Online game rental outfit GameZnFlix isn't dropping their awkward camel-capped name, regrettably, but they are getting out of the PlayStation Portable biz. It's not that the PSP is underperforming, just that those damned UMDs are getting too expensive to mail out to customers. By way of Aeropause, we are treated to this apology from GameZnFlix.

On May 14, 2007, the US Postal Service is instituting both new postal rates and significant changes to how they process mail. Companies who use the Postal Service, like we do, will be subject to new processing standards and significant changes in how the mail is processed through their facilities.

The good news is that it is not going to affect your service from us. The bad news is that these changes to the mailing standards are forcing us to discontinue offering games and movies for the PlayStation Portable device. Because of both the disc weight and thickness, we would have to use a more expensive shipping method and slower side of the postal system since these discs are no longer eligible to be shipped as 1st class letters.

Bummer! Ubiquitous Media Disc fans can still rent through GameFly, of course. Michael McWhertor

Sony Playstation Portable [GameZnFlix via Aeropause]

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