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r3tr0gam3r1337 on 15 August 2013
nightsurge said:
NYCrysis said:

Well then it seems like the ps4 might as well be the true all in one box then. From the looks of this if Sony can pull it off they can let u cut the cord and leave the ps4 to be the only box u need without the hassle of dedicated cable box unlike m$' solution. And if nbc or other local channels don't want to cooperate Sony can just team with aereo on those channels :D Sony also has saying power since they produce major popular shows like breaking bad, community, wheel of fortune etc... While Sony thought into the future m$' is stuck in the past with cable boxes lol.

If you think MS isn't planning something like this already, you're bonkers. Especially since the 360 itself already supported being a set top box for SKY as well as supported on demand options from Comcast and Verizon.

Seems like you didn't think this one through very well... MS's solution provides more flexibility in that cable companies don't have to develop their own special apps or agree to full content rights/support. MS can either do the HDMI-IN with the new Xbox One guide, or offer a full app or their own IPTV service like they've been working on for ages already.

You're welcome :)


im guessing sony will have a better supported web brouser with the obvious flash/java support that sky's online customers have acces to via PC's, that in turn eliminates the sky tv argument but also an enhanced web brouser would pave the way for online TV broadcasters like TVcatchup to work on the ps4 giving even greater flexability, i think one point you missed was the instalation fee's and subscription fees, sony could have negotiated to get a really good deal.



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Goatseye on 15 August 2013
NYCrysis said:

funny u can say the same thing about goteseye who infact derailed this thread and was bashing Sony for no reason... hypocracy at it's finest right there. 


I was just answering you. You were talking about MS on a Son¥ article, the usual.

Had to call you back to reality.



Imaginedvl on 15 August 2013
NYCrysis said:
Imaginedvl said:

You know, constantly btiching Microsoft in all your posts instead of just praising your precious PS4 is really making all your posts irrelevant and/or not interresting at all to read. You can love your precious company and/or console but genualy trying to ruin the fun for other people who prefers another console is really questionnable...

And for the Xbox enthousiats out there; the Xbox One offers more than the PS4. I hope you also understand that it is the same for the PS4 enthousiats out there who also believe that the PS4 oferring is better...

OP: I think it is a step in the right direction for Sony. Viacom channels/contents is not all exciting for me but I see this as a start for other partership with media companies out there. As I said with the Xbox One; having a box who can do more than playing games is what I'm looking for.

funny u can say the same thing about goteseye who infact derailed this thread and was bashing Sony for no reason... hypocracy at it's finest right there. 

 I responded to you because even in this thread, which is about a good news for Sony; you find a way to bitch about Microsoft (and keep using M$ instead of MS/Microsoft) to eventualy piss off Xbox enthousiats... I think  that Goteseye just replied to you because of that. So while he certainly in the same boat after responding to you, at least he is not going to start that kind of bitching in threads (but I could be mistaken as I'm not looking at all PS4/Sony threads). This is what I'm pointing out about you.

Again, in bold, another example of how you tranform everything into a bitching contest.



Zappykins on 15 August 2013

Cool, so it will be like the Xbox with it's app.

When are they going to show if we can talk to the PS4's eye camera?



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

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NYCrysis on 15 August 2013
Imaginedvl said:
NYCrysis said:
Imaginedvl said:

You know, constantly btiching Microsoft in all your posts instead of just praising your precious PS4 is really making all your posts irrelevant and/or not interresting at all to read. You can love your precious company and/or console but genualy trying to ruin the fun for other people who prefers another console is really questionnable...

And for the Xbox enthousiats out there; the Xbox One offers more than the PS4. I hope you also understand that it is the same for the PS4 enthousiats out there who also believe that the PS4 oferring is better...

OP: I think it is a step in the right direction for Sony. Viacom channels/contents is not all exciting for me but I see this as a start for other partership with media companies out there. As I said with the Xbox One; having a box who can do more than playing games is what I'm looking for.

funny u can say the same thing about goteseye who infact derailed this thread and was bashing Sony for no reason... hypocracy at it's finest right there. 

 I responded to you because even in this thread, which is about a good news for Sony; you find a way to bitch about Microsoft (and keep using M$ instead of MS/Microsoft) to eventualy piss off Xbox enthousiats... I think  that Goteseye just replied to you because of that. So while he certainly in the same boat after responding to you, at least he is not going to start that kind of bitching in threads (but I could be mistaken as I'm not looking at all PS4/Sony threads). This is what I'm pointing out about you.

Again, in bold, another example of how you tranform everything into a bitching contest.

M$ fans would be using SON(yen) if it was easy but it's not thats why u dont see it. Also Goetseye likes to use Mr. Me too against Sony and I always see him post anti sony crap. If it was a reply to me then quote it. Also I love windows 8 and Office so I don't hate them per se but M$' gaming division is scum so I will attack them when I can as it's my personal view. #dealwithit.   



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Imaginedvl on 15 August 2013
NYCrysis said:
Imaginedvl said:

 I responded to you because even in this thread, which is about a good news for Sony; you find a way to bitch about Microsoft (and keep using M$ instead of MS/Microsoft) to eventualy piss off Xbox enthousiats... I think  that Goteseye just replied to you because of that. So while he certainly in the same boat after responding to you, at least he is not going to start that kind of bitching in threads (but I could be mistaken as I'm not looking at all PS4/Sony threads). This is what I'm pointing out about you.

Again, in bold, another example of how you tranform everything into a bitching contest.

M$ fans would be using SON(yen) if it was easy but it's not thats why u dont see it. Also Goetseye likes to use Mr. Me too against Sony and I always see him post anti sony crap. If it was a reply to me then quote it. Also I love windows 8 and Office so I don't hate them per se but M$' gaming division is scum so I will attack them when I can as it's my personal view. #dealwithit.   

This was a "fine" reply... Until your "#dealwithit"; you could not resist I guess :)

Also, do not mix fans and haters... It is not because you are a haters (gaming division or not) and constantly bitching them that you can consider yourself as a kind of generic template for a Sony fan. You are not; you are actually a minority, a very annoying one indeed. Sony or Microsoft fans are people who really enjoy the consoles/games/companies without the need to act like jerk towards other people who do not share the same taste.

But; I'm pretty someone will say it; we need a bit of everything to make a perfect world, even haters!



FatedReality on 15 August 2013

Ok so does this mean there will be an app on the PS4 were we can watch the shows Viacom has by paying a subscription. Or will this be more like having access to watching the channels and what they have scheduled to play like watching regular tv through your PS4?



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Imaginedvl on 15 August 2013
FatedReality said:
Ok so does this mean there will be an app on the PS4 were we can watch the shows Viacom has by paying a subscription. Or will this be more like having access to watching the channels and what they have scheduled to play like watching regular tv through your PS4?

If it follows the internet trend (ie: other providers); it is usualy some kind of on-demand video where you can view lastest shows/TV series boradcasted on their channels. This is what I'm expecting at least.



yo_john117 on 15 August 2013

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FatedReality on 15 August 2013
Imaginedvl said:
FatedReality said:
Ok so does this mean there will be an app on the PS4 were we can watch the shows Viacom has by paying a subscription. Or will this be more like having access to watching the channels and what they have scheduled to play like watching regular tv through your PS4?

If it follows the internet trend (ie: other providers); it is usualy some kind of on-demand video where you can view lastest shows/TV series boradcasted on their channels. This is what I'm expecting at least.

I hope its something like this, but I think it would be pretty hard to get people on board on paying for it sense there will be services like Netflix that will have way more shows and movies. This seems like more of a work in progress, becuase right now other services like Netflix and Hulu have a much better line up of shows. Im intrested to see what Sony will do with this.



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