UMD vs DOWNLOAD (poll)

UMD's for me. I like looking at my vast and unparalleled psp collection.

umd is way better for these reasons.

1. you can look aroun for a cheap deal with download you have to pay that high price.

2. yuo can sell them when your finnished.

3. get preowned.

4. can lend and share with people.

5.looks good when you have a few.

5. download times are ages so have to download over night.

6.takes all your internet allowence downlooding.

7. much bigger catalog of games

the only thing i like about downloading is the portabillaty and being able to get games whenever you want.Plus load times of the stick.

Download is the wave of the future. Its the new thing since games on disc

damann22

umd is way better for these reasons.

1. you can look aroun for a cheap deal with download you have to pay that high price.

2. yuo can sell them when your finnished.

3. get preowned.

4. can lend and share with people.

5.looks good when you have a few.

5. download times are ages so have to download over night.

6.takes all your internet allowence downlooding.

7. much bigger catalog of games

the only thing i like about downloading is the portabillaty and being able to get games whenever you want.Plus load times of the stick.

ukwolf

Now, with download, you don't have UMDs to drag around, you don't have to drag manuals because downloadable games have digitial manuals included, and load times are faster.

umd is way better for these reasons.

1. you can look aroun for a cheap deal with download you have to pay that high price.

2. yuo can sell them when your finnished.

3. get preowned.

4. can lend and share with people.

5.looks good when you have a few.

5. download times are ages so have to download over night.

6.takes all your internet allowence downlooding.

7. much bigger catalog of games

the only thing i like about downloading is the portabillaty and being able to get games whenever you want.Plus load times of the stick.

ukwolf

[QUOTE="ukwolf"]

umd is way better for these reasons.

1. you can look aroun for a cheap deal with download you have to pay that high price.

2. yuo can sell them when your finnished.

3. get preowned.

4. can lend and share with people.

5.looks good when you have a few.

5. download times are ages so have to download over night.

6.takes all your internet allowence downlooding.

7. much bigger catalog of games

the only thing i like about downloading is the portabillaty and being able to get games whenever you want.Plus load times of the stick.

thinner6

Now, with download, you don't have UMDs to drag around, you don't have to drag manuals because downloadable games have digitial manuals included, and load times are faster.

I'm slowly leaning towards downloads.

You ONLY buy games that you keep? Do you have a large collection by now? Those games from 3 years ago probably haven't been played since so why keep em if it's just collecting dust? It's more of a loss if you are holding on to something that's collecting dust, than selling it for future games to purchase or just for extra cash. PSN games can be overpriced, and don't reduce as low as UMDs do--I got God Of War for $5 at amazon before. You'll find great deals esp. during holidays or just in general. Preowned is definately a benefit---if the UMD doesnt' work, you can always return it, and if it has scratches, don't purchase it. Most of my games are pre-owned and never had a problem with the game or how smells.

[QUOTE="ukwolf"]

umd is way better for these reasons.

1. you can look aroun for a cheap deal with download you have to pay that high price.

2. yuo can sell them when your finnished.

3. get preowned.

4. can lend and share with people.

5.looks good when you have a few.

5. download times are ages so have to download over night.

6.takes all your internet allowence downlooding.

7. much bigger catalog of games

the only thing i like about downloading is the portabillaty and being able to get games whenever you want.Plus load times of the stick.

thinner6

Now, with download, you don't have UMDs to drag around, you don't have to drag manuals because downloadable games have digitial manuals included, and load times are faster.

As far as the PSP Go goes, yes I only buy games I know I will keep. I've played many Sony franchises before, so I know games like Twisted Metal, Tekken, or Motor Storm Arctic Edge have endless replay value, or games like God of War I know I'll want to play over and over again because I loved the console versions, etc. It's not hard to figure out what games will be keepers, just reading a ton of reviews, watching gameplay etc. makes the difference.

I don't have any games collecting dust because right now all I have is a PSP Go and a PS3 with 2 games. I don't game a ton. For the casual gamer like myself, and there are many, downloading games is fine.

i just hope game shops dont reduce umd stocks due to downloads. and im supprised shops went along with the go they will lose a ton of money in umd sales

and why by a go when you can do both with the older models. just by a bigger memory stick.

i like UMD but it's expensive in my country

VERY expensive

Digital download ALLLLLL the way!!!! I'm so tired of shuffling UMD disks and digging around in bags to find games on long airplane trips, then losing them inbetween the seats... not to mention having to drive to a store to buy a game just to find out it's out of stock or constamtly listening to that UMD lazer motor going buzzzzz errrrrrr buzzzzzz errrrrrrr every few seconds cause it's reading data and blah blah blah.

I got my GO on launch day and it freekin sweet!!

Downloading. I want my portable system to be portable whether I'm carrying 1 game with me or 20. For home consoles, I want the disc, but for the PSP, downloads are perfect.

i take my psp on the go alot so i dont like to bring alot of games

in my country there is no psnstore so i have to stick with umds , dont understand why they are selling the go though , feel sorry for the people who buy it before realising there is no store to donload from lol , but it may be cool playing games without the umd making noise in the background

UMD. I'd rather have something physical in my hands instead of having something invisible that can possibly get lost due to human error like the loss of a memory stick, frailing memory of a password, or Sony possibly messing up. I'd rather not leave it to chance...

Right, I'm happy with UMD's. I like being able to choose where I can buy a games based on where the sales are. I just feel more confortable with a physical copy with a game. I know that I may be sacrificing some portability with UMD's. But it's no big deal. I can aways buy cases to hold them in.

Clearly most people prefere the UMD and I love going to Game-shops looking for/at physical games instead of just DL everything but DL is also a good thing when the phsyical copy is not available.digimonkey12

and why by a go when you can do both with the older models. just by a bigger memory stick.

ukwolf

Most of the time I'll say UMD, but I put both because I've already downloaded 2 games (Prinny and Disgaea on sale) :P I swore I'd never download a game if they have a UMD version available, but at those prices I couldn't pass it up. Prinny is still going for $40 new if you're lucky enough to find a copy in stores, or over $50 online, and from what I've seen, Disgaea is running around $50 new online and I can't find it anywhere in stores either. At only $10 and $15 they were steals so I bought them. I've decided to change my stance on download vs. UMD from before where it was "UMD only", to "download if it's cheaper and easier to find".

I prefer to buy a game beat then sell it. It makes me way more comfortable.

in my country there is no psnstore so i have to stick with umds , dont understand why they are selling the go though , feel sorry for the people who buy it before realising there is no store to donload from lol , but it may be cool playing games without the umd making noise in the background

AmnesiaHaze

I made this thread almost a year ago here, most people voted UMDs then, and it does not look like that has changed now, despite Sony releasing tons of more games on PSN

I personally prefer UMDs as well, I like having the game case and instruction manual, and I don't want to have to keep getting new memory cards to store games.

I do download certain games occasionally, though they are either PSN exclusives, like Syphon Filter: Combat Ops, or they are PS1 cla$$ics, like Final Fantasy VII.

Umd all the way its not the same otherwise what if you lose you go or the memory stick dies on you???

Umd all the way its not the same otherwise what if you lose you go or the memory stick dies on you???

animationdragon

UMD's won't do you much good if you lose your PSP either. When is the last time you had a memory stick die on you? The only time one died on me was after I pulled it out of the washing machine.... I don't really hear a lot of IPhone/iPod Touch users complaining about having to download all of their apps/games. UMDs were fine when they came out, but will go the way of mini DVDs, cartridges, and floppy discs. If you haven't noticed....the future is digital.

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in my country there is no psnstore so i have to stick with umds , dont understand why they are selling the go though , feel sorry for the people who buy it before realising there is no store to donload from lol , but it may be cool playing games without the umd making noise in the background

coolkid93

BOTH FTW!!!