Pure bulshytt. Sony is hoping that this makes more people decide to keep their old PSP and their old PSP games even after they buy a Vita, because this will reduce competition from used PSP hardware and games. And for those who do get rid of their old PSP and games when they buy a Vita, Sony is hoping to get some of them to pay again to get a digital copy of old PSP games on their Vita.

Dear Patrick,

Please change your headline to "Sony Outlines Why UMD Passport Isn't Coming to US". Please also take out every reference to "Here" in your article and replace with "America" or "US".

The Internet ≠ America.

Best Wishes,

The Rest of the World.

@phantomsnake said:

@McShank said:

@switchit said:

Please don't assume all of your readers is from the USA.

then where are you from? This was something about it not coming to the US ,, not about it not showing up in other countries..

You're missing the point. The article uses "here" to mean the USA and assumes you will understand that, though "here" means something else for some of us. To be fair, pretty much half the content on the internet is like this.

@gbrading said:

Dear Patrick,

Please change your headline to "Sony Outlines Why UMD Passport Isn't Coming to US". Please also take out every reference to "Here" in your article and replace with "America" or "US".

The Internet ≠ America.

Best Wishes,

The Rest of the World.

"Here" means where the author currently lives. He does not need to bend because you can't read between the lines.

This is an American website, run by Americans. Get over it.

I'm Canadian.

While this is a bummer, I saw it coming and converted my games to digital a long time ago. I do still have three games that are not available as digital yet which is a bummer. Star Ocean 1 + 2 and Kingdom Hearts.

Square-Enix: We added quick time events to FFXIII-2 because people in the US wanted it. Sony: No passport because people in the US didn't want it.  I want to know who these people in the US are.

Guy's got a point. If they're going to charge $5-10 anyway for this stupid passport, why bother? Many PSP games are already $5-$10 on PSN.

Of course, I don't care. I have my PSP and I'm content to use it for my PSP games until a good PC emulator comes out.

I actually do not understand why people keep handing sony money.

@TimesHero said:

@patrickklepek

@Istealdreams said:

Funny that when the passport was first announced giantbomb called it dumb and a waste of money, that now with a response that makes complete sense to me (as a psp owner) you basically call bullshit on them. But then again this is a vita article written by Patrick so I don't know what else I was expecting.

Hey, I wrote that original piece, and I stand by it. The UMD Passport program is still a rip-off with an insane amount of inconsistencies, but something terrible is better than nothing, in this case, and I don't think Sony would have brought that program over here without reforms. Players would have raked them over the coals.

PWNED

please point out the pwning, cause it's not there...

@Istealdreams:

STOP SELLING YOUR PSPS IF YOU STILL WANT TO PLAY PSP GAMES!!!!

@TimesHero no, I know what i am talking about when I reference patricks earlier article. But keep up the insightful and informative posts!

Since my PSP broke, originally I was sure to buy a Vita to get the best of both worlds. No doubt Sony is losing tons of sales from people in similar situations to my own. A sad state of affairs for all parties involved.

@TimesHero Bro. So far your inane comments display nothing more than unfunny, outdated memes and a poor understanding of journalism. So while you may be trying really hard to help Patrick, you're only making him look worse. Just... stop.

What about my copy of the Spiderman 2 movie on UMD?

I demand satisfaction!

@TehFlan said:

I would also like to meet these people. With a batman. In a dark alley.

Fixed.

@TehFlan said:

I would also like to meet these people. With a batman. In a dark alley.

Fixed.

Call me old school, but personally I would prefer a backwards-compatibility-friendly Sony that was more than willing to put out something like this:

Whatever your opinion about whether UMDs should be supported in any way or not, it doesn't explain why they are only willing to let you play PS2 games on your PS3 if you buy them again digitally over PSN. To me, have both attempts to double-dip present just proves that the cash-grab of the double-dip is the ultimate goal, regardless of the media on which the original game was delivered.