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    PlayStation Portable (PSP) is Sony's first entry into the handheld gaming market. The PSP also sports multimedia features including music and video playback, a photo viewer, and an online store. Several model revisions have been released: the PSP-2000, 3000, PSPgo and the PSP-E1000.

    Buying UMDS at this point: Yay or nay?

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    #1  Edited By CounterShock

    With talks of Sony possibly having a service where you can get "special discounts" if you own UMD copies of PSP games has got me wondering if at this point, I should just stick with buying the digital versions of any PSP games I would like to play. Persona 2 and Valkyria Chronicles 2 come to mind when I think of PSP games I still want to play. Except physical copies of those games are cheaper than their digital counterparts. Plus I still like just having a physical box when I buy games. So should I just stick with buying the physical copies, or go all digital?

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    #2  Edited By SethPhotopoulos

    Whichever one's cheaper or more convenient I suppose. And when I say cheaper I'm talking long run.

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    #3  Edited By Joker369

    My recent psp purchases have been digital because they will carry over if you get a Vita. Also the load times are much better if it is digital. So I would recommend digital.

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    #4  Edited By nohthink

    @CounterShock: I bet those are cheaper in physical copies. I cannot guarantee the new ones would be cheaper but used ones would be definitely cheaper. It seems like Sony is gonna still make you pay to download your UMD version of the games for a cheap price(hopefully like 5 dollars). If I were you, I would just buy the physical ones if you already have a PSP.

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    #5  Edited By Hailinel

    I'm still buying UMDs. I won't switch them for digital versions on the Vita until Sony has announced a solid, actual plan that guarantees I'll be able to get all of these games back.

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    #6  Edited By thebunnyhunter

    I would recommend digital unless the game isnt on the store

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    #7  Edited By coakroach

    The cheap one.

    Do the cheap one.

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    #8  Edited By bobafettjm

    I am not looking forward to a world in which all games are digital so I prefer buying them on physical media.

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    #9  Edited By FancySoapsMan

    I still buy UMD's if I can.

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