Playstation Vita

I traded in my PSP recently because it was aging, didn't really play my games anymore and most of them i had beat already.

I was wondering if anyone knew or could find for me the way the Vita is going to use media, is it like a UMD?

Iv'e heard hear-say that it's only going to support digital downloads or something of that type? This was a while back, either that or some kind of high speed media card, not 100% sure and can't find much on it.

The reason i worry about Digital download only is because buying games on the PSN is very limited and in my case i buy Japanese imports all the time because well.. i just don't like the USA selection (mostly FPS's) If it's going to be region free and have some type of physical media then hot damn! I'll be placing my pre-order soon, if not then i'll buy a use PSP and hope better stuff comes out in japan soon.

Flagged this to be moved to console gaming for you.

PS Vita Card is what I've seen for Media. So some type of flash based card.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Vita

Sounds like data is stored on said card, so all save games and such are on there.

Yup with NAND where it is $ wise this will certainly be a 'card' type system, similar to the little card type cartridge nintendo moved to. Optical drives are finally dying out. I like it. Faster seeks, lower power usage, no moving parts . I hope this PS vita does well. IMO Sony's first handheld was a very good device and I look forward to this next iteration.

i hope this wont be a ripoff... looking forward to it..