No UMD to Vita Transfer for NA

[Vitor]

*Source*

Apparently Sony is refusing to bring the "UMD Passport program" (registering your PSP games via Playstation network and downloading them for a very small fee) to North America, despite offering it to Japanese consumers

Why?

That's anyone's guess and I'm sure it's going to cause quite the backlash

 

[Domon Kasshu]

Meh, it's pretty useless in Japan. :\ Most likely they weren't able to strike a deal with game developers. Same reason that Konami, Capcom, and Bandai Namco games weren't included with the program anyway (ORNORE CLIMAX HEROES FOURZE and GvG NEXT + !! ). Not only that; ever since the failure of the PSP Go, the PSP game on US's PSN are dirt cheap. The only one that's ridiculously price was Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny which was like $40 or $50 (Possibly the God of War games as well, if your into those. ) Everything else ranged from around $5-$25.