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kitler53 on 13 November 2014
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walsufnir said:
kitler53 said:
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i dunno about that.  i have netflix already but i don't think of amazon prime and hulu as an option.   too much of the content is exactly the same on all services.   i'm interested in what HBO offers.  i'm also interested in what sony is going to offer.  if they can get a drastically different selection of content than netflix at that "competitive price"  than i'll probably subscribe.  i'm looking for 1 more service to compliment netflix but just hate the current market offering.


Well, it looks Sony has a chance to get you into this service :)

But the whole service seems to be only targetting US right now. Nowhere is this going to work like that in Germany. Or any other country, I assume. TV rights and marketing and such is different for almost every country in the world, with different licensing and fees.

This is the reason why Netflix just started in Germany and didn't several years ago. You have to look at every country and make deals with the ones who own the content.

Either way, if Sony wants to succeed with this, they have to open it and bring it to as many devices as imaginable.


maybe this is the service for me.   as of this moment i think hbo is in the lead because their content is soo good but we'll see. sony's service is likely to have more content.  my wife likes movies (while i prefer tv) so if sony get's their movie studio content on there too that would probably be a deciding factor since my wife wears the pants.

you're probably right about the us focus at least for now.  i remember when i was in peru i tried to fire up netflix and for whatever reason it let me conect but it didn't conect to the us netflix.   it had some good content but it was a very small service compared to the us.

i agree, the service needs to support more than playstation devices but it seems as good as any place to start.  maybe it will sell a few consoles.  probably not but like with psnow it doesn't seem like sony wants to wait for a "full release" but rather roll their service out as soon as they can on whatever device they can.