Sony “iTunes” Early Next Year?
So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.Published 21/11/2009 at 8:00 by Tuffcub
Yesterday the Sony presentation detailed the ‘Sony Online Service’ which is a nifty idea of giving you one login for all Sony products and services be it via a PS3, Sony Ericson phone, Viao laptop or Bravia television. According to Business Week the new service will sell movies, digital books and music. Sony bigwig Kaz Hirai said during an interview,
“Earlier in the year would be a lot more preferable.”
This new online service will be based on the PlayStation Network and you should be able to use your current PSN idea to log on to the network on any device. Sony Online Service is a provisional name for the service, probably because its acronym is ‘SOS’ which is not the message Sony want to be sending out! Hirai also said the success of the PSN has helped convert other Sony execs to the plan for a unified network.
Source: BusinessWeek
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dirtyhabit | 21/11/2009 08:07
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So, not itunes then?
wedgehog | 21/11/2009 10:14
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Yeah – what does this have to do with iTunes?
cc_star | 21/11/2009 10:31
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Yeah what the hell has a service which sells digital music & movies got to do with iTunes? No… wait.
dirtyhabit | 21/11/2009 10:59
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Its a ‘unified digital distribution service’ by Sony, but not itunes.
So ‘Sony “iTunes” Early Next Year’ is a bit misleading, no?
I would much rather see a partnership with itunes and Sony than ANOTHER DDS.
itunes is already well established, a partnership would be a far less complicated route for Sony to take. Pay royalties to Apple etc and take their cut. Job done. Personally I’d be far more inclined to use itunes.
Theres nothing to say Sony couldn’t use the app store etc to sell their own Sony Ericsson apps etc.
bunimomike | 21/11/2009 11:13
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I don’t see how either Sony or Apple would be happy to have a partnership as there would be a conflict of interest (re: games on PSP, games on iPhone, etc). However, Sony bringing out their own equivalent offering would be great. The PSN Store is lovely to browse and I’d be more than happy with the community bolstering itself with great apps and a plethora of music to choose from.
When it comes down to it, iTunes has been a runaway success and it only makes sense for competitors with business models that would take influence from iTunes to end up doing something similar.
dirtyhabit | 21/11/2009 11:21
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‘there would be a conflict of interest’ Hmm. I see your point, maybe the integration would need to go only as far as ‘music downloads’
Sony music get paid by Apple and then Apple in turn get paid by SOE. Everyones happy
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dirtyhabit | 21/11/2009 11:59
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Actually, thinking about it, using itunes would cock the single user/log in thing right up so…….
Gone full circle on my own comment
wedgehog | 21/11/2009 13:25
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Sorry, I didn’t realise the iTunes did more than just music on iPods. I can see the similarity now.
Tuffcub | 21/11/2009 21:25
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Itunes sells videos, music, audiobooks – thats what SOS will do, but cetralise all your purchases so unlike Itrunes, you can access youe entertainment anywhere. So it is like itunes, just better.
BadBoyBoogie | 22/11/2009 20:43
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Hopefully Sony will have more success with this effort than they did with SonicStage and Atrac!!
paxpacis | 21/11/2009 08:08
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I really like the idea to have less accounts.. but I’m also aware if you loose one of those accounts or your password is compromised you can have a lot of (financial) problems..
waddo_89 | 21/11/2009 08:17
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This worked well for Microsoft due to the popularity of the Windows Live service, one account for XBOX Live and Messenger, ya know? But mobile phones and TV’s? Really? Meh.
paxpacis | 21/11/2009 08:34
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for the phone part, I would love to sync my contacts between old and new telephones by just entering my psn account.. Ok.. I will probably never buy a Sony-Ericsson phone.. so I hope they will make this available to 3rd parties..
(are Sony-Ericsson users already able to upload their pictures to Home? as showed by Harisson a while ago?)
FluBBa | 21/11/2009 08:30
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I really like to see music in the PS store though.
wedgehog | 21/11/2009 10:15
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It’s coming to Japan first.
rSp8 | 21/11/2009 09:16
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Hopefully they’ll get some more servers before this happens, then we might actually be able log in whenever we like & not just at 2pm & 3am!
spooner_22 | 21/11/2009 09:16
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That would be good to have everything in one place sorta. To be honest though, I’m a bad person and download music in the bad way of not paying…I do buy some stuff mind!
wedgehog | 21/11/2009 10:16
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be careful what you say!
bunimomike | 21/11/2009 13:02
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I’m kinda in the same boat but much like games and delivery mechanisms, it was always about the money I had (and lack thereof) and the systems available for us to purchase with. Both my girlfriend and I have music that we physically CAN’T purchase. It’s simply not available so no one is losing out. However, iTunes has been enjoyed regularly and I find myself purchasing direct from the artists (although my entire music collection consists of chill-out music, languid beats, very tuneful stuff, soundtracks, etc). Last album I bought was paid to the writer of the music itself, through PayPal before he had a record contract created. Talk about grabbing a bargain and every penny I paid (ignoring PayPal percentage) making it to the artist himself.
cheekyMcB | 21/11/2009 09:54
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Love the ABBA lyric on the the front page for the article….LOL
skibadee | 21/11/2009 11:04
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more good news then
H3O | 21/11/2009 11:07
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Let’s hope they team up with Amazon MP3. That would be godly.
deadwelsh | 21/11/2009 11:15
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something like this would be really cool, sony have shitloads of content but badly need a better DDS IMO.
Especially having a psp too take all the content i need too, or even just using remote play.
I dont really like itunes anyway GF uses it though
This has a win all over it for me
Snebjnr | 21/11/2009 11:25
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It would be great if Sony ad a service like iTunes, Its an awesome program
bunimomike | 21/11/2009 13:03
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Without the “h” in “ad” I read your comment with a cockney accent. Ha! I assume if you don’t reply in the next few hours you’re working on the stall.
gazzagb | 21/11/2009 11:28
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Would make it easier but id like to have the option to change my PSN ID…
tantalus_blank | 21/11/2009 11:38
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phew I thought iTunes was actually coming to PS3 for a moment. Well it sounds like a good idea but one I probably won’t ever use
flatfour | 21/11/2009 17:40
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yeah, phew! i’d rather have the choice to stay apple free, i don’t really want to see them creeping into my PS3!
hol | 21/11/2009 13:00
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never could understand why sony couldn’t sell music through the psn, especially now with the video store. they have a massive catalogue of music and itunes is a pain in the butt to be honest.
Demibeard | 21/11/2009 21:57
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I think the issue was the BMG side of the business, Sony has for sometime, been a very fragmented business, as I understand it, the ‘new’ blood in the upper echelons of Sony is bringing some much needed harmony.
I never really understood why they just gave up on the Connect business model, yes Apple stole the march on them with iTunes, but they should have continued with it.
Anyway if/when it does come to the store, it’ll be yet another reason to be happy.
carlosfilippsen | 21/11/2009 13:18
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Sounds like a good idea. Its good to see sony bringing all these new stuff to the PS3