PS3 Video Store? By 2011, Definitely

Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:50AM EDT

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Xbox 360 users have been buying TV shows and movies from the Xbox Video Marketplace for almost a year now. So when will the PlayStation 3 video store arrive? Sony's answer: before the PS4 comes out. Nope, I'm not kidding.

Kotaku found this snippet from an interview with Sony exec Jack Tretton, who promises that a video store for the PS3 is "not something we see happening in 2007...but I would say the near future and clearly within this platform cycle."

Um, excuse me? "Near future" doesn't sound too bad, but that last phrase sets off alarm bells. "Clearly within this platform cycle" essentially means, "before the PS4 arrives." Given that the consoles in the PlayStation family have a lifespan of about five years, and the PS3 came out in late 2006, that means we'll definitely see a PlayStation video store by...2011 or so.

Again, I'm amazed by Sony's mind-boggling ability to drop the ball. A company with the scope and resources of Sony should be ahead of Microsoft in the video download arena, not eating its dust—as Tretton himself admits: "Everybody in the world has rightly pointed out that Sony is uniquely positioned with having a great heritage in hardware, and a great heritage in software—they own a successful movie studio and a successful gaming division. So just based on our internal resources alone we should be able to take advantage of synergies." I couldn't have put it better myself. So...what's the holdup?

Let's hear it, PS3 owners...were you expecting a video store by now? Or are you happy with your built-in Blu-ray deck?

Related:
PS3 Movie, TV Download Service Coming, But Not Anytime Soon [Kotaku]
Jack Tretton Talks PlayStation Network, Video Downloads [GameDaily]

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  • 1 Posted by mikewright1952 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:20PM EDT Report Abuse

    X-BOX 360 can't even keep up with Apple computers. I don't even consider ether when theirs PS3. rmw

  • 2 Posted by jesusc_rey on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:33PM EDT Report Abuse

    A video store? No. Who wants that? That's why we have blockbuster, cable, and satellite. I wasn't expecting to do everything on my PS3 when I bought it. Buying movies on blu-ray is good enough for me.

  • 3 Posted by stonearchitect2 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    VERY WELL SAID RALSTIN. I OWN A PS3 AND I PLAY IT CONSTANTLY. THE GAMES ARE GOOD. BUT COMPARED TO 360 GAMES LIKE HALO 3....PS3 GAMES DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE. YEAH, THER'S CALL OF DUTY 4, GHOST RECON, RESISTANCE AND MANY OTHERS...BUT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT MADE WITH THE LOVE THE 360 PUTS INTO THEIRS. ABOUT THE BLUE RAY....I JUST HATE TO THINK OF PURCHASING MOVIES I ALREADY HAVE ON REGULAR DVDS. I NEED AN ONLINE MOVIE STORE NOW!!!!! I MIGHT JUST PURCHASE A 360 SOON.

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