Kingston/Paramount Selling Transformers 2 on USB Drive

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It's the digital age, where some form of entertainment are found more often on personal storage devices than on physical media bought from the store. Yes, it's a transitionary period, and there's no better proof of that than in Kingston and Paramount's new upcoming product.

Kingston and Paramount announced that both companies will deliver full-length motion picture feature films on Kingston Flash memory products. The movies on Kingston memory will be available to consumers as part of a bundle package and for sale.

"This unique agreement enables PDE to make available its entertainment offerings on USB and SD cards," said Alex Carloss, EVP and GM of Paramount Digital Entertainment. "As more and more movies are viewed on computers and other portable devices, having a relationship with Kingston will become increasingly important to Paramount for years to come."

One of the first movies out the gate is Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, which will come on a 4 GB USB stick and retail for $29.99. Sadly, there's no mention of what kind of codec or DRM scheme it'll use, but we'll tap Kingston for further details.

Would you ever choose to buy a USB stick move over a DVD or Blu-ray?

Ok let me get something straight. Are we buying a USB drive that just happenes to have Transformers 2 on it or are we buying Transformers 2 on a USB drive? And Yes it does make a difference.

I have a feeling this won't go down too well...

They just better hope that the consumers don't assume that the USB Drive is the same quality as Transformers 2 is.

They just better hope that the conumers don't assume that the USB Drive is the same quality as Transformers 2 is.Y2Jfan23

[QUOTE="Y2Jfan23"]They just better hope that the conumers don't assume that the USB Drive is the same quality as Transformers 2 is.GTA_dude

[QUOTE="GTA_dude"][QUOTE="Y2Jfan23"]They just better hope that the conumers don't assume that the USB Drive is the same quality as Transformers 2 is.ALLoY1717

I can't help but feel they are missing the point with this product. If it is indeed a Transformers 2 on a USB drive then this sucks, but if it is a USB drive with Transformers 2 then it is awesome.

I think we can all agree that this is some sort of a spin off to Digital Distribution, however with this method it still involves a physical product that must be bought in a physical store which you will have to go to to purchase. So thats multiple fails right there, since it is digital distribution without the convenience of digital distribution. This way you might as well go buy the same file that is stored on a disc or a DVD, since they are cheaper to manufacture and disc drives are included on all products that would run this file anyway. Hang on a second dont we have those already?

Then we have BluRay the HD format that is climbing in popularity offering bundled digital copies with most high profile movie releases......... for free! With the entire bundle costing less than one of these devices. Now ask yourself, how often do I watch movies on the go using a device without a disc drive? Not that often I'll bet, maybe on a plane or some other long trip but certainly not often enough to justify stocking up on USB drive movies. And even then you are probably going to watch a movie on your MP3 player or on the plane TV network, and last time I checked neither have USB ports. The only most remote logical reason for these drives would be to watch a movie on a 7-11" netbook screens, and even then (inserttext regarding possible activities refering to DVD's you already own or certain networkingprotocols).

Had to remove my originalfinal sentence regarding a perfectly valid point to the discussion. Thank You GS mods, are you happy now?

I don't know how well this will go over but I do know that people who are into piracy are not going to get this. This something someone would buy if they want a USB drive. It's a good incentive to have people buy your drive. $30 for a 4gb drive is expensive though, and my guess is people who would consider buying this are tech savy anyway and aren't going to pay $30 for a movie that they know how to get for free.

.mkv and DRM free? Or is that just wishful thinking?