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"Hundreds" of films at PS3 VOD launch News
PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Sony has told Eurogamer that its PS3 video rental service will stock "hundreds" of films when launched later this month.
Although when exactly the service will appear, and how much the movies will cost, the publisher would not say.
Studios signed up for the programme so far include big-guns like 20th Century Fox, MGM Studios, Paramount, Lionsgate, Universal, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures.
Blockbusters chalked up for rental are the latest Harry Potter (Half-Blood Prince), Transformers 2, Bruno and The Hills Have Eyes.
Look out for more information later this month.
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GamesProgrammer
05/11/09 @ 12:36
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Well i looked on 360 last week and after over a year of video service they had 274 films, if sony can beat that on launch day it will be quite embarrasing for MS.
To be honest hundreds of films is actualy quite dissapointing the US PSN has over 2000 films and over 14000 tv shows, i hope after Euro video store has been running a year they can boast somethign similar. And the pricing better be descent! |
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A while ago I did google to find out what the yanks pay (which I didn't find out oddly) I did discover someone saying you could only rent the HD content over there, which is crap. Would be nice if Sony told what to expect.
Also I want to know the DRM restrictions on copying to PSPs and downloading etc. Between me and my girlfriend we have 2 PS3s and 2 PSPs. (not to mention other hardware but that's another DRM argument!) |
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GamesProgrammer
05/11/09 @ 12:45
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I believe the US Video store is getting updated the same day the Euro store launches to support buy as well as rent options and also PSP compatibility
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EvilBob_leeds
05/11/09 @ 12:51
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@bad09
http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comment/... $2.99 SD, $4.99 HD in the US. There'll be the obligatory European mark up on that, so I'd guess £2.49 - £2.99 SD and £3.99 - £4.99 HD |
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freakzilla
05/11/09 @ 13:13
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I hope this service isn't just a bunch of big box office hits. The films I like tend to be a bit odd or disturbing or just plain unpopular.
If they have old Japanese films or something like Moonlight Whispers or some Myazaki stuff it would really make me really happy.
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superted1974
05/11/09 @ 13:23
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I'm not thinking of myself but... I expect adult films would sell quite well on this.
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JohnnyWashnGo
05/11/09 @ 13:26
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Can't wait for this to launch.
I am going to conduct an experiment to see which is faster, online bluray purchase or Sony VOD rental... it will go a little like this. 1. Open up play.com and choose a film. 2. Choose the same film on Sony VOD. 3. Simultaneously confirm the play.com order and the Sony VOD rental. 4. Wait for postman/Sony VOD rental to download. First one to get to me in one piece and watchable to the end wins. I may have to factor into my experiment any postal delays due to strikes or lazy posties. |
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Doctor_What
05/11/09 @ 13:38
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@peterv - SingStar does work a little differently to normal HDD content. When my PS3 died I had to call up Sony customer support, they voided my old downloads and re-enabled them for me. When I next loaded up SingStar all of the purchased songs were ready for me to download again. It's a bit of a pain, but worth it for the extra disk space - I now have a 250GB drive happily sitting in my machine containing three people's entire music collections, several films and TV shows, numerous downloaded games, over 1000 photos...
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I have a usage limit of 75 GB per month and pay £35 for a 24 Mb/s connection (Karoo) so there's no way I'd even consider downloading movies for rental. I wouldn't even buy them as I know that if my PS3 went tits up as has happened twice now that I'd have to redownload everything again with a new machine. That's because the PS3's backup utility, which is excellent in every other respect, will not restore DRMed content to anything but the machine you backed it up from. Given the flaky hardware quality of both major consoles, downloading movies is an absolute no-no as far I'm concerned.
I'll continue to buy the discs, thank you. |
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imdb is blocked for me in work but for starters it might look like:
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0172249/ |
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EarlBassett
05/11/09 @ 15:07
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"I hope this service isn't just a bunch of big box office hits. The films I like tend to be a bit odd or disturbing or just plain unpopular. If they have old Japanese films or something like Moonlight Whispers or some Myazaki stuff it would really make me really happy."
You think you are johnny eclectic for liking Myazaki? That's so mainstream the only thing moreso would be Michael Bay |
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I think Sony absolutely would not give Bluray technology to the adult film industry when it first came out, which was why they all backed the losing side in the format war. I'd be interested to see if Sony has, er, softened its stance on the adult film industry. Purely from a trivia perspective, you understand...
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BritishBlue1
05/11/09 @ 17:39
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@Fleeby
"If it's a shit a service as Vidzone, then I'll pass..." Oh piss off you raging twat. Vidzone is great service and costs nothing. I always have it on whenever mates come round for a drink. |
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@peterv: redownloading your singstar songs is only necessary when you get a new PS3, as it's locked to your PS3 id. For a new HDD only it's not necessary, and you can use the backup system as mentioned by TopKatt.
All this whining, when poor people like me from the Netherlands will have to wait much, much longer still. :( |
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man.the.king
05/11/09 @ 21:27
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@FogHeart
I think adult films are already available for sale on Blu-Ray online. Not sure which studios though... |
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marronthered
05/11/09 @ 22:49
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cant wait for this. always getting caught with late fees with xtravision.
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Glasofruix
05/11/09 @ 23:01
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'Kay but are they coming, like EVERYWHERE? Because i'm still searching VOD films on my 360 (2 shitty trailers in dutch, we have nothing other than that...)
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