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That's a damn good move Sony. Kudos.
I'm still not going to pay for TV shows. I can watch most shows online for free (or on an actual TV, of course). I don't see why Sony didn't go the ad supported direction with TV shows. I mean, movies...I can understand, but TV shows...really?
This was a good move made. I have nothing constructive to say.
This would be cool if it wasn't done before... you know... like the xbox did a year or so ago?
Not everything is going to be new and innovative. It's a movie download service. It's functional. That's all it needs to be.
Interesting
@Celdurant
Ageeed dude.
@covah
What Cel said.
I'm curious... are a lot of people regular users of these video marketplaces? I'll check out free episodes of new tv series when they pop up on the XBL Marketplace, but I've never been inspired to pay for any of them.
Why is it that every time one company announces something the annoying fanboys arise and say stupid things. Are you too fucking blind to see it? If the users (you know the ones that actually own the console in question) are happy about something who are you to say it ain't cool? If companies stop doing stuff that is done before they can stop creating things right now. This concerns both Microsoft and Sony. As well as their fanboys.
Cyborg Johnny Cage FTW.
Video games would be cool if they weren't already done before, you know, on the Magnavox Odyssey thirty-five years ago.
@Mxy
I rent pretty regularly from Xbox Live, and iTunes now that you mention it.
Renting from Live is slightly cheaper than Cablevision's video-on-demand, and the quality is better too. As long as you stay with standard definition, you can rent, let it buffer for a minute, and start watching.
I can't really imagine the PS3 version being too different. Same process, different selection I guess.
I might rent movies on this on a rainy day, but I can't see myself paying for TV. I also think I need to upgrade my Hard Drive as I start downloading more and more stuff.
Seems a little pricey to me. $6 to rent a movie? I can run down the street and rent a movie (new release) for under $2, or older releases for 2 for $1. $15 for a movie seems a bit high to me too. I just don't see the point of paying so much for movies, though maybe its just because I'm spoiled and get all of my movies used for $1-$2.50 from my local shop. I'll keep using the PS3 for games, and leave the movies and TV aspect off of my system.
Does anybody know if this is going to be available in canada? I'm thinking no, using the incredibly neutered movie "service" that's available here.
currently I use the "media server" functions on the PS3 to watch movies on my home network- when it comes down to it, I don't see myself using the ps3 to rent movies, but if they were to also set up a netflix service it would be cool since I already have netflix- but then PS online is free, so not as much room to gripe
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