Update: Sony has just confirmed the story with a statement to Ars Technica. The statement reads: "We're considering a digital only format for the Patapon 2 release as a one time test case as we ...

Lending credence to the rumor that Sony is doing away with the UMD drive on the next PSP comes word, beit rumor, from Ars that Patapon 2 will only be released digitally next month. You can, however, ...

Sony has just revealed its solution to the thorny issue of backwards compatibility between its two generations of PlayStation Portable console, the UMD-equipped PSP and the memory card- and ...

"We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning," Matsui said. He further makes his case by stating, "But if we'd simply released the hardware, there wouldn't have ...

Sony is set to offer digital copies of UMD titles to existing customers, so that their current library of games can be played on the new digital-only PSP Go. "We're in the midst of putting together a ...

— -- Many rumors have circulated around Sony's next iteration of its handheld gaming device, the PSP. First, it was to lose its UMD drive; then get a cosmetic overhaul; then a Christmas release ...

During an interview with GameBusiness.jp, Sony's product planning division head honcho, Naoya Matsui, commented that Sony always had plans to go UMD-less, and that the PSP Go is the fruition of all ...