Yesterday, during Sony's press conference, they mentioned a whole host of new content joining the PlayStation Network. Now, knowing me, I'm taking a moment to highlight some of the content that is near and dear to my heart. Amongst the wide number of logos that Sony threw up on the screen were ADV's The Anime Network, Viz Media, and Starz's Manga Entertainment. They'll be joining FUNimation and others on the PSN with some great titles.
Like? Well, apparently Starz is handling the distribution of Gurren Lagann, one of those series that will inspire you to do great things. Similarly, other titles like Ghost in the SHell and Robotech will be distributed on the PSN. Viz will likely distribute episodes of stalwart shonen titles Bleach and Naruto, while ADV will bring plenty of its VOD service to the PSN.
Starz will also be bringing other titles from their wide range of programming in, like Dead Space: Downfall and films from Overture Studios, which will be available in both SD and HD. TV shows, like Painkiller Jane, will be available in HD when possible, no doubt.
LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- (E3 Expo) -- Starz Digital Media, an operating division of Starz Media, and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today at the E3 Expo the launch of a wide collection of new movie and video content on PlayStation®Network, which is accessible for download via PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems in the United States. The multi-faceted content distribution agreement widely expands the depth and breadth of movie, television, and popular video content for both electronic purchase and video-on-demand rentals for PlayStation® users.
Hit movies from Overture Films, including Righteous Kill (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino), and Traitor (Don Cheadle) will be available along with other films from Starz Media, including Anchor Bay Entertainment's Lower Learning (Eva Longoria Parker, Jason Biggs, Rob Corddry) and the cult classic Phantasm. Manga Entertainment's Dead Space: Downfall will be available from Starz Media's deep feature and animated film library. Each movie will be typically offered for rental or purchase in standard definition (SD) and an additional High Definition (HD) option will be offered when available.
Starz Originals from the flagship Starz premium pay TV channel ("Head Case" and "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up") will be available for electronic sell through (EST) in SD, with more coming soon. Also included is television programming from Starz Media, including "Painkiller Jane," "The Descendants of Darkness," and "Tripping the Rift."
A wide selection of Starz Media's popular Manga Entertainment for anime lovers everywhere will also populate the rental and purchase offerings, including movie and TV series from "Ghost in the Shell," "Street Fighter," classic episodes from series such as "Robotech" and new releases including "Gurren Lagann."
Marc DeBevoise, senior vice president, digital media, business development and strategy for Starz Media and lead executive for Starz Digital Media commented, "The PlayStation Network/Starz Digital Media agreement announced today highlights the changing face of Starz and its increasing ability and wherewithal to offer mainstream and niche, targeted fare from various genres across multiple platforms and business models."
"PlayStation users alike can now enjoy an even wider range of popular long-form and short-form content for purchase and rental," said Mara Winokur, Starz Media's vice president, digital media and business development. Winokur, who brokered the deal for Starz Digital Media, noted, "We are delighted to enter into this agreement with this bold, visionary company that is redefining the face of gaming and mobile platforms."
The Starz agreement expands the PlayStation Network video delivery service now to nearly 1,900 movies and 9,400 TV episodes, many available in both SD and HD, making the PS3 system the ultimate entertainment platform, and the PSP system a leader in portable entertainment. Additionally, PlayStation Network offers movies in HD from all major motion picture studios and gives PS3 users the largest selection of movies on any gaming platform.
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9:20 AM on 06.03.2009
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Right. Speaking of which, what happens to the stuff on my current (60gb) HDD if I decide to try switching out?
Nothing... sort of. You can either copy all the files off the drive and then copy them back after you install the new one into the PS3, or you can use the PS3's backup function. Some save files are "protected" and can't be copied ways other than the HDD backup utility. I think this is kind of stupid, since other games that want to avoid save-sharing are just tied to the PSN ID that's signed in. Games are tied to the PS3 console, but you get 5 licenses for them and this isn't actually going to be a new console, so you should be able to delete/redownload them to cut time off the backup. You can and should also copy any videos off before running the backup, because that's just going to add bloat. I didn't when I upgraded my HDD and the backup took for-goddamn-ever.
Something strange does happen where before I was using about 47 GB of space and on the new system it says I'm using closer to 62 GB of space.
Anyway, with that Fat32 formatted external HDD, use that to store your downloaded videos.
My only issue with this new splurge of Anime is the hit to my wallet if I ever get into it. Otherwise, getting Manga and Viz alone is a shit load of anime to download.
I had to back up my saves, and pictures to a jump drive.everything you've bought of psn you will have to re download, but your profiles and trophies are saved to the ps3s memory.considering I have 30 games and 75 items fom the store redownloading. And re installing wiould take about a day.
Also capcom put some weird anti copy restriction on their games so were gonna have to re play mm9 and street fighter 4 all over again(remember seth? I wish I didn't).Killzone 2 seems to have done this as well.
And lastly have a real good set of vice grips handy because those hardrive screws stripe easily.
And the stuff on your curret hdd will stay there so keep it as a backup.
However, this will be cool, I'm all for more access to anime. Needs more classic anime though.
Maybe they can finally release 1080p Gurren Lagann dual audio w/ 5.1? or at least 720p dual audio 2.1. Fucking A GAINAX release blu-rays already. Also I'd like a good group to subs for it again. Maybe OZC who has been doing Gundam will.