While not outright denying rumors of a UMD-free Playstation Portable, the head of Sonyâs hardware marketing said that the UMD business is âcritical to us this year and beyond.â
Earlier this week, Acclaim chief creative officer David Perry said that he knows a developer who is working on games for a Playstation Portable that wonât have the UMD disc drive.
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âWe are making a concerted effort for digital distribution,â he said. âWeâve talked to developers about increasing their digital download content.â
Currently publishers can choose to launch a game on UMD or go direct to digital through the Playstation Store.
âThere is a delay right now because we want to ensure retail is respected and have their day in the sun,â Koller said. âRetail has been concerned about the digital side of game purchases, but that conversation has changed in the past nine to 12 months.â
Thatâs because retail stores can sell Playstation Network cards and make a profit on them.
Sony is currently looking through their PSOne library and all publishersâ back histories to see what can be placed on the Playstation Network, he said.
