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Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today: Sony: UMD-Free PSP Was Always Planned
Joystiq: Sony: PSP without UMD 'always the plan'
X-bit labs: Sony Claims that UMD-Less PlayStation Portable Was Always In The Plans
T3.com News: Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com All: Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
Sony: UMD-Free PSP Was Always Planned
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Naoya Matsui, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment's product planning division, has revealed that the platform holder always planned to release a UMD-free PSP once the digital distribution market had matured."We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning," Matsui told GameBusiness.jp (via ...
Sony: PSP without UMD 'always the plan'
Joystiq —
... During an interview with GameBusiness.jp, Sony's product planning division head honcho, Naoya Matsui, commented that Sony always had plans to go UMD-less, and that the PSP Go is the fruition of all that planning. "We'd planned to release a PSP ...
Sony Claims that UMD-Less PlayStation Portable Was Always In The Plans
X-bit labs —
... "We had planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning. But if we would simply released the hardware, there wouldn't have been much for everyone to enjoy. We needed to prepare the right environment for it first - things like the transfer of content with the PS3 and PSN, and PC software to manage content like music and movies, such as Media Go," said Naoya Matsui, vice president of product planning at Sony Computer Entertainment, in an interview with GameBusiness. ...
Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com News —
... In a recent interview (Japanese), the head of SCE's product planning division explained that Sony has been considering a 'network centric' model all along. “We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning,” Matsui said. “But if we'd simply released the hardware, there wouldn't have been much for everyone to enjoy. We needed to prepare the right environment for it first - things like the transferral of content with the PS3 and PSN, and PC software to manage content like music and movies such as 'Media Go'.” ...
Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com All —
... is the lack of UMD drive. Until recently, UMD has been the only medium available to full-sized new PSP games. But what at first glance looks like an abrupt turnaround for the tech giant, is in fact something that Sony has been considering since the birth of the PlayStation Portable, according to Sony s Naoya Matsui. In a recent interview (Japanese), the head of SCE's product planning division explained that Sony has been considering a 'network centric' model all along. We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning, Matsui said. But if ...
Sony planned death of PSP UMD all along
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... That's the conclusion to be drawn from an interview given to Japanese website GameBusiness by Naoya Matsui, who heads up the Sony Computer Entertainment product planning division. ...


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