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RVDondaPC on 31 May 2010
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Scoobes said:
ElGranCabeza said:
I also thought it was fail when I first read but it's not after I did some research. First off, Rome, True Blood and Sopranos are the only shows that are U$2.99 for SD episodes, regular SD episodes on PSN are U$1.99 and HD are U$2.99. Those shows are the exact same prices on itunes, that is, they are U$2.99 for SD on itunes as well and they're not even up on Zune marketplace, so the price is the same as their competitors, and is set by Warner.

As far as the 11 month thing, that is also set by Warner and also affects their competitors, case in point, cable TV Shows will have a delay to keep their premium status intact for the cable providers, for example, Showtime's biggest TV series, Dexter, is up on PSN, Zune and itunes, but Season 4 is not up on any of them because it just ended this past December.

Where PSN fails is where itunes and XBL marketplace have more shows from networks already on PSN, like Married with Children, Cougar Town and Desperate Housewives and more networks that are not yet available on PSN, like NFL football tv

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This is where the whole download thing fails though imo. It's a great idea, but the growth of digital downloads is only going to be stunted by these pricing schemes.

Also, I looked at the comments and the second one is by a programmer at Media Molecule:

"hmm, wait eleven months and then pay $2.99 for it or download it instantly for free from BitTorrent, I wonder which option the public is more likely to go for."

made me lol.

Uhm their goal is not to make downloadable episodes as popular as possible. Their goal is to make money. That's where you fail. What do they care if digital streaming's growth is "stunted" by these pricing schemes? They drop the price to $2 it may see a little bit of growth but they'll be losing more than 1/3 of their margin and they'd be hurting their bread and butter which is the HBO television networks. Sure they could make $.50 episodes but that doesn't mean every single person is all of a sudden gonna start watching every single HBO television series.