As previously reported, after the initial novelty wore off, Sony's UMD movie format has been a complete and total failure. While studios have been releasing less and less movies in the format, and stores have scaled back inventory, it has taken this long for one store to take a stance against Sony. That's right, Target has dropped UMD movies for good. Will other stores soon follow? I'd bet my bottom dollar on it.

PS: Sorry for the hiatus. Other than the launch of Blu-ray being delayed (along with Sony's official players) there hasn't been much to report. Coupled with the fact that I'm currently in the process of buying a house has resulted in very little free time.

Betamax. MiniDisc. MemoryStick. ATRAC. What do all of these products have in common? They're all propietary, all created by Sony, and all complete and total failures. So no one should be shocked to hear that Yet Another Sony Propietary Format, this one being the UMD movie format for PSP, is also a complete and total failure. Several major studios have completely stopped releasing UMD movies, many stores are scaling back their inventory, and an anonymous executive at Universal went so far as to say, "It's awful. Sales are near zilch. It's another Sony bomb - like Blu-ray." Mmmmm, now that's some juicy gossip! Universal is currently the only studio who is not supporting Blu-ray, and it sounds like they're already predicting its demise. So now the question is, will Blu-ray also be YASPF failure? Well, history does tend to repeat itself... ;)

But seriously now, people. Is anyone really surprised that consumers didn't want to pay twice for a movie they already owned, only to get it in a crappier format with lesser resolution that only plays on one device that has a tiny screen that you can't even hook up to your TV? Whose brilliant idea was this anyways?