Move over Xbox Live, Sony is finally getting serious about digital movie downloads.
Speaking at the opening press conference at IFA, in Berlin, CEO Sir Howard Stringer confirmed that its PlayStation video store, the PlayStation Network , would be launched this November in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, with other European markets to follow in 2010.
According to Stringer, 'The PSN is a key priority for Sony's distribution of content.' And the stats are certainly impressive. The PSN is now available in 58 countries, 12 languages and 22 different currencies.
'PSN began on November 2006 and the number of registered accounts has grown to more than 27 million – that is a ground breaking development,' says the Sony boss.
In the US, the PlayStation Network 'now offers more than 12,000 TV epsiodes and more than 2,200 movies, of which more than 35 per4 cent are available in HD.
At launch the UK service will feature 'hundreds of movies titles' with new material added regularly. 'Consumers will be able to purchase or rent on either their PS3 or PSP and share the content on those devices.'
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dweler
September 6th
2. Sounds good, I welcome reasonably priced high quality versions of movies and TV series.
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psyfur
September 3rd
1. Will this service be better than the 1000's of MKV's HD files that are floating around the internet, I doubt it somehow. The only way services like this will work is if they are free, after spending 300 notes on a ps3 you would expect something in the way of free retails.
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