Video Store Is Now Live
Get your firmware downloaded, and then get some movies!Published 19/11/2009 at 10:56 by nofi
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The PlayStation Video Delivery Service has just gone live – if you’ve already downloaded the latest firmware (see today’s earlier stories) you should now see Store under your Videos column on the XMB, where (apparently) 800 videos await your pennies. Prices start at £2.49 for SD rentals, going up to £11.99 for HD purchases.
We’ll return with a full blog of last night’s events later, but in the meantime rejoice in the news that the Video Store is actually all kinds of awesome.
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Raen | 19/11/2009 10:57
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Will the blog include info on tiny shepherds pies?
nofi | 19/11/2009 11:03
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Almost certainly, that’s pretty much all we talked about.
Raen | 19/11/2009 11:12
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Sweet. Don’t care about the launch, but shepherds pies matter
hazelam | 19/11/2009 11:18
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i love shepherds pie.
you know shepherds pie is made with lamb right?
cottage pie is beef.
DeathByNumbers | 19/11/2009 13:23
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Oddly enough, the clue is in the name…
hazelam | 19/11/2009 13:47
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yeah but some people still think a shepherds pie has beef in it.
i was having a discussion on this very subject the other day.
gazo69 | 19/11/2009 11:00
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It’s not under my video column, but the option to go to the video store in the PS store!
Damigos | 19/11/2009 11:04
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There are people living in Greece too! Greeks not only do they get what Europe gets (you all know) but EVEN less. No TV, No Music Videos, No Rock Band, No drum bundles with music games, No Video Store…and many many more F***ing NOs….
nofi | 19/11/2009 11:06
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Greece has good weather. Swings and roundabouts, my friend, swings and roundabouts.
Damigos | 19/11/2009 11:19
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Well…I want my PS3 to be treated equally! I’m tired of the good weather.. Now that i’m an “official” member of the TSA community (i am reading blog from forever, anonymously) i wont rest till we get Vidzone, Video Store and the lots…
Raen | 19/11/2009 11:20
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Food’s quite good as well. If I spoke Greek I’d consider trading.
BoyDay | 19/11/2009 11:35
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It’s all Greek to me.
X201 | 19/11/2009 11:43
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Greece, its Hell ‘init
/coat
Addam | 19/11/2009 11:04
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A quick browse suggests some of the prices are a little high… £8.49 for an SD copy of Beetlejuice? I think I bought that on DVD for £3. And I got extras with it.
jonny_bolton | 19/11/2009 11:18
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Yeah as much as the convenience of having stuff on the HDD is, is it really necessary. It’s nice at first not to have to put a disc in everytime but how many times are you going to watch that downloaded copy 2012 or whatever that you bought?
If I can get DVD’s cheaper that’s the way I’ll be going.
bajere | 19/11/2009 11:46
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Yea, i think the rental side of the store will take off more than the buying side for that reason…
jackshiels | 19/11/2009 11:21
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Can Anyone confirm that this will be coming to Ireland anytime? Thanks
eirekun | 19/11/2009 12:05
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Heard it was ‘early next year’, the facebook option isn’t on mine after the update. Is it the same on yours?
jackshiels | 19/11/2009 12:14
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FB works for me… Weird
eirekun | 19/11/2009 12:23
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scrap last, brain-sneeze, found facebook under the account settings (unfortunately). Great to see sony haven’t fixed the fading text problem for media servers.
commuterzombie | 19/11/2009 11:24
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I think that I’ll be renting all the way with this. Still the range at launch and commitment to 50 new movies a week is very impressive.
cc_star | 19/11/2009 11:29
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I kind of missed some finer details on this
Do you have to wait for the whole movie to download before you can watch it, or is it ‘instant’ like the 360?
Because If I decide there’s nothing on TV tonight, I know – I’ll rent a move then I have to wait for it download overnight, it’d be kind of pointless, I can get to blockbuster and back quicker
Although in reality I’d do neither as I just get unlimited movies (and games) for just over a tenner a month from LoveFilm
nofi | 19/11/2009 11:35
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It was one of those questions that you got different answers off depending who you asked. The general concensous is that streaming starts immediately, or thereabouts.
cc_star | 19/11/2009 20:57
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Ta
Watchful | 19/11/2009 11:38
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Press release says “PS3’s progressive downloading allows viewers to start watching a film shortly after the download begins.” I’d imagine it’s similar to how you can begin watching other videos off the store as they’ve downloading.
cc_star | 19/11/2009 20:58
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Buffering….
every 5 mins then?
forevermacin | 19/11/2009 11:31
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With the latest update installed (on the playstation store) all I get is “your favourite movies COMING LATE 2009″ not much of an update for me in the UK. As for it being on my XMB its not there only the BD Data Utility and Search for media Servers. I can’t help but feel a little deflated now after the promise of,
“you should now see Store under your Videos column on the XMB, where (apparently) 800 videos await your pennies.”
May I ask since I don’t, as with possibly many others may find, don’t have any access to full length movie downloads could I get hold of some of the,
“good weather. Swings and roundabouts.”
Weather this time of year isn’t so fantastic. Or am I asking too much from SONY here … mmm
cc_star | 19/11/2009 11:32
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Under Video on the XMB is a PS Store icon, go there – it has all the movies
BoyDay | 19/11/2009 11:37
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Wasn’t there for me at 4am after I did the update.
hazelam | 19/11/2009 13:50
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funny, i didn’t see the store icon under video.
but there is a video button in the store, at the top left.
that takes me to the video store.
nofi | 19/11/2009 11:36
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@forevermacin – stop being a nob. It’s coming, the fact that it’s not on YOUR ps3 isn’t my fault, is it?
BadBoyBoogie | 19/11/2009 11:40
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Loooking forward to having a browse around the video store tonight, once I’ve downloaded the update. I’m keen to give it a try by renting an HD movie…umm, what shall I pick?
vouzamo | 19/11/2009 11:47
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I don’t think people are going to pay to build a collection on their PS3 with it so difficult to get the content from their PS3 to other devices (PC etc). What happens at the end of the PS3 lifespan? Just throw all that content away? I think people will continue to buy dvds, blu ray, and illegally download to a PC for streaming. This will only be used for rentals when friends are round and you spot something you want to watch there and then without the inconvenience of waiting for a download to complete.
Always welcome the new additions to PSN though. Think VidZone is my favourite so far.
djdustb | 19/11/2009 11:55
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Anyone else have a disappearing playstation store link?
When I logged in I had no link to the store under videos, logged into another profile and it was there but then disappeared. Anyone else missing this (yep I am running 3.10).
Not a problem as I can get to the store in other ways, just strange behaviour.
Tiran Kenja | 19/11/2009 12:00
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You forgot to mention it also requires you to live in one of the few countries it is actually released in.
skibadee | 19/11/2009 12:02
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woohoo nice-1
skibadee | 19/11/2009 12:47
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there are a lot of good flicks on there & some good ones from back in the day well done Sony
skibadee | 19/11/2009 12:51
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does need a few more hd ones because i have a full hd tv 42 inch i want all my vids in hd
KeRaSh | 19/11/2009 12:36
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Are the EU Video Stores IP Locked between UK, Germany, France and Spain? Would be nice to stream movies in english from the UK store as a german PSN user.
carlosfilippsen | 19/11/2009 12:37
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Just started downloading 3.10. Cant wait to start downloading movies