Sony launches Playstation 3 video store with most of Hollywood on board
As expected, Sony finally launched its video download store on Tuesday after announcing it at its E3 press conference. But despite the fact that as of just a few weeks ago it didn't have many studios on board, it has wrapped up thsoe deals quickly.
Every major studio is now renting and/or selling movie downloads via Playstation network except for Universal (which, ironically, just signed onto Xbox Live on Monday). Currently Fox is the only TV network on board though, leaving Sony far behind Microsoft in TV content, though pretty even in movies.
As I reported earlier, film downloads to the Playstation 3 will be transferable to the PSP (the transfer can also be done from a PC to PSP). That's a possible competitive advantage over Xbox Live and it's also a new feature for Internet downloads that, studio insiders say, made these deals more complex than they otherwise would have been.
More details are in my story on today's E3 developments.
Chris Morris reports on the business and culture of video games and offers analysis of recent events and industry trends.
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Posted by: holic online money | March 11, 2009 at 08:18 PM
yea canada deserves the video store .we should be considered part of north amarica and not be left wondering why sony dosen't care.. or at least keep us in the loop about when to expect it
Posted by: zj666 | July 26, 2008 at 07:31 AM
Hey I'm a deaf gamer who loves playing videogames and watching movies.
As I discovered about the movies/tv shows on PSN, I've went to check it out immediately and yet I find something quite disappointing.
No subtitles.
None of the movies and tv shows appear to have the option to turn on/off subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing people.
I hope this is something Sony would find something to improve this so it wouldnt leave the deaf audience out of this.
Thanks.
Posted by: Dan | July 20, 2008 at 05:59 PM
Hey I'm a deaf gamer who loves playing videogames and watching movies.
As I discovered about the movies/tv shows on PSN, I've went to check it out immediately and yet I find something quite disappointing.
No subtitles.
None of the movies and tv shows appear to have the option to turn on/off subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing people.
I hope this is something Sony would find something to improve this so it wouldnt leave the deaf audience out of this.
Thanks.
Posted by: Dan | July 20, 2008 at 05:57 PM
When will this feature be live for EU aswell
Posted by: Iain Culverhouse | July 16, 2008 at 06:59 AM
what about us canadians?
how soon can we expect to see the video
store?
Posted by: Hand-of-Sorrow | July 16, 2008 at 04:55 AM