PSN-Style Service To Expand to Other Platforms
In a recently disclosed Sony internal report, a PSN style service could unroll onto TV’s and other electronic hardware, sometime early next year. Robert Wiesenthatl, the head of strategy for Sony’s entertainment business, said the following to CNNmoney.
“TV is where we have to win. We can no longer afford to only offer great TVs. Otherwise, we set the stage for someone to become the Google of the TV.”
The report indicates that sharing content between Sony TV’s, cameras and video devices will be easier to manage. Discounts and premium services would be limited to loyal customers. Kaz Hirai, the new president of Networked Products and Services, stated the following.
“It’s now a matter of what all the services need to look like for each device, and coming up with a roll-out plan. It’s like city planning here, and we can start small. We don’t need to build New York City overnight.”
Initial speculation believes Sony might do a soft-launch of the service in Spring of next year, and gradually update the service.
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June 29th, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Here’s my idea: Release TVs with an internal hard drive and external HDD support and throw in an ethernet cable in the back along with wireless support. Then, throw in the PSN’s video portion of the store into the mix and let people download stuff. It’s really only a matter of time before somebody starts to put this idea into motion. I would personally love this…well, if I didn’t already own a PS3, lol.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:26 PM
dont get why itd be “playstation” anymore, and not just sony.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Well they already market an internet attachment to the Bravia TV series so that you can watch IPTV straight through the TV without needing a media centric device like a PS3 or a computer. And since the Cell Processor fits this line of products and was one of the reasons Sony agreed to join Toshiba and IBM to produce it in quantities that make it fnancially viable. Now they are vocalizing that strategy.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:30 AM
Just give me that Location Free Player built right into the t.v.
Then give me a really simplistic remote design based off of the Crossmedia bar.
Furthermore the menu (cross media bar on t.v.) needs to be picture in picture.
Have the video stream cache on the t.v. that way I can pause and rewind t.v. I don’t need a record feature save that for a premium upgrade or something.
I don’t think any of these features would actually add THAT much to development costs if it’s done across all t.v. models, and if they bundle features they can lower the overall price for everything but make it all inclusive with their playstation products. That’s my idea at least.