The PSP has a solid line up this year, but how many upcoming games will be available as digital downloads. The PSP Go doesn’t have a UMD drive and Sony has yet to announce a solution for physical UMD games. At E3 I asked a bunch of publishers what their plans are for the system.
Sony Computer Entertainment America plans to release all future first party games as downloadable and retail titles. That means you’ll be able to play games like Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, and Echochrono on the slimmer and trimmer PSP Go.
Square Enix doesn’t have any plans to release a downloadable version of Dissidia: Final Fantasy yet. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona is sure to be another hot PSP title. Will it be a downloadable game too? “We can say for sure that there will be a UMD version,” said Yu Namba, Project Lead at Atlus. “I don’t know if we will be releasing it simultaneously digitally on the PlayStation Store.”
Koei plans to release legacy games possibly previous Dynasty Warriors games on the PlayStation Store, but as of now do not have any plans to release Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce or the upcoming Warriors Orochi 2 as downloadable games. A representative from Tecmo explained Undead Knights will not be released as a downloadable game on day one either. Tecmo is taking a wait and see approach before pursuing a downloadable strategy.
Many publishers explained releasing a UMD game simultaneously as a downloadable game means the title will have to go through another round of testing.
All hope isn’t lost! Xseed is more optimistic about the PSP Go. Half-Minute Hero, a lightning fast RPG developed by Marvelous, and Lunar: Silver Star Harmony could make their way on the PlayStation Store. “I think both,” Jun Iwasaki, President of Xseed said. “Sony recommended publishers to prepare downloadable and UMD. We asked GameArts and Marvelous to prepare both versions. Maybe we will launch a downloadable and a UMD as well, but this is not confirmed yet.”
Namco Bandai appears to be backing the PSP Go with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. While a downloadable version was not announced at E3, Japanese website 4gamer has a video of Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny running on the new hardware.
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e3发布会上SCEA公布了PSP GO，取消了UMD光驱，PSPGO今年有大量下载游戏在PSN商店销售，展会期间，采访了一些日厂，了解一些了们对PSP GO的计划：
SCE：所有游戏下载版和UMD零售版同时上市，今年有GTP、LBP等一些大作上市
SE：目前没有计划，不准备PSN销售DDFF
ATLUS：对于PERSONA这样的热门作品，只能告诉你会有UMD 版本，我不知道是否能在PSN同时提供数字下载
KOEI：会在PSN里积极提供无双系列相关内容，但是未有任何计划在PSN里销售联合打击或无双大蛇2
TECMO：不准备提供不死骑士的下载版，要继续观望
很多厂商表示下载版和零售版同时提供要经过新一轮测试，无疑增加了成本。
别灰心，也有反应积极的厂商
XSEED的二个作品《勇者30》和《露那》，负责人表示：我想会同时提供二个版本，SCE推荐发行商能同时提供二版本，我们已经和MMV和GAMEARTS沟通过，可能会同时上市，不过一切也没有确定。
从视频上看，NB会在PSPGO上提供刀魂新作，但是没有在E3宣布。。。。。。
