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Sony finally launches Qriocity music streaming service

article published on 22 December, 2010

Sony has finally launched their music streaming service Qriocity, in an effort to take a share of the still growing online music market. Called, in full, "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity," the service is cloud-based and allows subscribers to listen to 6 million tracks via their PS3, Bravia HDTVs and other Sony Internet-connected devices. Additionally, the service can sync with ... [ read the full article ]

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snardos
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_ 		22. December 2010 @ 22:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So what makes this better than Grooveshark or Playlist.com that they can charge for it? I don't listen to very much music online, so maybe I'm missing something.
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ps3lvanub
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_ 		23. December 2010 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is just a Last.fm that you hve to pay for. No thanks...
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plutonash
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_ 		23. December 2010 @ 18:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
good god sony is stupid
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xtago
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_ 		23. December 2010 @ 21:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If this offers more songs than their freebie service then it'll be worth the small amount the freebie service as 1 million songs I think and the same video quality like a HDTV free to air or cable channel.

I haven't actually seen anything else with better videos and you get all the brand new videos that have come out from sony all playable for free.

I don't think this is in the USA right now though only Europe and Australia, pal countries pretty much.
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Bozobub
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_ 		25. December 2010 @ 13:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ehh. Way, way too expensive for the limited Sony library you'll be stuck with. For the same cost as their "Premium" tier, I can have Netflix (with *all* the movie companies represented) and Grooveshark, and end up with several times the amount of media. Plus, even regular paid subscribers can't make playlists, and have to go "premium"..?! Idiotic. I can make playlists on Grooveshark for free, ya numbnuts! Way to abuse paying customers...

A classic example of greed completely ruining a potentially good idea. I'll laugh my a$$ off when it fails, as they blame "the evil pirates".
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phillyob
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_ 		27. December 2010 @ 11:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is different than a freebie in that it is on demand. Where as last fm, you get to listen to songs similar to the song or artist you entered and occasionally the artist you entered, here you say you want to hear "sympathy for the devil" by the rolling stones, that is what you hear. In fact, you can play the entire Stones library. At least this is the case with Rhapsody and Napster, current cloud based music subscription services. The idea here is exactly the same, but it sounds like, at least at first, they will have less music than their competitors (Napster has 11 million)

As a music lover, this is worth every penny of $9.99 per month in my opinion, but obviously it is not for everyone...and I am not familiar with playlist.com or grooveshark. But compared to lastfm or pandora, this is much better.

As far as the comparison to netflix....makes no sense, as that is for movies. This is music.
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