I don't get the whole downloading of movies thingey? I quite like going to the movie rental store. That is unless they got lots of old stuff not commonly found at Blockbusters, but I doubt it. | |
No suprise, Microsoft hardly had any support when it started it's version and Apple didn't have many more. | |
This doesn't sound like such a big deal. Sony pictures have plenty of movies of their own, the others are probably waiting to see if it floats (or Big Bill made them all sign exclusive contracts...). Dumb Question! | |
The other advantage is if you want to see a movie, you can download it without wondering if it's checked out, and don't have to go to the nearest Blockbuster, either. Plus, no business hours. | |
Seems like most download movie services fail anyway. The major motion picture companies are doing them a huge favor. | |
I'd love to have the service allow you to purchase physical copies of the movies after you rent them sort of like what you can do with gamefly. | |
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Studios Not Signed for Sony's Movie Service
Major movie studios have yet to sign on to Sony's movie download service for the PlayStation 3.
Announced by Sony Computer Entertainment President Kaz Hirai late last week, the PlayStation movie service set for this summer may not have a large enough library to keep potential viewers happy.
Variety reporter Ben Fritz claims that "while Sony may feel confident video downloads will be ready to go this summer, it doesn't exactly have a big library lined up. Sources at numerous major studios confirmed to me that while they have all talked to Sony, none have yet made a deal."
The only major studio signed to the project is, unsurprisingly, Sony Pictures. To Sony's credit, Microsoft launched its online download service with only Warner Bros. and Paramount supporting it and soon added the majority of major Hollywood production companies.
Sony is studying other possible movie-to-gaming technology tie-ins, such as transferring downloaded flicks to memory sticks to be played on the PSP or copying a Blu-Ray movie onto the PS3 hard drive.
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