PSN Expanding to Other Sony Products
In an interview with Laptop.com, Mike Abary, Sony’s Senior VP of Information Technology Products revealed some exciting new information for Sony consumers. Abary announced that users can expect the PlayStation Network to be implemented into the next VAIO laptop.
It looks as though Howard Stringer just wasn’t making noise, when he said that he wanted “PSN to grow to other platforms”. When asked the question, “So given what Howard Stringer has been saying about breaking down internal silos across Sony, wouldn’t this be a great opportunity for you to offer some sort of integration with the PlayStation movie and TV service?”, Mike Abary responded with:
We are absolutely talking about that internally. The PlayStation network is growing. We believe that network will have an option with VAIO PCs or any PCs for that matter. What we are trying to do is collaborate with our peers at PlayStation in that regard.
Also asked was the possibility of games being included, in which Abary replied:
That is a possibility but we are concentrated more on movies and TV content. We find casual gaming to be interesting for PCs and we are driving right now to establish our role in that area. We believe this segment of end user of causal gaming is growing we can address that marketplace in a way that is unique on VAIOs.
After that, another Sony product came up: the Reader. A question was asked if any similar collaboration was happening with the Reader. Abary replied with:
There was a reorganization that occurred at Sony where PlayStation, VAIO, Walkman, and Reader came under the same electronics group. As such, with those categories being put together under one umbrella we need to collaborate. I also see a better integration of Reader with VAIO products.
What other Sony products would you like to see the PSN expand to? Post your thoughts below!
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8 Responses to “PSN Expanding to Other Sony Products”
Uhh, the video service is already available on any PC, all you have to do is download the PS Store client. I don’t see the excitment.
Technically yes, but…..well yeah your right…
@Smokey_vols
Right, but that’s just the PlayStation Store. This is referring to access to the network, meaning players might be able to see what their PSN friends are playing on the PS3, what they’re reading on the Ebook reader, or even what they’re listening to or watching on the PC.
Pretty much, they’re trying to do with PSN what Microsoft did with Windows and Xbox Live is what it seems like.
Wouldn’t you rather see Sony solidify something- one of it’s many attempts at branching out, than make another graft in the tree? Do not get me wrong, i love them, and i think they’re on the right path, but there’s nothing wrong with taking it slow and making sure you have a good foundation before pludging on, is there? I just have a large apprehensive feeling in my stomach of things I think they should be focusing on, and fixing before expanding. Am i alone in that?
I wish they would just let us compare trophies on the computer lol, that would make my day.
@Kishen
It is possible to see what your friends are playing while on a PC. Just go to Playstation.com, My Profile, then to Friend’s List. I guess the other stuff sounds alright, but not really adding anything fans are asking for.
Allow me to make your day Smokey…
https://secure.eu.playstation.com/psn/mypsn/friends/
I compared with Crotin it works. Your welcome. You just have to put eu before playstation.com and log in with your PSN account. Simple. Might take a bit of fiddling around the very FIRST time you log in cross region, but it works just fine.
Its about watchin the content on the pc, which u cant do now.
they want to include all electronics to be able to add friends access the store use the content and chat all on psn which would be nice because i dont have a keyboard on my ps3