MOVIE/ GAME HYBRID FOR PSP!

[soloist]

Often when a movie bombs at the box office, its distributor tries some sort of gimmick to get people to buy it on DVD. Typically, this means a slew of extras, like the feature-length commentary track on Without A Paddle, or, in the case of Alexander, a drastically re-edited "director's cut." <
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>However, today Sony announced a new strategy to get home video consumer to pick up a film they shunned in theaters. Today, the company announced the first game-movie hy
id UMD, which will feature both a feature length film and a playable game on a single disc. <
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>On November 15, Sony will release the military sci-fi film Stealth, which slipped under most summer moviegoers' radar, on UMD. The portable version of the $130-million-budget, $31-million-grossing film will come with the first three levels of the best-selling PSP racing game Wipeout Pure. It will also feature a "Stealth" track not found in the regular version of the game, and allow players to race as the advanced fighter jet from Stealth. However, it will still sport the same three modes (single race, zone, and time trial) and speed levels (vector/beginner, venom/intermediate, and flash/expert) as the full game. <
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>Dubbed "Wipeout Pure: Stealth Edition," the truncated game will be on the same UMD as the film, a first for the format. The UMD will also include the PSP 2.0 firmware upgrade, which installs an internet
owser on the portable multimedia device/game deck. <
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>Unfortunately, those hoping to get both Stealth and Wipeout Pure: Stealth Edition a bargain price are out of luck. The disc will retail for $39.95, more than the $19.95-$29.95 MSRP for UMD movies, but less than most UMD games, which typically sell for $49.99. <
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>-GS- <i></i>

[CLOUDBOND007]

So what you have here is a terrible movie and a very small part of a good game, for a ridiculously high price.<
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>No thanks! <
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>I think that $40 would be better spent on Wipeout Pure, with no Stealth included. <
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[soloist]

The only reason why I would consider<
>this package is that I never inves-<
>ted in Wipeout Pure, though I r-<
>eally did mean to eventually!!<
>Even so, I would probably j-<
>ust wait for the price for<
>this special package to<
>drop... and since Ste-<
>alth did not do so w-<
>ell in the box offi-<
>ce, and many al-<
>ready own WO-<
>P, it is only a<
>matter of t-<
>ime. Wee-<
>ks mayb-<
>e eve-<
>n!!! <i></i>