End of UMD movies...

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3266

Looks like most movie companies have stopped releasing movies on this format so Sony is going to stop using them. In Japan these movies are about $40 each. I never understood why on earth someone who pay that much money for a tiny movie....

 

Pretty much everyone knew this was coming. While the PSP is competitve in the handheld market, it is just barely a fraction of the percentage of Movie sales. On a consumer level, why would anyone pay more for a movie you can use in a single system (PSP), when a DVD is not only cheaper, but can be played in a variety of places (Computer, Portable DVD player, number of DVD players, PS2, etc). Not to mention many people rent DVD most of the time, while UMD's are a meant more for travel purposes.

 

Excellent.


Now we just wait for the same thing to happen to Blu-Ray and life will go on. :nod:

 

Good riddance. From the start UMD movies were a joke with no hope of success, and finally that's been proven.

 

wooow, movies on memory sticks? and i thought nintendo was crazy with n64 using cartridges..

 

If nintendo would had the 4 GB sticks back then the N64 would have been a complete succes :lol: - err, a console playing games stored on memory sticks?????

 

its not about the size, its about the cost of the medium!

 

I hope this means bargain bin hughe discounts so i can stock up on umd movies cheap because i'm not paying 15 euro's for a movie without any extra features.

 

But what about the lovely Japanese porn on UMD? :lol:

 

You have those Adult Finder semi games.. they always look nice @ Play-Asia (Aki Hoshino ).

 

This was known ages ago, with a lot of the movie companies saying they were stopping using the format

"Why pay £19.99 for a UMD movie when you can buy the DVD for £14.99"

You can see there point!