Price, demand kept Vita's UMD scheme from the west
A lack of demand caused by the low price for digital downloads of PSP games meant Sony saw little point in bringing Japan's UMD Passport programme to the west, Sony has admitted. Speaking to Wired, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said that there would have been little merit in launching the scheme, which allowed Japanese Vita owners to buy digital download licences for their UMD PSP games for a nominal fee, in other territories. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/shuhei-yoshida-dice-interview/ Wired A lack of demand caused by the low price for digital downloads of...
Published By: Edge Online - Wednesday, 22 February
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