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BentOverMyKnee on 07 August 2014
Machiavellian said:
overman1 said:
kitler53 said:

seems like an obvious move. 

they have streaming technology in gaikia/psnow.  they have a wealth of movie and tv show content.   netflix is very successful.

sony would be dumb not to have a video streaming service availible.   ..but they better not limit it to just playstation.  that shit needs to be on xbox, wiiU, blu ray players, smart TVs, PCs, smartphones, ect.

and why would they want to do that?

Because Sony has a lot of content and scoping it to only their platform will limit Sony ability to sell to a much wider audience.  Even MS is learning that in this day and age, if you are a content provider, its best to get your content on as many devices as possible.  Wasting a lot of time, money and resources to build a delivery system only to lock it in our eco system could kill or make it very limited and thus not compete with other services.  There is to much competition in this space to believe that limiting the service to just Sony console will be a selling feature.  It would be a nice add on but it would have a hard time challenging the other services that work on pretty much everything.

Sony can still put there content on Xbox or other apps, has zero to do with this app..they cna use existing apps on those devices...Please show me where MS ever put an Xbox app on PS? 



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DerNebel on 07 August 2014
BentOverMyKnee said:

Sony can still put there content on Xbox or other apps, has zero to do with this app..they cna use existing apps on those devices...Please show me where MS ever put an Xbox app on PS? 

Another day, another Weazel?



GribbleGrunger on 07 August 2014
kitler53 said:

seems like an obvious move. 

they have streaming technology in gaikia/psnow.  they have a wealth of movie and tv show content.   netflix is very successful.

sony would be dumb not to have a video streaming service availible.   ..but they better not limit it to just playstation.  that shit needs to be on blu ray players, smart TVs, PCs, smartphones, ect.

Adjusted in line with reality.



 

The PS5 Exists. 


walsufnir on 07 August 2014
DerNebel said:
BentOverMyKnee said:

Sony can still put there content on Xbox or other apps, has zero to do with this app..they cna use existing apps on those devices...Please show me where MS ever put an Xbox app on PS? 

Another day, another Weazel?


I get the same feeling... the behavior is just too obvious. Doesn't need a good profiler to detect him :)



kitler53 on 07 August 2014
Machiavellian said:
overman1 said:
kitler53 said:

seems like an obvious move. 

they have streaming technology in gaikia/psnow.  they have a wealth of movie and tv show content.   netflix is very successful.

sony would be dumb not to have a video streaming service availible.   ..but they better not limit it to just playstation.  that shit needs to be on xbox, wiiU, blu ray players, smart TVs, PCs, smartphones, ect.

and why would they want to do that?

Because Sony has a lot of content and scoping it to only their platform will limit Sony ability to sell to a much wider audience.  Even MS is learning that in this day and age, if you are a content provider, its best to get your content on as many devices as possible.  Wasting a lot of time, money and resources to build a delivery system only to lock it in our eco system could kill or make it very limited and thus not compete with other services.  There is to much competition in this space to believe that limiting the service to just Sony console will be a selling feature.  It would be a nice add on but it would have a hard time challenging the other services that work on pretty much everything.

quite well put but i like lists so..

A. a video streaming service (even if awesome) will not sell playstations.  (or xboxs or wiiUs).

B. a successfull video/music service, imo, needs to be platform agnostic to be successful.  locking it up to one kind of device devalues the service a lot.  i currently buy a lot of music on amazon.  i would not buy that music if i had to use an amazon tablet/phone/ect to access it.

C. more devices = more customers = more profit

 

i'm a little less sure about it but i think sony should be open to putting psnow on xbox/wiiU as well.  i mean,. sony needs to support psvita, ps3, and PC first but after all those boxes are checked i think they should be open to xbox/wiiU.  frankly,.. they are more likely to earn a customer on xbox (where a controller is implied) than on a SmartTV where (due to a lack of native controller) there will be significant roadblocks between a potential customer and actual psnow usage.



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UNC5052 on 07 August 2014

Crackle, which is owned by Sony, had a dedicated app on 360 before it did on PS3, so they would likely be willing to put a streaming service on Xbox as well.



Machiavellian on 07 August 2014
cusman said:
overman1 said:
kitler53 said:

seems like an obvious move. 

they have streaming technology in gaikia/psnow.  they have a wealth of movie and tv show content.   netflix is very successful.

sony would be dumb not to have a video streaming service availible.   ..but they better not limit it to just playstation.  that shit needs to be on xbox, wiiU, blu ray players, smart TVs, PCs, smartphones, ect.

and why would they want to do that?

I wont buy digital movie content that only plays on Apple or Playstation or Google... it has to be cross-platform regardless of vendor.

In my household we have multiple different gagets.  We have a nexus 7, Ipad 3, Xbox 360, PS3 and 4.  Decent PC, Laptops.  Everyone in the house use them all at one point in time and all of them have Hulu, Netflix, Crunchyroll.  I would not even consider using a service that only can be used on one platform.  It would be way to limited in how I and my family consume such media and it would not be worth the cost.



Machiavellian on 07 August 2014
BentOverMyKnee said:
Machiavellian said:
overman1 said:
kitler53 said:

seems like an obvious move. 

they have streaming technology in gaikia/psnow.  they have a wealth of movie and tv show content.   netflix is very successful.

sony would be dumb not to have a video streaming service availible.   ..but they better not limit it to just playstation.  that shit needs to be on xbox, wiiU, blu ray players, smart TVs, PCs, smartphones, ect.

and why would they want to do that?

Because Sony has a lot of content and scoping it to only their platform will limit Sony ability to sell to a much wider audience.  Even MS is learning that in this day and age, if you are a content provider, its best to get your content on as many devices as possible.  Wasting a lot of time, money and resources to build a delivery system only to lock it in our eco system could kill or make it very limited and thus not compete with other services.  There is to much competition in this space to believe that limiting the service to just Sony console will be a selling feature.  It would be a nice add on but it would have a hard time challenging the other services that work on pretty much everything.

Sony can still put there content on Xbox or other apps, has zero to do with this app..they cna use existing apps on those devices...Please show me where MS ever put an Xbox app on PS? 

I agree.  It would be dependant on what the app is designed to do.  If its a way to expand the capabilities of the PS3/4 then thats good.  If its the only way to get their content then it would not be good.



Azerth on 07 August 2014

i can see the headlines now

Sony releases new video streaming app

the following week sony: " we have decided that all other video streaming apps do not offer good value to the Playstation gamer."



Avro1958 on 07 August 2014

A service like this does not need to be on any other console really. Between the ps4,ps3,vita,dvd,blu-Ray,smart tv's, apple tv, computer, tablet and phones it can easily miss the xbox and WiiU and not skip a beat and it could be another feature it would have over the competition... best of both worlds really.