Sony has said that it will be bringing the music and video download service VidZone to European PlayStation 3 consoles this summer, allowing users to watch music videos at their leisure, for free.
VidZone currently runs the service from their own independent website, and is has deals with Sony BMG, EMI and over four thousand independent labels. The service on the PS3 will be ad-supported ... [ read the full article ]
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All well and good to have new features brought out for online use but what i want to know is what is avaliable for the australian ps3 community out there??
What a pain...sony keeps releasing stuff for foreign countries only. I now have about a dozen foreign PSN accounts because of this. The USA market pays for the systems & games just as much as the Japan, Taiwan, Australian, and English markets...yet we are always excluded from these features.
Originally posted by KillerBug: What a pain...sony keeps releasing stuff for foreign countries only. I now have about a dozen foreign PSN accounts because of this. The USA market pays for the systems & games just as much as the Japan, Taiwan, Australian, and English markets...yet we are always excluded from these features.
lol @ how wrong you are mate!
How much does and has a PS3 cost you over in the states?
I guarantee that UK or europeon prices have been no where near what it costs people in the US to buy one.
Europe ALWAYS gets shafted on price and up until very recently has had to put up with Japan and then the US getting games first!
So Europe gets a new toy to play with before the US, I know what most people would prefer between a cheaper console and a music service!
While i generally agree with Stu dent with regards the price, having bought my PS3 (over 12 months ago) i'm not all that interested in how much it now cost. What is good is to see further development of the platform as a home media centre (the true power of the unit). And what they do for the UK i'm sure they eventually will do for other regions. That said, doesn't the US have a movie download service within the PlayStation Store? That would be much better IMO and something which needs implementing in every region if PSN is to compete with Xbox Live.
Originally posted by Stu_dent: How much does and has a PS3 cost you over in the states?
I guarantee that UK or europeon prices have been no where near what it costs people in the US to buy one.
So Europe gets a new toy to play with before the US, I know what most people would prefer between a cheaper console and a music service!
The "PAIN" I speak of is that they go through all the trouble to devolop these toys, and then only release them to part of their audience. If you want to feel my pain, login to the Taiwan PSHOME server and look at the central plaza & game space, you will see what I mean.
"as a home media centre (the true power of the unit)"
Power is not the word I would use to describe the PS3?s media capabilities. Lacking is a better word if you ask me. Even the most basic media centers can stream content over ones home network, something the PS3 does not do.
Ever heard of Tversity? Or many of the other media server programs out there? Streaming over home network is a breeze to do! Research before you post, buddy.
