PSP to PSV transfer fees????

What the heck is this about???

http://www.gamespot.com/news/sony-details-vita-game-transfer-fees-6345158?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B1

Who is this feature for exactly? Is it for gamers that refuse to let the UMD go or it for ever PSP gamer including people who are completely digital?

Some people have favourite PSP games which they'll want to play on the PSV. I know I've got at least one. Sony's saying if you want to play your old games on the PSV, you'll need to buy them again. The only discount you'll get is if you can somehow prove that you have the UMD version of the game. I don't understand how it benefits their main fanbase really.

Every single PSP game is available to download on the PSV? If so, then this could be a must-buy.

Well, given the choice between this tranfer fee/discount price for games I own on UMD and having to pay full price for a download, I prefer the discount. Honestly, if it's reasonable, I will probably transfer some favorites to my Vita.

Of course Sony would find a way to charge people for games they already bought...savebattery

Yeah. Sorta like, say, Nintendo selling old games through the Wii Shop. You may have bought these games 20 years ago, but if you want to play them on the Wii you gotta buy them again.

People act as Sony Playstation is greedy, when they are not given free games from the company.

Tell me, which major game company has given you free games to, play on a new system ? simply because you own the game on a different format, for a different system ?

Backwards compatibility using your UMD´s is a luxury. for the simple fact that PSVITA does not use UMD´s. The fact that Sony made this possible for a small fee, instead of just making you buy the game again, for a full price through PSN, makes it a very sweet deal.

It is not an open game license . Permission to copy, and redistribute will cost, because so many people are involved. Some games will even have to modified, for you to use the second analog on the PSVITA.

Gamers need to use logic sometimes.

People act as Sony Playstation is greedy, when they are not given free games from the company.

Tell me, which major game company has given you free games to, play on a new system ? simply because you own the game on a different format, for a different system ?

Backwards compatibility using your UMD´s is a luxury. for the simple fact that PSVITA does not use UMD´s. The fact that Sony made this possible for a small fee, instead of just making you buy the game again, for a full price through PSN, makes it a very sweet deal.

It is not an open game license . Permission to copy, and redistribute will cost, because so many people are involved. Some games will even have to modified, for you to use the second analog on the PSVITA.

Gamers need to use logic sometimes.

digimonkey12

Nintendo selling old games through the Wii Shop. You may have bought these games 20 years ago, but if you want to play them on the Wii you gotta buy them again.

Does anyone know if this includes digitally bought games from the PSN Store? Because I would hate to have to rebuy them games just to play on the PSV lmao.

Does anyone know if this includes digitally bought games from the PSN Store? Because I would hate to have to rebuy them games just to play on the PSV lmao.

redman100111

No, you get to keep those. But they can only be activated on 2 systems, so keep that in mind.

Let me see if I get this straight.

I have a PSP game and I want to keep playing it on PSVita so I download an authenticator to boot the UMD of the PSP and then transfer it to VITA. Can I do that with any PSP game? Quite a way to keep backward compatibility I have to say,

Let me see if I get this straight.

I have a PSP game and I want to keep playing it on PSVita so I download an authenticator to boot the UMD of the PSP and then transfer it to VITA. Can I do that with any PSP game? Quite a way to keep backward compatibility I have to say,

tjricardo089

This actually does bug me a bit more thenwhat Nintendo does with VC, and what Sony themsleves did with PSone classics. Even though it gives us a discount, unlike the services I mentioned.

It's because they are actually taking the effort to recognise we already own the games, and charging us again for them. The services mentioned above are only bringing the games to the new system, and charging an adaquate price. But not really bothering to make an effort to recognise the people who already own them. It would be a nice thing to do, but they don't really have to. And if we have GCN or PSone discs, we can still play them on the Wii or PS3.

With the Vita here, they recognise that we own the game, so it just seems stupid to still have to pay just to play the same game on the Vita. Especially since the experience will pretty much be the same. Since they are both portable systems with the same shape.

[QUOTE="savebattery"]Of course Sony would find a way to charge people for games they already bought...worlock77

Yeah. Sorta like, say, Nintendo selling old games through the Wii Shop. You may have bought these games 20 years ago, but if you want to play them on the Wii you gotta buy them again.

And this is why I'm going to just keep my psp. It would be silly of me to rebuy games I already own that came out within the last decade.

Of course Sony would find a way to charge people for games they already bought...savebattery

Yeah. Sorta like, say, Nintendo selling old games through the Wii Shop. You may have bought these games 20 years ago, but if you want to play them on the Wii you gotta buy them again.

This actually does bug me a bit more thenwhat Nintendo does with VC, and what Sony themsleves did with PSone classics. Even though it gives us a discount, unlike the services I mentioned.

It's because they are actually taking the effort to recognise we already own the games, and charging us again for them. The services mentioned above are only bringing the games to the new system, and charging an adaquate price. But not really bothering to make an effort to recognise the people who already own them. It would be a nice thing to do, but they don't really have to. And if we have GCN or PSone discs, we can still play them on the Wii or PS3.

With the Vita here, they recognise that we own the game, so it just seems stupid to still have to pay just to play the same game on the Vita. Especially since the experience will pretty much be the same. Since they are both portable systems with the same shape.

lazyathew

While the cheap skate in me wishes that this was a free service, I do understand that this is in fact a service that Sony is providing. Frankly, I'm surprised that there is a discount at all. Hell, I'm surprised Sony even bothered to invest in an UMD tranfer system in Vita. I for one, will be taking advantage of this for pretty much all of my games. I do think 13 to 31 bucks is expensive; I would rather it be more like $1 to $5 or, half off the price of digital version.

It doesnt matter anyway. 2 hours after this new software is released, it will be cracked, and exploited and people will do it all for free anyway...