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UMD? No thanks, says Wal-Mart
March 31st, 2006

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Universal Media Discs were selling like hotcakes for awhile, but now, well, it looks like yet another Sony media is on its way to the dustbin of digital history.

The news is out that several movie studios are eliminating or reducing their UMD offerings, and Wal-Mart will stop selling the discs completely. The suspected killer is — what else? — the iPod. On the bright side, you can always play games on your PSP.

(Via TG Daily)

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11:02 PM Paul Kallender • Permalink
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