PSPgo owners have often lamented over the late delivery of UMD to digital conversions – and sometimes the complete lack of a digital counterpart, in the case of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. With NGP, Sony is ensuring that no omissions are made on the digital side. Retail and digital will receive every title at the same time, barring PSN-exclusive offerings.

SCEE boss Andrew House clarified the company’s digital plans in a recent interview with UK trade site MCV:

One thing we learnt from PSP, is that we want to have simultaneous delivery in digital and physical for NGP. Just to clarify that, all games that appear physically will be made available digitally. Not necessarily all games have to be made available physically. And having the option of a digital-only method affords more creative risk-taking, and that’s because you don’t-have that in-built risk of physical inventory.

It’s reassuring to see Sony is learning from its mistakes. At the same time, it’s a shame it took a few botched releases with the PSPgo for them to realize this. Simultaneous delivery, really, should have been mandatory from the start.

INTERVIEW: Andrew House [MCV]

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