Wario64 is known for keeping an eye on video game sales, but one of their recent posts may shock fans of the PlayStation brand and mid-2000s family comedy enthusiasts alike. As part of rental service GameFly’s annual end-of-year sale, the final movie PSP UMD listed on this site was discovered. Available for the once-in-a-lifetime price of two dollars, RV was snatched up just moments after Wario64 brought the deal to Twitter’s attention.
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Released in 2005, the PSP was a surprisingly versatile media player for the time, capable of playing music, movies, and near-console quality games. That said, well over a decade later, the quality of Sony’s UMD movies really leaves something to be desired—most releases were encoded in 480p—and the shoddy battery life of these aging handhelds makes watching anything on them for an extended period of time a real pain.
That said, there are a few Sony fans out there eager to collect any and everything to do with the PSP. It was Sony’s most successful handheld, and, though undeniably niche, some collectors may find owning a complete collection of releases—UMD movies and all—to be worthy of bragging rights. Plus, while they were once somewhere between twenty and thirty dollars new, they’re ostensibly worthless at this point, meaning those interested in tracking them down need not worry about the price point.
Quite when GameFly plans on updating its stock of PSP movies is unknown, if it ever plans on restocking them at all, but those hoping to be next in line to rent a UMD copy of RV from the service may not want to hold their breath. Given the advent of game streaming and all-digital subscription services like Xbox Game Pass, it’s surprising that GameFly continues to hold a place in the market considering how heavily it deals in physical media. Perhaps there will always be a place for lovers of PSP UMD movies—right alongside the Xbox 360’s HD DVDs.
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