB and one [bad] movie, of a format not as widely used? 77 for the 2GB? No wonder Disturbed chose to cover "Land of Confusion"...

On a lesser note of frustration and confusion, does it at least come with a way to watch the film on anything other than the PSP? How do you get the movie on there? Download?