Today on Headline
RePLAY: Sony explains why the west won’t be seeing the UMD Passport Program, a
tree wins a Mass Effect 3 copy and news
of a new Pokémon game!
Earlier this month Sony
said the PS Vita UMD Passport Program, used to transfer PSP UMDs to the PS
Vita, wasn’t coming to the west. Sony Senior V.P Shuhei Yoshida tells Wired the
reason boils down to simple economics: demand and pricing.
“The system has been
introduced in Japan, where there is a much larger demand for PSP games,” said
Yoshida, also noting that new PSP titles are still being released and announced
in Japan. “Lots of people who are interested in trying Vita are also interested
in playing PSP games that they might purchase before Vita comes out, and will
not necessarily choose the digital version.”
“The other point is
that when you look at PSP titles sold digitally in the States or Europe, games
are sold for a really reasonable price,” he said, citing Final Fantasy Tactics for $10. “That is a great price. There are
many, many games that are sold at an affordable price.”
In comparison,
Japanese gamers will have to pay a nominal fee of $5 and $10 in addition to possessing
the UMD itself to receive a digital copy, which ultimately adds up to a higher
cost, Yoshida explained.
Ultimately, the “combination
of new titles available, or the lack of, and the price difference” attributed
to Sony’s decision to why we won’t see a similar system here in the west.
*Source: Wired
10 copies of Mass Effect 3 were to fly straight into the stratosphere via weather balloons and descend back to Earth into the arms
of waiting fans— except one apparently forgot the memo about landing to fans and
instead ended up on a 150-foot tree in the San Francisco area.
At daybreak, there
were 10 fans onsite attempting to get it down with a rope. When that failed an
attempt was made using a baseball tied to a rope and when that was unsuccessful
the group is now resorting to use a slingshot armed with marbles.
I cannot imagine this
ending well.
*Source: Mass Effect Facebook
Are you excited about
the next Pokémon game? Junichi Masuda, the director of Pokémon Black and White,
sure is and ready to make “a very important announcement” as soon as this
Sunday.
Masuda is making an
appearance on TV TOKYO’s “Pokémon Smash!” for the big news. “And, for those of
you who can’t watch television on live, I will announce the same information
right after the show via Twitter,” he assured. “Everyone, I hope you all enjoy
the show!”
Rumors suggest the new
title is titled Pokémon Gray, but we’ll
see if Masuda surprises us instead!
*Source: GameFreak
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