Last.FM Is A Timed Exclusive

PS3 version on the way?

Published: 17:45, 25/06/2010 by Tuffcub.

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Is there anything Microsoft won’t buy as a timed exclusive? It appears not, with the news that Last.FM is indeed a timed arrangement for XBox 360, the exclusivity deal expiring this November.

Over 2 million XBox 360 owners signed up for Last.FM on launch and speculation is rife that the company would like to gather another couple of million listeners via the PSN. Talking to Official XBox Magazine Last.FM VP, Orlena Yeung, hinted at new features for Last.FM on the console.

“There is a nice parallel between the community-driven experience at Last.FM and the gamer community on Xbox Live. I think we can create more experience where users are socialising their music taste across gaming and music. We will see…”

Source: OXM via CVG

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webby_15-0 [Member]
25/06/2010 at 17:57

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PS3 already has VidZone and that’s fine as it is.
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- Bodachi [Member]
  25/06/2010 at 18:04
  
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  Yeah but they need to get some of the other big labels on board.
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  - amiga_dude [Member]
    25/06/2010 at 18:34
    
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    True!
    
    I used to use VidZone on my PC years ago, it was part service from the ISP NTL (Virgin Media). Now the PC option for VidZone is now past hisotry.
    
    EMI
    VidZone had deal or nearly had a deal years ago and it all went Pet-Tong.
    
    Warner
    I don’t hold much of chance this lot sign up any time soon. The due to the comments they have been making about free to the user music.
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  - amiga_dude [Member]
    25/06/2010 at 18:51
    
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    VidZone and EMI
    
    Here is press release
    http://www.emimusic.com/Press/2007/press45.htm
    but isn’t at same time.
    
    Nice there still copy of it at WayBack Machine.
    http://web.archive.org/web/20080206035102/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press45.htm
    
    To my knowledge no content from EMI has ever been on VidZone for the PC or PS3.
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- mrbojangles [Member]
  25/06/2010 at 20:01
  
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  Vidzone is europe only so i would be nice if the U.S. got something.
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  - gurglesletch [Member]
    25/06/2010 at 20:29
    
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    Yes it would be nice if the US got something like Vidzone.
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  - AG2297 [Community Manager]
    26/06/2010 at 11:09
    
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    Yeh the US always gets left out!
    
    :)
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stonyk [Member]
25/06/2010 at 18:19

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They need something like vidzone without the need for video and that loads really quickly. Iget bored waiting for vidzone. Last.fm is a brilliant application, bring it on!
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cc_star [Team TSA: Writer]
25/06/2010 at 18:28

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Spotify?

A LastFM or Spotify App which is supported by the games which support custom bgm would be good.

In fact I think the PS3 would be a good base for a type of App Store, all sorts of things could be useful
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- DrNate86 [Member]
  25/06/2010 at 18:38
  
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  Definitely bring on Spotify, it is a fantastic app! Have never found LastFM particularly useful though, it only seems to recommend music I might like as opposed to letting me listen to the music I want to listen to.
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- Raen [Team TSA: Writer]
  25/06/2010 at 18:42
  
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  Yeah it sucks that you can’t use Last.FM as a custom sound track on the 360.
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Cboy J-kins [Member]
25/06/2010 at 18:50

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BUUUUUUUURN!

No but seriously, I never really liked the Vidzone- thingy, simply because it took so much time and it didn’t have the songs i wanted. So Last.Fm on the PS3 would be great.
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- TSBonyman [Member]
  25/06/2010 at 19:09
  
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  I agree with that.
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  - stormy [Member]
    26/06/2010 at 12:58
    
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    +1 Vidzone does nothing for me, Last.fm however would be great!
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jonny_bolton [Chooses The Impossible]
25/06/2010 at 19:12

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Surely this will hurt the Vidzone market? I would have thought Sony would want to back that as far as possible.
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- Danza Di Fuoco [Member]
  25/06/2010 at 21:57
  
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  Its a video thing…. Lastfm is like a place to listen to tracks right?
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mayflame [Member]
25/06/2010 at 19:18

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I would rather see Pandora or maybe even Rhapsody on The PS3 to be honest.
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Charmed_Fanatic [Member]
25/06/2010 at 19:19

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They brought Last.fm as a timed exclusive …. money to burn
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hol [Member]
25/06/2010 at 19:30

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Last.FM on ps3? bring it on, set it up with bands you like and just play your station, sorted ;)
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gazzagb [Master of speling mitakse]
25/06/2010 at 19:58

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Vidzone is pretty good, but Id love Spotify even more. I always have Spotify running, cant live without it. Its simply brilliant.
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Flightx [Member]
25/06/2010 at 20:28

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is it true that microsoft have yet again paided for another timed exclusive?
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