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Sony Close to launching a Playstation 3 movie download store

Sony: Close to launch Playstation 3 video download store.
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By Henning Molbaek
 FIRST ONLINE Mar 6, 2008
Reliable sources believe that Sony is very close to launching a Playstation 3 movie download store.

The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal have reported that a spring update to the Playstation Network (Online part of the Playstation 3) will include a new design and a movie download store.

According to attendees of the "Destination Playstation" show (a retailer and publisher focused event), Sony showed off parts of the store to the crowd.

No doubt Sony will try to gain a market share from XBOX LIVE Marketplace and the iTunes Movie Store in the movie download business.

Sources: Kotaku, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008
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May 2007
Wouldn't movie downloading hurt their own chances of people adopting the BD format? I realize they have to compete with Netflix and XBOX Live but this may decrease BD's lifespan!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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I really don't see it hurting them.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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It's a smart business move for Sony to have a downloading service. Who knows how long bluray will be around for but one thing is for sure, everyone seems to be heading towards download services. It would be smart for Sony to get themselves in the (movie download) game now before it's too late that way they have all the bases covered.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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September 2007
new design is needed. current design is lame

Live! Marketplace.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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February 2008
One main reason why download service will not take off

a) Resaleability (you cant take it to a shop for trade or resell

People like physical disks and when they are hardup for cash they sell there hard copy, can you do this with downloads ?
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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Wouldn't movie downloading hurt their own chances of people adopting the BD format? I realize they have to compete with Netflix and XBOX Live but this may decrease BD's lifespan!


No, it wouldn't. This is just a way to cater to a different market segment. Downloading mostly appeals to people who want to rent a movie and like the convenience of doing it on the fly without having to step a foot outside their door. Sony is just trying to cover all angles and not lose out on easy money.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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People like physical disks and when they are hardup for cash they sell there hard copy, can you do this with downloads ?


I think it will likely be a rental service just like on Xbox LIVE and iTunes. I love the XBL movie store.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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January 2008
It better be cheap. Like a buck.
Friday, March 7, 2008
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March 2008
new design is needed. current design is lame

ps3 is lame !!! biggest pos ever !!! tick tick tick tick tick disc read error ... yeah that was kool when it happened to everyones ps2 wasnt it ?? no way that was superlame & what makes everybody think the pos3 is gonna be any different ?? want games 360 want movies panisonics player isnt bad .. got the bh200 & havnt had any probs with it yet ... plus its 1.1 & 2.0 ready just waitn on lg 2 gimme the updates.

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