The death of UMD movies.

[Pagnell]

It looks like the UMD movie format is walking the plank ready for the fall into shark infested waters. The last sentence of the quote below is what hits home for me. It is the reason I own only one UMD movie - Spiderman II which I got free.

Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Image Entertainment all have stopped producing movies on UMD; 20th Century Fox and Buena Vista have cut back on new releases. Even Sony Pictures itself has silently scaled back its UMD release plans.

Studios are apparently not happy either with the response to UMD. At least one high-ranking executive called the format another Sony bomb, and likened it to Blu-ray, Sony's upcoming next-generation optical disc format.

There is much speculation over why the format never took off, but some say an oversaturation of the market could be to blame. Over 200 movies were released in only the first few months of the PSP's retail life, according to statistics. But a real issue among consumers was pricing, with UMD films priced as high, or higher, than DVD versions.

Heres another article bout this same topic http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/...almediadisc_dc

its now dead.. my only movie is the spiderman 2 umd aswell :twisted:

does this mean they will lower the prices or just stop producing them? :roll:

[(Mariachi).aus]

Yeh the prices were stupid, you could either buy the dvd for cheaper, rip it and put it on your memory card, or buy a umd for alot more.

I guess we are paying more for the technology rather than the actual product.

[VAMP]

Originally Posted by Pagnell

What the hell? How can this "high-ranking executive" liken it to Blu-ray, that format isn't even out yet. How does he know it's going to bomb. This guy must be working for Toshiba.

[lefty04530]

wow, that too bad. I had a hard time finding a movie I liked to spend that much money on. I guess its time to concentrate on games.

Lefty