Howard Stringer. PSN to become "open", PS3 base is "too limiting"

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This is not new.

Stringer has been pushing to get the Sony Corp. to work together for years now. He showed a slide all the way back at CES of last year saying that the PSN video store would start first on the PS3, then move to PSP, and other Sony products. The old roadmap showed all Sony products having access to PSN by the end of physical year 2010. I believe we will see all Sony Blu-ray players, and walkmen having access to PSN by the end of this year. We may also see the XBR10, 11, and 12's having PSN as part of their Bravia link system by the end of the year.

I am very interested to see how this all plays out through the rest of this year. I think that they will definatly add music, and music videos directly into the store. Hopefully they will reveal a plan to allow people to stream so many shows/movies a month ala Netflix. If they announce this at E3, along with the new PSP, focused on multimedia, and ease of use, they should be able to get some momentum going. Then with the addition of all Sony BD players getting support, they should be able to make a huge wave this winter. If I was them, this would be the main focus of Sony's marketing this winter, and all through next year.