In line with what we reported earlier, Sony has announced that Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity – a cloud-based digital music service – will be coming to PS3 later this year.
So far we know that it will give users access to millions of songs that are stored and synchronised through the cloud and can be accessed via PS3, as well as BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, Blu-ray Home Theatre systems and VAIO computers – all through one single account and without the need to manage digital files.
Further details will be announced soon.
Source: EU PlayStation Blog
YamsterSG
So wait…is it like Spotify or is it purely accessing music we upload via multiple devices? Pretty ambiguous…
gazzagb
If its anything like Spotify, it will be great. Especially if it works well on all of those devices mentioned.
Kitch
The media hub they promised is coming to life! Good times indeed.
Kovacs
Just waiting for the inevitable: “Music Unlimited will only be available in the UK at launch. We’ll remember the rest of you peons sometime in 2013 – if you’re lucky” revelation.
GhostViper
Well that would be boring since they announced it in Germany.
exellentgamer
nothing cool is ever released to america UHHHHHH
cc_star
I wonder what would happen if a hardware manufacturer didn’t tie you into specific store, or a store didn’t tie you into a specific hardware manufacturer
Would consumers just end up with better services and competitive prices? or would the world implode?
DJ Judas
Proprietry is Apple’s legacy, unfortunately they’ve proved that the lowest common denominator doesn’t really care about whether or not a system is open, just that its seductive enough to make them part with their cash.
If Sony make this work as a general Windows / OSX / Linux / Android / iOS (not sure if they’d be allowed) cross-over program then I’d be all over it like a rash.
DJ Judas
Damn my inability to spell proprietary ¬_¬
Bilbo_bobbins
agreed. Sounds great, lets hope it is.
cc_star
Well they won’t thats what I was saying.
Sony haven’t, they’ve launched yet another system that has either store or manufacturer lock-in as mentioned in the article
Charmed_Fanatic
Free? Subscription?
gazzagb
Subscription I bet. Hopefully it will be competitive to match Spotify.
brewersteve
Free siunds too good to be true but ive still started to quiver in excitement…..
Anth1888
T3 Have some images: http://www.t3.com/news-gallery.html?articleId=18639&pic=/images/QRIOCITY-OFFICIAL-1.jpg&id=0
Apnomis
Is this the in-game music streaming service that was rumoured as a possible PS Plus feature I wonder?
Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio
I hope so……. I hope so
exellentgamer
that would be sweet
sully1311
Maybe free to PS Plus users?