Well, if you have UMD discs that you need to read, chances are you already have a PSP with a drive in it. So you're really not going to need a new psp, are you? And if you're just starting out with your psp, then you shouldn't have any issues with UMDs, because you won't need to buy any!

How is this an issue? How was it EVER an issue?

What more could possibly be said on this subject?

Everytime i purchase a new console, I destroy my previous one in an elaborate ritual , which i won't describe here, suffice to say it involves animal sacrifice, and ultimately leaves only a pile of ashes, which are fed to the new system.

It was only at this point that i realized my PSP Go, had no UMD hole in which to pour it's incinerated predecessor. The chain has been broken, and i now fear leaving my house, the cosmic ramifications are surely as many and menacing as they are mysterious.

I'm still looking for an affordable lawyer who'll agree to speak with me in code, but when i do, i assure you all, that i will take Sony to court on behalf of the human race.

The only time I can see this being a problem is when the PSP Go is bought as a replacement for a broken PSP with UMD. Unless older PSPs with UMD are still available for sale in which case why bother with a Go as a replacement?

I like the size and control setup of the Go a lot more than my old PSP. That alone makes me want to get one. The fact that my old games won't work on it, however, makes me less willing to drop the coin.
Also consider the fact that used PSP games (UMD discs) are very easy to get for very cheap; I doubt such a peripheral would be hard to sell--but who knows... maybe there aren't many others who feel the way I do about it.

Ive solved every problem with the PSP. I never bought one. Handheld consoles were a gimmick in the 90's. Now that laptops are mainstream, the handheld console is obsolete. This may just be my informed opinion, but I really dont wana shell out 50 bucks or whatever games for handhelds cost now to play them on a tiny screen with awkward buttons. And OMG, why did sony every make movies JUST for the PSP. If you buy movies for your PSP, you are a tool.

You know, calling that an informed opinion is pretty, well, non-informed. When I think of sitting down to play a game in a comfy chair, on the couch, or in my bed (in lieu of using what may or may not be a nearby console gaming system, or more importantly in a car or on a bus/plane/etc., I don't think about busting out my laptop. It's pretty large - it has to sit on my lap in a particular way - I can't just hold it in my hands. Playing console-style games with a keyboard isn't something I would ever desire to try again, so hey, looks like I need a controller peripheral as well. Don't forget the power cord if the battery starts to die as well! I could go on, but yeah, if you don't like handheld systems, great, but don't act like you've found the perfect solution and everyone else is an idiot for not seeing the miraculous light you have.

There's always the demographic group that owns a bunch of UMDs with their PSPs, and whose PSPs have later died. When they buy the new PSP Go, they're stuck with their old discs. Much like HD-DVD and Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player owners who are now stuck with a bunch of HD-DVDs in a market that now only sells blu-rays. Sure, they can just get new ones, but at what cost?

This is roughly the equivalent of inventing a hovercraft and then offering tires as an option.

Well... wow. Gotta say that's... ...uhm... why not buy the "Older" PSP with more features than the more expensive PSP Go! ? I seriously wonder what Sony was thinking when they made - not a squeal to the PSP, but a bad knock off of it. All the great features (execpt playing your old games...) and half the weight!

I have to say, lugging that tremndous weight of the PSP about while walking... who can handle such a burden?

those who buy the PSP GO are one of two things.
New to PSP - which, great for you, you get to go to gamestop and stare at a wall of things you can't have even though they say "PSP" on them

Misinformed - again... Sony doesn't care about the average user, who doesn't come on to fourms like this. They don't care. That's why they run adds for the PS3 saying "It does everything." Well... MINE does, and the ones they STILL MAKE FOR RETAIL STORES do... but no Sony, the ones you sell the general unwashed doesn't "Do Everything." It has half the USB ports... so I hope that people who play rockband like dongles - it doesn't have media card readers to easily load pictures/videos from a digital camera onto it, and it doesn't have PS2 playback... but still has an icon for "PS1/PS2" Memory card in there... that's nice "Feature not available, but we're too lazy to take it out of the firmware for these."

so, rant over - Sony's still got their head far up their pooper - yes PS3 sales are picking on fake PS3's - I still have my real one - my friends will only buy real ones from Ebay, Sony won't make any extra money off me until they bring back the REAL ps3 - you know, the one I stood in line for and was worth it on launch.

Amen to everything you just said.

Get with it Sony.

If you blindly purchased a bunch of UMD movies thinking the format would flourish, you obviously aren't old enough to remember Sony's Betamax...or MiniDisc for that matter.

My kid recently destoryed my PSP1001, the one I first got with 1.5 Firmware, my options wer to spend $80 in replacement parts or to buy a new one. Thankfully there exist game stores that I can stop in and buy used PSP's on but if that was not the case then I would be hosed.

Here's a message for Sony: If you're going to render all of my items that I paid money on as useless with a new version console then I expect you to lift all license and copyright restrictions off of those games so that the open source community can support what you're refusing to support yourself.

I will only consider buying a Go after somebody finds a way to put custom firmware on it, allowing me to transfer the games I already bought without having to buy them allover again. That's just BS. I refuse to pay Sony more money for the privilege to continue playing the games I already gave them money for.

I'm still wondering where that "trade in a UMD disk, get a free download code for the game" deal Sony was talking about went.

Or is this typical Sony "we didn't think the about launch details, oops!"
Or is this typical Sony "oops, our shiny new tech failed. Let's dump the new tech as soon as possible and hope everyone ignores it!"

Yeah, good luck finding Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions on a laptop, there, buddy.

This is so weird. My friend and I were talking about how gay the PSP Go is and he mentioned that sooner or later, someone, most likely Sony, would make a device or a new GO that allowed UMD use.

there is a 32gb memory stick for the psp 1000-3000 its on amazon for about $100 to $150