I will be getting it before the year is out. That and Half Minute Hero. I would've waited for both of them to become really cheap used games before playing them. They both feel like they're worth buying new.

I will be getting it before the year is out. That and Half Minute Hero. I would've waited for both of them to become really cheap used games before playing them. They both feel like they're worth buying new.

I wasn't too crazy about this game, but I am not buying Patapon 2 for the same reason because it's digital only.

If you think about it, this is a really simple game w/ simple graphics that's very fitting for digital only, like Megaman 9. I think it's just the idea that fans feel left out and the news was so sudden.

I have a feeling at $20 this game would not sell too well at all, when you consider other digital d/ls like SF2 HD remix, Megaman 9, or Bionic Commando Rearmed being sold at less or half that price. For a physical copy though, $20 is just right.

There is one thing though that will become more relevant as time goes on, pspGo owners. It's pretty annoying that sony has created this situation with the psp, and if you want to please everyone you're talking releasing on both medias.

To be honest, even if a UMD cost $10 more and was released along with the digital copy, I'd still probably buy it over the digital version, but I won't attack NISA for their decision.

@Kaoro – NISA may decide that if the game bombs on PSN it would have bombed at retail… and they may or may not be correct. There's a lot of factors at play here.

A big one that I see, is whether the numbers for the free demo translate into sales. Maybe it will and maybe it wont. Maybe people will just pirate it, or just downloaded the demo because it was free. Just how many of their customers are upset because they wanted a physical copy, or perhaps the sales will be really good and people who care are a very small minority. Reminds me of the movie Snakes on a Plane, tons of internet hype did not translate into theater ticket sales like the studios were guessing it would, but of course the reverse could also happen.

Hopefully they're thinking things through, looking at the number and type of customers they are giving up vs. the new ones they're hoping to gain. Of course it's going to cost them a lot less to drop this into psn, and they can always keep their options open for a physical release later if their psn plan bombs. So as a customer, I dislike what they're doing, but on the business side I understand. Hopefully they're correct in thinking that customers like me are no longer worth while, or their sales will suffer. Now I'm going to go play with my prinny plushies and disgaea figurines.

If the game bombs on PSN, I would think that would only reinforce NISA's decision to go download-only. I'm assuming a retail bomb would cost them more.

Why would you be bitter about it anyway? Less risk means that these niche publishers might be able to bring over games they might have passed on otherwise.