Sony announces PSP2

[ZeroAX]

no I don't think they're valid reasons to not buy one. But they are valid reasons for me to continue my tradition of waiting a while into the console's life before I consider buying it. Although as previously stated, for me the big pisser is the lack of UMD drive. I really don't want to see UMD's go away.

I loved the medium as well (lot's of space, very cool game packaging and that protective case was very neat, and the closest a disk based medium has gotten to being as cool as cartridges), but you have to accept/understand that spinning the disk was simply too much for the PSP's battery.

[noiseredux]

from IGN:

So if you already have a collection of UMD games for the original PSP, does this mean you'll have to repurchase your games either as a digital download on PlayStation Network or on an NGP card? Sony told Gigazine that it's currently looking into various possibilities regarding this area but has nothing to announce at present. It did, however, state straight out that there are currently no plans for a "UMD reader" device that some have been hoping for.

All this fuss over UMD games may be a bit confusing for gamers outside of Japan, where the PSP is long past its prime. In Japan, however, PSP is among the strongest systems right now and was selling so well following Monster Hunter Freedom 3's December release that hardware shortages were reported for much of January. With a rich upcoming lineup that includes such titles as Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Type-0, keeping current PSP owners happy is presumably one of Sony's top concerns.