L´Umd remonte en force

la PSP reprend du poil de la bête au US mais surtout le format UMD a l´air de repartir à la hausse au US entre 2005 et 2006. Apparemment, il y a des magasins qui ont enlevé l´UMD de leur rayons et qui le remette.

Since it´s launch Sony has shipped more than 25 million of the portable gaming devices and at least one analyst predicts that will hit 29 million by the end of the year.

And with the recent drop in price, the PSP has already seen a 300 percent increase in sales. This jump in sales, be it a temporary spike or a signs of things to come, comes with the surprising news that the UMD movie format is also making a bit of a recovery.As we approach the heart of 2007, Sony sees this as being the year of the Playstation Portable, a year that saw a price drop and return of the UMD, a year that is seeing a change in the portables marketing and a year that will see a slew of major PSP announcements.

"In 2005 we launched the product, last year about establishing the software," said John Koller, senior marketing manager for the PSP. " think this is going to be the year for PSP, I think it´s going to be a fantastic year for it.
A very very good year."

Koller said decision to drop the Playstation Portable to $169 was threefold.

"We got some cost savings out of the product, and we wanted to pass that on to the consumers," he said. "The second reason was we looked at the Wal-Mart experience over black Friday, that was really a good point to go to that price point. Lastly, we are really trying to promote the PSP heavily toward the 13 to 17 consumer group."

That new, younger market that Sony is shooting for is one that has seen a significant increase in the past year, Koller said. In fact, 13 to 17-year-olds are the largest group of PSP owners.

"I think that goes back to content," he said. "A lot of the games that have launched have done a lot to target that group on its own."

"The campaign we are including with the price drop is called Dude, Get Your Own," he said. "We´ve seen an increase in sales immediately."

In the the first two days following the PSP´s price drop there was a 300 percent increase in the number of the portables sold.
And with that increase among teen gamers has come a jump in the amount of downloading. Video is the top type of download, with music coming in at number two, Koller said.

While the interest in downloadable content is at an all-time high, Koller still declined to talk about when or if Sony will be launching its own store for content.

Koller was able to talk about UMD, a format I and many gamers and writers thought was dying. Not only is Sony not thinking of ditching the format, it seems to be making a come back.

UMD movie sales were actually up 35 percent from 2005 to 2006, Koller said. And that jump in sales enticed Target to bring the format back to their stores.

And games too are attracting attention, with more developers creating original content for the portable.

"Our greatest successes take place when publishers and developers recognize the value of the PSP owner as a PSP owner not repurposing a title," Koller said. "We´ve actively encouraged third parties in that direction."

The upcoming God of War title for the PSP is a good example of that, he said. It will be unique to the PSP, offering an extension of the plot that made the first two games such a success.

"I think you´re going to see a lot more of that," he said. "I think third party is starting to understand the value of doing that."

Riding a wave of increased interested, higher sales and better titles, Sony plans to make some big announcements about the PSP in the near future.

"There will be some major PSP announcements this year," he said, "they will be coming over the course of the next few months."

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j´peut te comprendre le pro M

http://www.jeuvideo.fr/20/2007-psp-sony-actu-72277.html

on est plus en 2005 depuis quelques mois maintenant hein !

puis faire tourner un média HD sur 1,8 gb bonne chance

un média HD ?? ?

l´écran de la PSP bien que très grand n´est pas HD !! !!

[anzo], Ta pu vue tourner les films toi

Magnifique de chez Magnifique. Avec un casque S.V300 dehors > Excellentisime

[aligator], Si l´écrans de la Psp est HD.

Ah bon !?

excusez mon ignorance alors

quel est le rapport entre le bluray et la psp alors ?

aligator, Aucun problème

l´ecran de la psp n´est pas HD!! faut arreter la drogue!
il est meme de resolution inferieure a la tv SD.

[anzo] Les deux supports (créés) et utilisé par Sony remonte...

Shinji_Kj LCD sa veut pas dire HD...

Oula vous m´avez embrouillé là

Alors HD ou pas ?? ???

480×272
lol c´est deux fois moins qu´une tv cathodique!

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable

pour info la HD c´est a partir de 720 lignes (soit 3 fois plus)

Ah ben cé bien ce que je pensais

tu avais raison... mais il est très beau car un écran LCD aussi petit sa rend bien mais si tu l´agrandi 10x sa va etre moche...

Je pensais que c´était un ecran haute résolution, comme sur certains phones. Ben en tout cas, les films sont vraiment magnifique. Est je pése mes mots.

ca rend bien car c´est tout petit ecran... par contre je vois pas l´interet de lire ses films la dessus.. autant acheter les dvd, meilleures qualité et moins cher

Si c´est vrai c´est très très beau sur la PSP mais c´est par ce que c´est petit justement... (par exemple sur un PC quand on lit un divx en 50% dans lecteur windows media, c´est plus beau que en 200%...)