Logitech working on UMD drive add-on for the PSP Go?
By Donald Melanson 
posted December 2nd 2009 5:02PM
posted December 2nd 2009 5:02PM
There may have been plenty of folks pushing Sony to ditch UMD once and for all with the PSP Go, but there's at least as many sorry to see it left behind, as evidenced by the continued strong sales of the venerable PSP-3000. While nothing's official just yet, it looks like Logitech just might now be set to bridge the divide the two handhelds with a UMD drive add-on of some sort for the PSP Go. That word comes form an unnamed source speaking to CVG, who reportedly said that the only problem with the drive is that "it'll make the PSP a little bulky," but offered no other details. Of course, there's also the small problem that the add-on would only add more to the cost of the PSP Go along with the bulk, thereby making the PSP-3000 an even more attractive option, but we'll hold off on any futher speculation until this thing gets a bit more real.
I don't think Sony thought this one through.....
@feelthevibe
I know, what kind of clowns are working for Sony these days?
...Besides those talented clowns that designed the ps3
@feelthevibe
This is impossible without official support from Sony. As a PSP developer, I know.
Logitech is logical
@smartmouth Logictech!
Sony really shit out the PSP GO from the bowels of hell. They really didnt design it correctly.
@Fatvod
I beg to differ, the PSP Go is a great entertainment device with 16gb memory for great storage. On the gaming front though...not so well
@Fatvod
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/ea-ceo-says-digital-gaming-will-overtake-console-market-next-yea/#comments
they wasted the time on psp go, it should have been psPhone/psp2/psPhone2
Off topic: Can anybody see my avatar?
On topic: Buying a UMD drive im guessing is gonna cost alot of money, and i doubt people would get it when they got the PSP 3000 that can basically do whatever the PSP Go can do but without 16gb memory...or anywhere near 16gb(highest i think for memory stick is 8gb)
@Odyssey You can buy a 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. Combined with a PSP-3000 Core bundle, it is still less than the retail on a PSP go. ;)
@Odyssey
you can get 2 x 16GB microsdhc > memory stick adapter = 32GB on psp.
@Odyssey There are memory stick pro duo's up to 32GB now.
@Odyssey
It's actually 32GB of space for the 3000 if you use one of those photofast dual microSD to ProDuo adapter. I have 16gb of space in mine via 2 8gig microsd cards :)
Awesome. I'll buy a Go the day this thing comes out
@(Unverified) A PSP with a UMD drive, sounds like something Sony came out with a few years ago...naw that can't be right.
@(Unverified)
Yeah uhh im just gonna come straight out with it...It already came out
@(Unverified) Well if this thing could save UMDs to memory (and not require you to insert them again), it would be a viable purchase. Otherwise I can't see it helping the situation.
@Odyssey
He's not saying what you think he's saying.
@Luke
Ohhhhhhhh ok my bad i see now...Nevermind my comment
Seems like a waste of time on Logitech's part. PSP Go purchasers knew what they were getting into when they purchased the handheld. If they want a UMD drive, trade in your Go and a 3000.
@iFester
Word missing. I meant "trade in your Go and buy a 3000".
A psp that plays psp games, wow. i think, rather than this, we should just input the serial number onto our psn and be able to download the games. they'll turn out like pc games and still have some piracy but there will also be more legitimate users as well to purchase games. on top of that the go needs a price cut and then it might start competing with it's own predecesor.
They neeed a 16GB capacity UMD card you can stick into a psp-3000 that basically enables it to become a PSP Go.
You'd have two revenue streams, able to buy UMD's from shops and also able to download to the single UMD.
WHAT ... WHY? what's wrong with digital delivery.
i think somebody may have made a typo, this sounds a lot more like a logitec product than a logitech one.
I have yet to totally embrace the lack of the UMD drive. If they do release this gadget and it does work well. I might then go ahead and get a PSPGo, but for now my PSP-2001 is doing me fine.
If you put lipstick on a pig.......
@SolidSnake
You get a Sony's amazing marketing strategy, that doesn't work as well as they hoped? Or are you talking about something entirely different?
They should also make an attachment that pushes the buttons and D-pad out to the side of the screen.
How about the software side of it don't they need some kind of agreement?
really?? really??
why not just go and buy a PSP-3000?
i got a PSP Go and i got it based on the idea of NOT having UMDs and having to deal with that extra bulk; this just defeats the idea of the Go and its size.
UMD addon = pointless addon; buy a PSP3000 and save yourself a good $100 if you into the umds.
thats like buying a convertible version of a car and then asking for a hard cover shell. or something.. :P
@seamonkey420
or like buying an iPod and adding a cd/cassette player attachment to it...
WTH, come on now, that's just dumb and unnecessary. The PSPGo doesn't need a UMD drive, that's defeating it's purpose in the first place, and the lack of a UMD drive isn't what makes the PSPGo a failure. The things that make the Go a failure is:
1. It's Price
2. Lack of a removable Battery
3. Lack of PSP only digital content on PSN (where's the ridicolous amount of PSP games, ah Sony?!)
4. Smaller screen than the 3000, despite the fact space was freed up on the front of the device.
If the price was lowered, it had a removable battery, and much much more PSP games were available for purchase on PSN, the PSPGo would be a reasonable purchase. Aside from all that, digital game prices on PSN need to go down, cause I shouldn't be paying the same price as the physical ver. for the digital ver.
Honestly, after owning a 1000 and 2000 I loved the PSP Go. It's more portable, the buttons were great etc etc. I just wish I could transfer my UMDs (which I can see happening through a hack using this device if it ever comes out.)
Sony does the damage to itself. Downloadable games that are years old, such as Loco Roco are $22.99. That's outrageous. On a more expensive system at that. I know there are legal kinks to work out, but come on....
Dang, Logitech.. You will lose money making this thing.. -Now a second analog nub attachment... See where I'm going.. huh, HUH??
YES
GRIPSHIFT EXPLOIT HERE I COME
@(Unverified)
WAIT NO IT WAS ARCHER MACCLEAN'S MERCURY GOD DAMN I AM SO STUPID
Since from the very beginning the PSP GO was going to armageddon, from the point that PSP developers decided to remove the UMD. What are they thinking? They want to launch a secret-private store so they can monopolize PSP games? or perhaps a uncanny ulterior motive behind it...
either way, it was clear that gamers didn't acknowledge any of that...
PSP GO: sweet dreams or nightmare: http://bit.ly/psp-go-best-or-worst
(thanks for this feedback p.t)
Sweet, maybe I wont have to play the UMD's I know I will get for Christmas on my PHAT for long.
On a side note.... If logitech can make a device that acts as a umd drive, then what stops the ambitious modder from making a device that acts like a umd drive that actually loads iso's onto a virtual drive? Unless Sony is teaming up with logitech, and they work some DRM magic and make it hard for the average joe to hack the system.
That actually a genius idea. That would of solved a ton of issues and fence sitters. Forward thinking fail, Sony.
I have a psp 1000, 2000 and a psp go and i have no problem buying downloadable games that i can download to all 3 of my psp's. I like the psp go since it is smaller and i dont have to carry around alot of umd disks.
I really dont see Sony letting any company make a add on umd disk reader for the fear that the reader will be hacked for piracy. Besides who would want to buy a addon when it would of been cheaper for ppl to just go buy a psp 3000 in the first place to play umds.
See a psp 3000 can play umds and downloadable content. Ppl need to do some research on the things they buy before buying the product.
just buy a psp-3000
i did and i love it. homebrew and a umd drive
what could be better?
Yo dawg we herd you like PSP so we put a PSP in your PSP so you can PSP while you PSP!
just as an update - logitech denies involvement. source link says so as well
Can someone please invent a tape deck to attach to my iPhone.... Come on, this seems pretty pointless. Either you want UMD's, because you can scratch, lose and forget them, or you don't and you buy digital for a ridiculous price that completely ignores the (lesser) value chain. But combining the two would really make things worse, unless you can make a legitimate copy of your UMD of course ;-)
Only reason Sony released the PSP GO was to see how downloadable context played out. So they knew how they would go forward on the PSP 2. Guess they got their answer.
Well for me I really like PSPGO sexy and hot body design
hope they design the add-on in more creative way,don't eventually come out something make my PSPGO look fat thank.
I like the idea for download online,there is more green idea for me,save unnecssary plastic be waste in new case and blabla
But seriously,download online need cost buyers more than $30++-50++ or more?Don't Sony think this is so ridiculous?or they want earn more profit?to recover themself from economy recession?but the results seem not optimism to them
thank god,and put more games Noob sony who the hell want play loco roco and those papapata[porn].
anyway I have no object again the add-on device and please invent it in fit a bit