UMD sales higher than 100k

By Ellie Gibson Published 24 June, 2005

Sony sets record straight.

Sony Computer Entertainment has moved to correct erroneous reports from earlier this week which cited a Reuters comment that UMD movies had just topped 100,000 sales in total - revealing that in fact, two individual titles have broken this barrier.

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, a Sony representative said that the reports citing the 100,000 figures had misconstrued comments made by the company regarding sales, which were intended to mean that some titles had topped 100,000 sales, rather than indicating sales across the entire range.

"At least two UMD movie titles have sold over 100,000 units in the USA," the spokesperson told us, going on to reveal that the two titles in question are Resident Evil Apocalypse and House of Flying Daggers.

Other titles in the range have also sold well, he claimed, which would put the overall sales figures for the UMD movie format in North America at well over 200,000 - and possibly significantly higher than that, with sales in the half-million range certainly not implausible.

Those figures also don't count the million copies of Spider-Man 2 on UMD which were distributed by SCEA with the PlayStation Portable at its launch in North America.

Earlier this week, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves told the ELSPA International Games Summit in London that when the PSP eventually arrives in Europe at the start of September, it may launch with as many as 25 UMD movie titles.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • Singularity #1 7 years ago

    You know, more people have been impressed by me showing them Spidey 2 than Wipeout. We might not think it's the best thing ever, but folks seem to like it.

  • boo #2 7 years ago

    more people have been impressed by me showing them Spidey 2 than Wipeout

    That, presumably, would be people who hadn't just paid for said movie.

    I don't understand it at all.

  • OldWormsFan #3 7 years ago

    Can we have the DVD sale stats please?

    It's just cos my PS2 plays DVD ya know...

  • Netfreak #4 7 years ago

    Meh...

  • #5 7 years ago

    who cares?

  • #6 7 years ago

    actually, does the psp play movies better thant he PS2?

    cause the PS2's dvd drive was shockingly poor, lip synch went out the window!

  • Pac #7 7 years ago

    Those who have imported their PSPs (myself included) are going to have some fun trying to play movies bought in Europe as the UMD movies are region locked.

    Hopefully some bright spark will write a hack to unlock it when the thing is finally launched over here.

  • Tweakmonkey #8 7 years ago

    cause the PS2's dvd drive was shockingly poor, lip synch went out the window!

    Actually I get this problem occasionally. Didn't know what caused it though as I've seen it happen on other DVD players too.

  • Eighthours #9 7 years ago

    "At least two UMD movie titles have sold over 100,000 units in the USA," the spokesperson told us, going on to reveal that the two titles in question are Resident Evil Apocalypse

    Resident Evil Apocalypse?? Jesus, that just says it all!

  • Feanor #10 7 years ago

    "But seriously, someone should just write a book: "How to rip DVDs to your PSP". You could charge 10-15 quid for that no problem, sell it in any major game shop."

    You do realize that:

    1) You need a 512 MB or 1 gig memory stick
    2) Those sticks cost around US $90 or $150
    3) You can only have one or two full length movies on the stick at a time
    4) Some of the people buying these UMDs don't already have them on DVD
    5) Transferring stuff to the PSP can be a big, time-consuming hassle

  • DaveTheHutt #11 7 years ago

    It says a lot about the games currently available for PSP if you'd rather buy and watch Resident Evil Apocalypse... Lord help them!!!

    Hutt out

  • Scimarad #12 7 years ago

    "5) Transferring stuff to the PSP can be a big, time-consuming hassle"

    Since when? The PC just counts the PSP as another drive - You just need chuck stuff in the movies folder. As for the conversion, you can get an excellent program called PSPvideo9 which costs nothing and does all the hard work for you through a very user friendly interface.