PlayStation Now is available on 2015 Sony Blu-ray Players

[Dusk]

aLkaLiNE said:

Dusk said:

That's why Block Buster is dominating Netflix right? 

The set top boxes, phones, computers, TV's, Disc Players are just conduits to the likes of iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Google Play ect. The reason that an Android phone sells is because of the Google Play store, not because it's an Android phone, if you were to remove Google Play from an Android phone, nobody would buy it, at least not without a competative replacement. 

Why wouldn't Sony put all of that into a TV? They have been working on that kind of stuff (along with almost every other manufacturer) for many many years. Every piece of equipment keeps trying to trump the other so more and more are being added into each. 

I'm not sure how a rental service (blockbuster) vs a streaming service (Netflix) relates to what we're discussing at all. PSNow is a rental streaming service lol is that what you're getting at?

 

And if Sony did equip a TV with a ps4 built inside then literally everything you've argued becomes a moot point. This entire discussion is based on the concept that I don't see physical hardware disappearing anytime soon. If they did make a real PlayStation TV I'd like to see a renaming of the brand or a different product name for the TV. PlayStation is fine and dandy but it doesn't sound sleek, which is something you'd want when looking at the latest and greatest 4K equipped OLED LCD TVs.

Ummm. What? It has nothing to do with a PS4 being equiped in a TV, it has to do with PSNow being accessable to the TV and Bluray and whatever else they decide to add it to, PS TV maybe? This is what they are already working on and will be released soon. It would be no different than any of the multitiude of smart TV's, blurays or set top boxes that have the 'netflix' sticker on them that shows that they have the app to connect and watch netflix. It's just streaming so all it is, is an app with the build in protocol to access and use the app whether it's netflix, iTunes or PSNow. It likely won't carry the Playstation Brand other that Playstation Now, or just PSNow depending how they want to market it.