UMD Passport, the digital buyback program Sony announced for UMD owners earlier this month, has gone live. Through the program, users can buyback digital downloads of UMDs they own at a discount price for playback on the PS Vita. So far, the selection list comes in at around 262 games — that’s about 1/3 of the entire PSP library.

What strikes us with concern is that offerings from major publishers like Capcom, Square Enix, and Konami — all top Japanese publishers — are completely missing. You’d figure titles already available on the PS Store would be an automatic lock in this program, but apparently, that’s not the case. Hopefully it’s just a slow start and we’ll see more titles added within the coming weeks, as the December 17 launch of PS Vita nears in Japan.

Sony’s North American and European group have yet to announce region-specific equivalents of the program.

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