Sony may offer digital UMD replacements
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With the loss of the UMD drive on the PSP Go Sony are mulling how to allow players to get their previous UMD purchases to play on the new machine.
"In the past, weve seen a 20-25% trade-up factor, and I assume that's going to be the case here. We've modeled that. So we're looking at a good-will program a short term good-will program that would continue for years afterward." said John Koller talking to Gizmodo.
Details are sparse, and many questions unanswered such as how will they authenticate that you own the UMD in question and will the games be tied to your device?
We'll try and get some details out of Sony shortly, if they exist.
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