BBC iPlayer for 360 indefinitely postponed due to disagreement with Microso

[heruamon]

Icyedge said:

heruamon said:
Something will be worked out...UK is M$ strongest foothold in Europe, and they are going to find a way. M$'s goal is to get as many people as possible on Gold, and I can't fault them, because they are responsible for maintianing the cost of upkeep for the service, whereas I can't say what the model is for Wii and PS3.

 

Sony wanna make money by selling things they specialize in (entertainment), but not with PSN itself, sony is a pretty righteous company. They have just enough ads and publisher that pay per gb of download to maintain PSN without loosing money. Microsoft wanna makes money all the way they can, which is normal for an american company. Im not saying that one is better than the other because you can have different views on that depending on your position. Something sure is that its rare to have a righteous company in america, the only one I know is the one I work for and Costco.

On topic, microsoft are consequent, it wouldnt be fair for other service like netflix to offer BBC i player in the silver subscription. I back Microsoft and BBC also.

"Microsoft wanna makes money all the way they can, which is normal for an american company"

Not sure I understand that comment, but I think you're right about how Sony views PSN vs. M$, but rather than simply looking at it on a greed vs. free model, it's how both consoles were constructed.  What people don't understand is that M$ made Xbox Live a core of the Xbox 360...whereas Sony had PSN as an accessory.  Sure, they have since reconsidered the importance of service, as we now see them looking at some services to provide on a premium subscription model, but it seems like a testament to how M$ got it right, and how Sony got it wrong.  They thought bluray would lead the way, and THAT was suppose to be the core.