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Forums - Sony Discussion - PS Vue: 100k subs and counting

Kerotan on 30 June 2016
thismeintiel said:
I know my house just switched to Vue. Can't beat $30/month for the lowest tier. Hopefully, they get A&E soon, as that's the only channel my wife misses. Though, our Roku has a A&E on demand, so it's not that big a deal.

Congrats! It will be really interesting to see what they add into the service in 2016 and what other platforms it comes to.  Sony TV'S are an obvious one. Would apple have a problem with them releasing it on iOS (ipads,  iPhones and macs)? 



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theprof00 on 01 July 2016

Considering they make 3B $ per year, If they reached 1m subs, that would equal about 15% of their revenue. So maybe 350k subs is more like what they're shooting for.



Normchacho on 01 July 2016
Kerotan said:
thismeintiel said:
I know my house just switched to Vue. Can't beat $30/month for the lowest tier. Hopefully, they get A&E soon, as that's the only channel my wife misses. Though, our Roku has a A&E on demand, so it's not that big a deal.

Congrats! It will be really interesting to see what they add into the service in 2016 and what other platforms it comes to.  Sony TV'S are an obvious one. Would apple have a problem with them releasing it on iOS (ipads,  iPhones and macs)? 

PS Vue is already on Iphones and Ipads, they just need to add an Apple TV app.

I think bringing the service to Samsung, LG, and Vizio smart tvs would be a good idea. Those are the major brands in the US right now and would greatly increase it's availability.

A Windows app wouldn't hurt either.



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Kerotan on 01 July 2016
Normchacho said:
Kerotan said:

Congrats! It will be really interesting to see what they add into the service in 2016 and what other platforms it comes to.  Sony TV'S are an obvious one. Would apple have a problem with them releasing it on iOS (ipads,  iPhones and macs)? 

PS Vue is already on Iphones and Ipads, they just need to add an Apple TV app.

I think bringing the service to Samsung, LG, and Vizio smart tvs would be a good idea. Those are the major brands in the US right now and would greatly increase it's availability.

A Windows app wouldn't hurt either.

They're already on Samsung TV'S.  It's the Sony TV'S they need to bring it too! 



Teeqoz on 01 July 2016
theprof00 said:
Considering they make 3B $ per year, If they reached 1m subs, that would equal about 15% of their revenue. So maybe 350k subs is more like what they're shooting for.

Who make 3 Bn a year?



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Normchacho on 01 July 2016
Kerotan said:
Normchacho said:

PS Vue is already on Iphones and Ipads, they just need to add an Apple TV app.

I think bringing the service to Samsung, LG, and Vizio smart tvs would be a good idea. Those are the major brands in the US right now and would greatly increase it's availability.

A Windows app wouldn't hurt either.

They're already on Samsung TV'S.  It's the Sony TV'S they need to bring it too! 

 

PlayStation Now is on Samsung TV's. Not Vue.

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CosmicSex on 01 July 2016
Kerotan said:
So Sony currently bringing in about $5m a year from this. They'd need to up that to around 1m subs for it to be really worth it which would bring in about $40m annually.

But I'd imagine they're targeting something like 10m subscribers which is 400m annually.

I don't think thats gonna be a problem with them launching on android and iOS



theprof00 on 01 July 2016
Teeqoz said:
theprof00 said:
Considering they make 3B $ per year, If they reached 1m subs, that would equal about 15% of their revenue. So maybe 350k subs is more like what they're shooting for.

Who make 3 Bn a year?

Lol, I meant that it's their projection going foreward. Sony hasn't had profit in a decade, I know. They did 1.3b last year and this year is projected to be 3b.



Teeqoz on 01 July 2016
theprof00 said:
Teeqoz said:

Who make 3 Bn a year?

Lol, I meant that it's their projection going foreward. Sony hasn't had profit in a decade, I know. They did 1.3b last year and this year is projected to be 3b.

Their forecast for this year is ~780 million USD (80 billion yen). Maybe you are mixing profit and operating income, which they have forecast to be 300 Billion Yen.



theprof00 on 01 July 2016
Teeqoz said:
theprof00 said:

Lol, I meant that it's their projection going foreward. Sony hasn't had profit in a decade, I know. They did 1.3b last year and this year is projected to be 3b.

Their forecast for this year is ~780 million USD (80 billion yen). Maybe you are mixing profit and operating income, which they have forecast to be 300 Billion Yen.

Ah, you are correct.