Rumor: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep not releasing on PSN
by David Hinkle 
{ Nov 23rd 2009 at 9:00PM } 
This strikes us as odd not only because of the tenuous nature by which this has been reported, but because a lot of Disney Interactive's titles have been made available via digital distribution in the past. We've contacted both Square Enix and Disney Interactive about this and will be sure to let you know what we hear back.
[Via Sankaku Complex (site NSFW)]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
brian @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:02PM
lol go?
PSN: John-Paul-Jones (click for last.fm profile!) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:05PM
Still, I can't wait for the (rumoured?) Disney character costumes for LittleBigPlanet.
nukee @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:45PM
Those costumes were confirmed at E3. I asked on the PS Blog last month and they're still on the way, should hear more about the costumes soon they said.
MechaGamerX @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:07PM
I can sense the cries of many fangirls as we speak.
eat my face [ wiizer is a party pooper ] @ Nov 24th 2009 10:56AM
i love you to
charlie b. @ Nov 24th 2009 11:58AM
@eat my face
love you to what? THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME.
EvoHelix @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:09PM
This will sink the PSP GO dead in the water if they don't fix this.
I bet the marketing guys at Sony are losing hair again.
dgknight500 @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:09PM
If this is true... THEN SO HELP ME GOD, I'LL....
Captain Obvious @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:09PM
That would be very bad for PSP Go owners.
Gibbeynator @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:10PM
Wow... that's going to be a serious hit to the Go's sales if it's true
Solace @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:10PM
you know this gives hackers more reason to release HEN/CFW on the PSPgo
brian @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:12PM
pretty sure the go already has been hacked
Solace @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:14PM
it has but the hack hasn't been released for reasons of pirating, and a hack won't be released until a new one shows up from another source
ChuckBartowski (ATDF Technical Consultant) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:42PM
actually the guy released after sony had blocked it. So if youve got firmware 6.10 your good to go... for homebrew at least.
Rollins @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:12PM
Is GameStop paying devs off to avoid releasing games on PSN or something? This sort of thing makes Sony's attempt at a digital distribution-only system look awful.
Lurkero @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:14PM
Square released Dissidia on PSN for $40 (full price). I don't see any logical reason why a newer title than that wouldn't be released
Y. Kurokawa @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:24PM
The article cites (as it's one reason) copyright issues. If that's true (huge grain of salt here), Dissidia wouldn't fall into that - as everything used in it is SE's property.
It isn't like the PSP Go is firing on all cylinders anyway - the downloadable content isn't even close to emulating the PSP's full UMD library. Most of the recent releases are there - but the back titles - forget about it.
Harold @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:17PM
My heart stopped because i saw kingdom hearts and Not together i got scared that it wasnt gonna be on PSP then i noticed it said PSN so i laughed :D
Sly @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:15PM
saying sankaku complex is NSFW is an understatement. i've been there a couple times before, and dang.
Markez @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:34PM
Holy balls. You ain't kiddin'. How is it that THAT site scooped this!?
CJLopez @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:04PM
mayeb cuz it focus on japan realted news mainly, and most of his cast are from japan.
uranutan3 @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:57PM
Just because they're weeaboo/otaku/whatever perverts doesn't mean they can't be decent journalists. They're a hell of a lot better than anyone on Kotaku, that's for sure.
Sly @ Nov 23rd 2009 11:44PM
i didn't say they aren't. they're just REALLY perverted is all.
The Pirate @ Nov 24th 2009 5:22AM
Yeah, they are pretty damn good journalists but...goddamn!
Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:23PM
Any reason to not buy a regular PSP instead (besides the lack of
internal memory)?
sony boy (6 years til sony man child!) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:25PM
sexiness, bluetooth, and maybe the more vibrant screen.
DangerMouse @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:31PM
You also don't get to waste your money, which I've heard is extremely fun.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:23PM
Well, if you're an 'image conscious' gamer...you know, the whole million people who bought a GB Micro...
Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) (XBL: reo6) (Waiting for NMH2) @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:37PM
Alright then, how about buying both a PSP Go AND a PSP 3000?
The Go does come with exclusives, right?
Elranzer @ Nov 24th 2009 10:47AM
"The Go does come with exclusives, right?"
Nope. All digital distributed content can be played on a regular PSP so long as you have a memory stick inside.
Unlike the DSi, there's no PSPgo-only software.
Nook @ Nov 24th 2009 11:33AM
Why buy a Go? Until the cost comes down, way down - it's not worth it. Not when you get the back catalog of PSP games to choose from on UMD and there are some really great titles out there for pretty cheap now on UMD!!!
You also get the same PSN store, can get the same amount of memory (16G) on a standard PSP, bigger screen...and besides you can link up to 5 units to your account - so buy a used (or new) 3000 (or 2000) and later if you get a Go, you'll be able to link and get all of the content you purchased on PSN on your new Go.
When the Go cracks $150CN I'll pick one up, I mean...I paid that for my MICRO (Brad!), and hey - don't knock the micro - it's an awesome little GBA machine. :)
and on topic - no way this will miss a PSN release. You think those fiat chasing fools in suits are going to let this haul out of their net? Get it...I said 'net'. hu-hu. hu-hu-hu.
Marco le Polo @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:28PM
Well if this proves to be true, it would suck.
Marco le Polo @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:30PM
Well actually I doubt this guy know what he's talking about, unless you speak box. So I'm not worried.
フォローありがとです～～こちらもフォローしますね(｀・ω・´)
ChuckBartowski (ATDF Technical Consultant) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:40PM
no, id laugh.
Marco le Polo @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:43PM
フォローありがとです～～こち?
ChuckBartowski (ATDF Technical Consultant) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:48PM
No sé lo que tu dicho
Marco le Polo @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:52PM
Me either.
Rask @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:30PM
I have a PSP 3000 and I refuse to buy UMD's. I bought the system because it was portable. Lugging around a case full of those dumbass disks does not promote portability. (especially when I bought a 16GB ProDuo Stick.)
Extinction @ Nov 24th 2009 7:52AM
You are an idiot
UMDs arent that big, gameboy carts, tapes, cds and many other things we lugged around are bigger
UMDs are perfectly portable
kanweil @ Nov 24th 2009 10:49AM
I agree, carrying around discs rattling around in your pocket isn't very portable. I can see if your carrying it around in a backpack that's fine, but the psp 3000 just fits in your pockets as is. Start adding memory sticks and umd's, and the portability factor cuts down significantly. I have 5 PS1 games and 4UMD games on my psp's memory. I wouldn't go back to carrying around the discs.
ColorblindMonk @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:31PM
You know, when Sony was developing the Go, they should have considered future copyright issues with some games, including popular franchises. But hey, the money comes first, right?
PersianSpice @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:32PM
For some reason, I'm okay with this.
Scuffles @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:33PM
Sometimes I really don't know why Sony went with the Go at all ..... it isn't like its feature rich .... the only thing it brings to the table other than an inability to play existing UMD games is bluetooth ....... for which so far the single most redeeming use has been "you can use it with your 6axis controller" which means its only current redeeming feature if you so choose to call it that, fully negates its only purpose which is to GO .... outside your house.
I'm sure in retrospect 30 years from now people will look at it and say ..... wow that was a console way ahead of its time ...... tho more likley people will look back and say wow .... that was sonys virtual boy ..... mind you with 98% less eye burning, but still.
Then again at least the virtual boy brought something interesting and innovative to the table, even if it had some issues with eye burn.
Scuffles @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:46PM
For the record I have a VB and I love the system it was a cool system, I was just using it because its widely perceived as a horrible failure. But it was an interesting and wonderful horrible failure, Unlike the Go.....
I can say resoundingly that I will not touch a PSPGO with a 100ft pole
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:25PM
Virtual Boy goes with the SegaCD under the 'notable failure' category. The technology just wasn't ready for primetime yet.
DangerMouse @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:26PM
There's a couple of good reasons why the Go exists. One, the PSP Go is their crash course in digital distribution. Everyone's talking about how this is the direction the industry is heading, so regardless of how publishers feel about, they'll have to give in eventually. I hope it fails in a way that the console manufacturers won't be dependent on DD too soon.
Second, it buys them more time to prep the PSP2. Nintendo went through a few designs of their handhelds before the new ones hit. The Go reminds me a lot of the GBA Micro. Why the hell would i buy a micro if i already have a perfectly function GBA SP (let alone the DS having the nearly the same functionality at the time)? It gives them more time without investing tons of money into something that might fail. I doubt they're losing money on each unit sold, so it's not a total failure. I'm betting Nintendo invested way more in the Virtual Boy and will have sold less than the PSP Go will.
Scuffles @ Nov 24th 2009 9:42AM
One big flaw with the GBA or even the DS comparisons ....
lol from that downvote I can see people are afraid of a good dose of cold hard reality.
Yeah there really wasn't any big reason to say buy a GBA Micro if you had perfectly good working GBA ........ here comes that pivotal flaw ..... the GBA Micro still played all your GBA games from your extensive GBA collection.
Looking at the PSP and the PSP Go .... there is still no reason to go out and get a GO if you have a PSP but if you chose to do so the GO will NOT play any of your existing UMD collection. It doesn't even deliver on the improved battery life that everyone mused over that getting rid of the battery sucking UMD should deliver.
Add to that if this pans out .... not only can't you play your old games but it looks like the future of playing new games on it is in serious question... and if sony thought they had a pirating problem before ..... wait till people start to rationalize the fact that "well I can't even get this game for my system so ...."
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 23rd 2009 10:02PM
On a semi-related note, PSP 3000's will be $139 @ Meijers this week. Too bad I no longer live in MI (only for this reason) or have the extra cash.
That Guy @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:36PM
I'm sure all three Go owners will be very disappointed.
ChuckBartowski (ATDF Technical Consultant) @ Nov 23rd 2009 9:39PM
Its probably just too friggin huge. Some of the games creators even said they were having problems trying to fit it on a single UMD. So i could see that reason... But copyright? come on.