That’s according to SCEE President, David Reeves, in an article over at IGN:
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves has confirmed that video on-demand will be available via the PlayStation Network by the end of the year. Speaking at a PSN event in London recently, Reeves said that Sony will indeed be “offering video on demand”, adding “I can’t give you a time but it is not in the distant future, it will be within this calendar year.”
According to Reeves, full-length movies, music and TV programmes will all be available for download, direct to both the PS3 and PSP, although he gave no indication of exactly what would be available at launch or indeed the pricing structure. Reeves added, “It will not be in all of our PAL territories but it will be in the major territories.”
How many people would actually be interested in this kind of service? If you haven’t got an external HDD I’m pretty sure your space would soon be eaten up. Saying that, the majority of people that would be interested in a service like this would more than likely have a huge external HDD anyway.
I’m sceptical. I’ve never bought any song of iTunes nor have I downloaded any other form of media to date as I much prefer to get my stuff on a disc. If it’s cheap enough and has something that I can’t get on disc for a cheaper price then I may be interested.
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#1 by Segitz on May 18th, 2007 [ 1450 Points ]
Is Germany a “major territory” in PAL Land? I sure hope so… Up until now, it wasnt (no FSK18 stuff on the PSN for instance), and it needs to be addressed!!
#2 by Gary on May 18th, 2007 [ 1770 Points ]
Well it’s major European country so it should be.
#3 by Sporty on May 18th, 2007 [ 95 Points ]
If they go full on-demand then space wouldn’t be too much of an issue. 360′s video service is rental based and they have a lot less space.
It would need to be cheap and offer something I can’t get on demand with Comcast. I’ve been spoiled with On-Demand, I couldn’t go back. But with Comcast I get nearly everything On-Demand at no extra cost. So I don’t see paying for what I get already.
#4 by Darrin on May 18th, 2007 [ 15187 Points ]
I’m glad they will have this, but honestly, I think a nicely integrated DRM-free music service would be much more useful. Hopefully, we will get both.
Network distribution is way more beneficial for music than movies.
#5 by bunnyhero on May 20th, 2007 [ 1850 Points ]
i’d totally be into this. i DO buy songs on itunes, for example, and i would get tv shows on itunes as well if it were offered in canada.
#6 by Biphter on May 21st, 2007
I hope it comes to Denmark. Scandinavia tends to get pushed aside as a “Major” territory in Europe though. This is the service i’ve been waiting for on PS3 (and even PSP). I like the idea of just taking what I want ‘On demand’ instead of paying a fixed fee every month for a bix ugly tv rental box and 5 million channels I never use.
I’ve never tried using iTunes much, Simply because I HATE the interface on PC. Its not TV friendly. I’d imagine a PS3 frontend would be alot nicer and especially for HDTV.