Sony Announces On-Demand Video for PS3
June 27th 2008 08:49
Anyone getting bored with their Playstation 3’s plethora of capabilities yet? Not to worry. Sony CEO Howard Stringer came to the rescue today with the announcement of an on-demand video service similar to the current Playstation Store. And the best part, it’s slated for release in summer 2008, which if I’m not mistaken, is like, now. But if it’s anything like the Playstation Home, (which I doubt) who knows when it will be released.
According to Arstechnica.com, no other video titles besides the movies and television Sony currently produces has been announced, but the selection should be plentiful. Great. The thing already is so convenient that you don’t even have to go leave the couch to turn it on or even to buy some games, and now it’ll have a whole library of movies just an X button away. No plans for an integrated soda fountain or popcorn machine have yet been announced, but I say why not? And throw in a blood sugar monitor while you’re at it so we can watch our slow descent into diabetes in crystal clear high definition.
But seriously, being the movie freak I am, I’m really looking forward to this. It only makes sense that they would make an on-demand movie service, and although unlikely, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them create a music store as well. It would be harder to compete in that market with iTunes and Amazon pretty well cornering it, but it wouldn’t take much to develop if they’re already providing video.
I’m not surprised that Sony has been able to do so much with the console. It really is one of the best gadgets I’ve ever purchased and one can only imagine what they might do next, with either the PS3, or, even further ahead, the next-gen Sony console. Any thoughts? I’m interested to know. Drop me a comment or an email.
On another PS3 related note, I found this cool OS X Leopard theme for the XMB today on deviantART and thought I would share it with my fellow Mac/PS3 fans out there. Check it out.
Also, props to Orblites Jon and Charles for deeming me worthy of this cool domain. I hope to do them proud.
But seriously, being the movie freak I am, I’m really looking forward to this. It only makes sense that they would make an on-demand movie service, and although unlikely, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them create a music store as well. It would be harder to compete in that market with iTunes and Amazon pretty well cornering it, but it wouldn’t take much to develop if they’re already providing video.
On another PS3 related note, I found this cool OS X Leopard theme for the XMB today on deviantART and thought I would share it with my fellow Mac/PS3 fans out there. Check it out.
Also, props to Orblites Jon and Charles for deeming me worthy of this cool domain. I hope to do them proud.
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