Sony is very excited that it has worked out how to add PlayStation Portable compatible movie files to its Blu-ray titles. Too excited, in fact, as the main benefit is for Sony itself, as it no longer has to include a separate DVD-ROM disk in the box.
The “new technology” lets the subset of people who own both a PSP and a PlayStation 3 hook the two together and send the movie direct to the handheld console. It’s called “Digital Copy”, and the extra files will only work on a PSP, not on another computer and certainly not on any other console.
The first titles, Godzilla and The Ugly Truth, are both from Sony’s movie wing, and it’s likely that all future Digital Copy-compatible disks will be, too. After all, why would, say, Disney want to package up a disk with extras that benefit so few people, and in doing so effectively support a competitor? There’s hardly a huge, untapped market of PSP/PS3 owners out there, craving for dual-format movie synergy, is there?
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