Report: Sony working on ways to transfer UMD games to PSP Go

The new PSP Go may have jettisoned the UMD disc drive installed on earlier PSP models, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to play your old UMD games on the new portable.

Gizmodo and Kotaku are reporting that Sony is actively working on a "good will program" that'll allow those of us with UMD game discs to transfer our titles to the just-unveiled PSP Go, which ditches UMD in favor of 16GB of flash storage.

A Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman told Kotaku that Sony is "still hammering out the details" of the program, which should be all set by Oct. 1, when the $249 PSP Go is slated to go on sale.

Another Sony rep told Gizmodo that the company is revving up the "good will" program because it expects a "significant group ... will be upgrading from the [original PSP] 1000," which sounds reasonably enough.

OK, but how will the transfer process work? According to Gizmodo, users probably won't be literally ripping their UMD games to the new PSP; instead, I'd imagine that Sony will somehow authorize UMD titles for download from the PlayStation Network. It's also not clear if UMD movies will be part of the deal.

However it works, I'd hope that the process would be free for UMD owners. That's what "good will" is all about, right?

So, show of hands: Would a "good will" program for copying your UMD games to the Go make you more likely to trade up for the new PSP?

Related:
Sony to Offer New Digital Copies Of Your Old UMD Games [Gizmodo]
Sony Is Working on a UMD Solution for PSP Go [Kotaku]