Not sure about this, though…

“This has already stirred some controversy, as users won’t be able to get in on any retail sales on games due to the digital distribution model.”

Sales of what? If it’s a digital distribution console, retailers won’t have anything to have sales of. If they mean sales of PSP UMD games, we don’t even know if it will be backwards-compatible.

I’m not a fan of digital distribution, since I like to have physical media. That said, after the way some retailers bitched about it and refused to sell the PSPgo because it would affect their profits, while simultaneously robbing developers blind by not sharing profits from their resale schemes, I’m a little more for it than I was.