Sony Reveals Big Plans for PlayStation Network
Despite being easily dwarfed by E3 in the video game news arena, The Consumer Electronics Show is often the place where industry giants let loose some exciting details on upcoming products and services. This year is no exception.
During Sony’s press event this evening, Jack of all trades corporate executive, Kaz Hirai, brought to light the intended future of the PlayStation Network. In accordance with what we heard earlier, Sony hopes to centralize the PSN experience by integrating and expanding the video service across three major pillars of the Sony empire, specifically VAIO laptops (in addition to other Windows PCs), and the BRAVIA line of Blu-ray players and television sets. In addition, Sony plans to establish a single user ID system for both the PSN and other consumer electronics able to tap into the service. Sounds great, but most importantly, Sony hopes to deliver content to a larger portion of the 38 million registered PSN users by extending the video service to our friends across the pond who happen to live in either Spain, France, the U.K., Ireland, or Germany. Also mentioned was talk about “premium video content” which may be related to those premium subscriptions services we’ve been hearing about, and the newly minted Sony Network Entertainment Inc., who’s tasked with utilizing the PSN to create a “more centralized organizational structure”. As far as when this will all come to fruition? Expect to see the launch of these new services sometime around June.
11 Responses to “Sony Reveals Big Plans for PlayStation Network”
sounds like 1080p movies to me
Well we have the video store in the UK now, but not netflix.
It’s awesome to see Sony completely ignoring Canada. Now I don’t have to hold my breath waiting for features that will never come. Thanks.
And Canada gets the shaft again… seriously this is getting annoying…
shut your mouth lol
Then maybe all Canadians should revolt in front of the Parliament Building since your laws put roadblocks in front of Companies, which some are not willing to jump through now or that are being slowed down by members of your Political establishment. Maybe you should move to the UK? (jk) But whining on the Blog and here at PSLS will not get the job done. I am on your side, so flaming me won’t help your cause either since I don’t work for either Sony or PSLS…
sounds interesting and a great idea to expand the network.
just drive 10 minutes to the US, dl it, and then go home.
well in canada the ps3 only does what the government lets us do
so untill they wake the FUCK UP LET US CANADAIN GAMERS
HAVE THE FULL EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSOLE THAT
RULES THE UNIVERSE PSN ID angrystslayer
that is all
Just to get it straight, it is our LACK of laws that keep the US from releasing content in Canada. They are trying to pressure us into implementing the equivalent of their idiotic DMCA bullshit and we won’t. And we shouldn’t. It sucks that we get left out of cool stuff like this, but selling your freedoms to corporations for a handful of shitty movies is a bit of a poor idea, don’t you think?
oh stop complaining, you guys should try out our South African store – there’s like bugger all…
We don’t even have xbox live here 0.o.