Sony's PlayStation 3 Video Store Sounds Ready To Go

[saud264]

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i like download movies form torrent

The current PlayStation Store is a bit of a clunker. It's functionally sound, but a bit rough around the edges from a usability standpoint. Compared to the rest of the PlayStation 3's visual design, it's certainly lacking—but that's reportedly going to change come Springtime, as the Store is said to get a new coat of paint. One aspect of the Store that's been hinted about by reliable publications, like the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, is Sony's download service, one that president Howard Stringer may be talking about when he refers to the "expansion" of the PlayStation Network.

It may be Sony's best bet in fending off Apple's iTunes for movie and television distribution. And it may be closer than we thought.

Sure, it's been a long time coming, with first reports of the digital download venture hitting in December of 2006, but Sony's been awfully quiet about when it's coming.

According to sources who attended the retailer and publisher focused Destination PlayStation conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sony showed off a portion of its video store. It reportedly uses the same SingStore-like interface we talked about in our PlayStation Store revamp post, something we hoped to capture in the mock-up of the video store above.

No specifics on launch date, pricing, digital rights management or integration with the redesigned PlayStation Store were provided, but we did hear that North America may be getting the service before anyone else. The only offerings we were told about were Sony Pictures owned. Word on who else might be licensing their content to the the store wasn't provided.

Sony's been very coy about discussing any aspect of the PlayStation video store with the press, but if its showing the service to publishers and retailers, we're hoping that means it's on the cusp of going prime time.

http://kotaku.com/363359/sony-show-a...om-for-the-ps3

[masteratt]

It's understandable they want to get close to 100% of the support they are going to have before announcing it on a big scale.
So they'll go around, collect their army and then attack the consumer.

Sony is safe content wise anyway, as they are a very strong force in the movie industry.

Sony will make this huge.
I think this will be one of the main attractions to the PS3 in the near future.

[Coded-Dude]

That means we'll get a firmware update before 2.4(summer)......

[Xclusion]

Unless they redid the Store to the point that it was a part of the XMB and not the web based style it has now there might not need to be a firmware update for it.

[Coded-Dude]

every time they updated the store(layout) it required a F/W update(if I recall correctly)

[Segitz]

every time they updated the store(layout) it required a F/W update(if I recall correctly)

No, the "E3" update (back and forward with R1 and L1) didn't need a new firmware iirc...

[NickSCFC]

Will the game, music, demo and other downloads stores have the same interface?

Looks better than the current one anyway

[Sephiroth_VII]

It's just a mock-up, nothing official.

[qzak]

I wonder if they'll offer a fixed monthly price subscription, a la netflix. Would be good if the library was big enough.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Dude, they have Sony Pictures, it will have loads of content.

[cliffbo]

PlayTV, Video Store, PSN! if they're all integrated into HOME... who will be able to resist going online?

[LaLiLuLeLo]

PlayTV, Video Store, PSN! if they're all integrated into HOME... who will be able to resist going online?

I will!
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GAHHH THERE'S NO WAY I COULD!

[Kiwi]

Having PlayTV integrated into Home could be pretty cool. Could have Eastenders on the TV in your little house while playing pool.

[Domination]

Here's the full interveiw with a tidbit of information related to the topic:

JH: I'm not the best person to answer that. I'll answer what I know, but we actually have some folks who are specifically responsible for that.

We give them a lot of feedback based on how our customers are reacting to things, and I think you will see a pretty big change in the PlayStation Network in the early part of April, where we roll out some new interface stuff largely based on customer feedback.

Simplification, cutting down on the number of mouse clicks, making it easier to find stuff that you want to find... that's kind of an outgrowth of us having more content now, so we have to make sure that you can get at it easily.


Sony's Hight: 'Pretty Big' PSN Store Change Due For April

[qzak]

Dude, they have Sony Pictures, it will have loads of content.

Of course I know that. The issue is that with Blockbuster/Netflix, you get Sony Pictures + all the other studios.

Now, my wife and I have a Blockbuster Online subscription at $20/month. I'd love to do all my content through the PS3. But would we drop Blockbuster for a subscription to this service if it were Sony Pictures only? No. Even for a lower price? No. Because I'd still have to drive to the store to get movies that weren't included in the Sony lineup.


Drive to the store???? That's sooooo 2005.

[Domination]

Of course I know that. The issue is that with Blockbuster/Netflix, you get Sony Pictures + all the other studios.

Now, my wife and I have a Blockbuster Online subscription at $20/month. I'd love to do all my content through the PS3. But would we drop Blockbuster for a subscription to this service if it were Sony Pictures only? No. Even for a lower price? No. Because I'd still have to drive to the store to get movies that weren't included in the Sony lineup.


Drive to the store???? That's sooooo 2005.

Sony is including all of them, not just Sony Pictures - although their content would probably be the first to kick start the server. I'm trying to figure out where it was I saw this interview. But anyhow, one representative said that because Sony is an entertainment company, they can collaborate with other partners and move much faster than their competitors in this space. I'm thinking this interview came from an OPM. I'd have to recheck.

[Beenie Man]

Wouldn't a video download service have a negative effect on the PS3 Blu-Ray advantage? Wouldn't it interfere with Blu-Ray?

[Gegenki]

It doens't matter anymore since HD-DVD is out of the picture.
Blu-Ray vs download - its all money to them

[seahorse]

Having PlayTV integrated into Home could be pretty cool. Could have Eastenders on the TV in your little house while playing pool.

shit, haha, that would be awesome.

[CreativeWriter]

Wouldn't a video download service have a negative effect on the PS3 Blu-Ray advantage? Wouldn't it interfere with Blu-Ray?

Maybe, but I suspect it has the same effect of DVD on blu-ray sales, that is, a lesser quality format that competes for mind-share with nonenthusists. Better to have DLC compete with blu-ray without the middlemen of retailers and the DVD consortium than having casuals pick up the DVD instead of the BR...

It also depends on the price and quality of the files up for DL. I suspect they will be Divx/wmv quality, which shouldn't cut into the HD marketshare... Maybe eventually we'll have BR-quality downloads, but the size of HDDs will need to grow if people are going to store HD movie collections on the PS3 itself. If anything, a DL service is more directly competitive with rental services...