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Indeed, PSP sold 7.4M as of April 07 yet UMD movie sales are dead in N.A.

Sales of movies on UMD media for Sony's Playstation Portable suggest that you can't always count on a "trojan horse" effect!

From 2005, articles hailing the success of UMD movies:
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/umd.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2005-05-22-handheld-movies_x.htm

From 2007, UMD movies not selling well, studios cut back:
http://www.geek.com/umd-movie-sales-falling-hollywood-cuts-back/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/16/breaking-news-sonys-umds-arent-selling-well/

Wikipedia article on UMD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Media_Disc

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Success is not assured for either Blu-Ray, or for HD DVD, so if you like your movies in 1080p, show your support for them now! And if they fail, don't count on a superior new format to emerge from their ashes: It didn't happen with SACD and DVD-A, so why expect it here?


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