Square Enix, Namco Bandai, Konami, and Capcom all absent from PS Vita's UMD Passport scheme launch

Early last month, Pocket Gamer reported on Sony's forthcoming UMD Passport program, which will allow Japanese PS Vita owners to register their UMD collection and download their favourite PSP titles for between ¥500 and ¥1500 (£4 and £12).

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has today revealed a list of the titles that will be compatible with the scheme when it launches in Japan on December 6th. Unfortunately, it's missing some of the gaming industry's top publishers.

According to website Siliconera, this list of titles - which is in Japanese, naturally - features just 262 of the 606 games that currently fill the Japanese PlayStation Store, and is missing games from the likes of Square Enix, Namco Bandai, Konami, and Capcom.

That means the incredibly popular Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, the Final Fantasy franchise, and Solid Snake are all absent from the line-up.

Despite a lack of titles from the aforementioned publishers at the scheme's launch, Sony has previously said that the companies are all on board.