Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, was a big believer in PSP as a movie-watching platform. He still is, even though he concedes that retail shelf space for UMD movies is on a sharp decline and his own studio is being "more selective" in choosing movies for UMD release.
Feingold believes the PSP's biggest drawback as a movie-watching device was the inability to connect the gadget to TV sets for big-screen viewing, "which would have made it more compelling," as well as the inclusion of memory stick capability.
"I think a lot of people are ripping content and sticking it onto the device rather than purchasing," he said.
But next week, Sony Computer Entertainment executives will begin making the rounds of the Hollywood studios to discuss plans for making the PSP able to connect to TV sets.
"We're hoping the format's going to be reinvigorated with next-generation capability that may include living-room or normal television playback," he said.
"Reinvigorating?" Boy, I know technology moves fast, but this thing's only been out a year!
[I guess they did come up with Betamax and did so well with Minidisc too]
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