I personally don't think a metal casing is a good idea.
Plastic casing is a good idea for a few reasons : To protect the UMD discs, except for that little window, to prevent a lot of dust getting on the disc, otherwise will cause disc read error, you don't see people lugging the boxes of the games around, just the discs...so if it's like a music disc that's been travelling a lot, it will have a lot more dust and scratches than if it was protected. Handhelds and handheld games are meant to be travelled, and meant to be protected. Look at GameBoy games, it's very easy to just blow the crap out of the cartridges, and to just wipe down on the DS cartridges...but not so good idea for a disc type of game.
I do hope that for the next PSP (what could actually improve? touch screen? Dual analog sticks...that would rock), that it will be backward compatible in some way if they decided to redesign the UMD discs.
I have my PSP since launch day, and a couple games. All of the games work great, except for that so-annoying "Attention!" screen on Sudoku. Mind you, I protect the umb discs further by getting a small case for them. it's that simple.
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