Universal Media Disc? Not so much...
Slashdot reports that the Sony UMD is on it's way out...
I dislike Sony, so I won't lie to you... I rather enjoy this happening. I've always said that I can't see why anyone would want to watch a feature film on your handheld... It always seemed like an extra "wow!!" feature that Sony tossed in to (try to) compete with the Nintendo DS. You have to watch out for features that companies say you can use, regardless of if they're features you will use. You can watch movies on your handheld, and that was a large arguement you heard when comparing PSP to DS. ("Well, it plays movies! So hah!") But it turns out that the majority apparently didn't turn that "can" into a "will".
The Slashdot comments actually taught me something!! Sony made the Betamax tapes. (Yeah, old news, I'm sure... but I just never really cared about who made them, because they failed a long time ago.) Apparently, they just made a ton of mistakes that VHS never had... and VHS was able to keep new features coming. Features that people will use. (Or... do use...) I just find it ironic that the second time Sony tried to attempt a "universal media", it died... horribly. (Could I hold out hope for Blu-Ray doing the same?... Hmm.)
Heh, a Universal Studios executive even told the newspaper that "sales are near zilch. It's another Sony bomb." Sony was buuurned. Apparently, Walmart has stopped selling the things entirely. (That whole quarter-rack full of all 10 movies, heh.) Anyway... here's a link to everything Google's turned up about it, for all you... one certain person... who likes a bunch of news sources. 