| Squilliam said: What about the app revenue and content downloaded? Firstly if they truly opened up content delivery then Sony consumers would have no lock in towards any device and secondly they would be the ones delivering the content to the consumer eventually if they aren't already. |
Let's get to the roots: the Playstation business was meant to make money by itself, but also to free the digital media consumption from the shackles of the PC industry. Sony has music and movies and hardware to sell, the less they have to rely on external proprietary techs and licenses the better.
In the end the PS did not conquer the living room, but standard smart appliances (e.g. web and Android based) might achieve the very same goal.
I'm pretty sure that as numbers grow there will be much more money to be made by selling content to a wider audience than resorting to lock-in for the margins on hardware.
