You may have heard something about Sony offering a transfer program in Japan for PSP owners to obtain digital copies of their UMD games for transfer to the Vita for a fee. Most people assumed a similar program would be coming to the U.S. and Europe, seeing really no reason to do the same. According to reports today on various sites, Sony has come out and said they will not be offering such a program here.
This is not a very good way to inspire people to buy a Vita. While the potential audience for such a feature would probably have been minimal, it is still a large enough percentage not to ignore. The only way to obtain PSP games on a Vita now will be if you own a digital copy of one already or buy a new copy off PSN in the future. Either way, no one wanting to play their old UMD's can get rid of their PSP now.
I think Sony made a huge mistake not offering this program in the U.S. While the prices for this feature in Japan were controversially skewed by game and by publisher, it still would have been nice to have the option to transfer instead of just being forced to buy a new copy of a game.
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