Wow. The PS3 is getting HD purchases and rentals from all six major studios. A quick search turns up that Xbox is missing Fox and, duh, Sony.
It’s nice that Sony isn’t handicapping the PlayStation 3 in order to protect its Blu-ray business.
Sony’s got deals with Fox, Disney, Paramount, Itself, Universal and Warner. I’m impressed. Now I just have to remember my login for PS network.
AU: US only at this stage. But Sony have been threatening to launch movies on demand locally for years, and when they do, this bodes well… – NB
From Movie Theater to Home Theater: PlayStation(R)Network Delivers High Definition Movies From Six Major Movie Studios in the United States
PlayStation(R)3 Computer Entertainment System First to Have High Definition Movies for Purchase from All Major Studios
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution will offer high definition (HD) movies for purchase and rental on the PlayStation®Network video delivery service in the United States. PlayStation Network is the first to offer high definition movies for purchase from all of the major movie studios, further establishing PlayStation®3 (PS3®) as the preeminent home entertainment platform for this year’s most popular and critically acclaimed high definition movies.
“Securing high definition content from these studios is another significant milestone further validating PlayStation Network as a complete entertainment network in the home. PlayStation Network is the first and only service to deliver high definition home entertainment from all six major studios, directly to consumers for download,” said Peter Dille, senior vice president, marketing and PlayStation Network, SCEA. “PlayStation Network continues to offer the most comprehensive catalogue of HD movies to PlayStation Network members that realise the wide-ranging entertainment power of the PS3 system.”
The PS3 system is the most complete home entertainment solution on the market today, enabling consumers to enjoy high-definition games and movies, as well as listen to music, view photos, browse the Internet and more. Today’s announcement joins one of the industry’s strongest home entertainment brands with the major media companies that produce and distribute a substantial number of films. At launch, the content will be available in the U.S. only, with plans to launch soon in the U.K., France, Germany, and Spain.
New titles available today on PlayStation Network include:
· 20th Century Fox – “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”, “Jennifer’s Body” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (on March 23)
· Walt Disney Pictures – Disney Pixar’s “Up”, Jerry Bruckheimer’s “G-Force” and Disney’s “Earth”
· Paramount Pictures – “Star Trek”, “Paranormal Activity” and “Zoolander”
· Sony Pictures – “This Is It”, “2012″, “District 9″ and “Zombieland”
· Universal – “Inglourious Basterds”, “Couples Retreat” and “Public Enemies”
· Warner Bros. Digital Distribution – “The Hangover”, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” and “The Wizard of Oz”
matt
March 10, 2010 at 1:04 PMis it in Aus? are there rentals? what’s the price? what isps don’t count PSN data? is it 1080p? 5.1?
Glenn sweeney
March 10, 2010 at 2:02 PMIts not in Aus.. there are NO isps that provide ps3 free downloads and its atm NOT 1080p 5.1.
Sorry but gizmodos excitement is totally out of proportion. Xbox live has movies now in australia as does tivo… as does bigpond itunes etc etc
Sony is late to the market.
Phil Campbell
March 10, 2010 at 4:34 PMAll those movies seem to be available on AppleTV in Australia right now.
Arthur McChesney
March 10, 2010 at 8:46 PMOr, who does Sony use as their .au ISP?
Will this allow me faster downloading from PSN if I use the same ISP?
Further, to my mind it would make sense if they were the first .au ISP to offer unmetered PSN dl’s…
danielcjtodd
March 11, 2010 at 10:48 AMTPG just announced a $75 per month UNLIMITED ADSL2+ plan.
no shaping
no peak/off peak at all.
just pure interwebs
bring the HD
Daytona
May 5, 2010 at 3:05 PMI bought a PS3 on the premise this would happen in Oct last year. Its now May and still no go. I think you can forget 2010 as the year to stream to your ps3 HD Movies. Very disapointed.
Bald Eagle
June 7, 2010 at 4:29 PMJust had a rude awakening about the new rent movie capability from the playstation store. Downloaded the 1st movie (around 6 gigabyte) is just over 6 hours. Tried downloading another movie on Saturday night and by Monday afternoon it was still sitting at 56% completed. This was also 6 gig and my internet speed was the same speed as the previous download @ 2.048 Mbps.
I rang Sony to advise them that the download seems to freeze (was stuck on 32% for 1 day and a half) and that I only got to watch the very begining of the movie given it froze up. I was advised that because I had started to watch the movie, and you only get 48 hours from the time you 1st start to watch the movie, that they would not give me a refund or another 48 hours from the time it finishes the download. What a Joke. If Bigpond movies sends you a dodgy DVD they will not charge you rather send you out a new one. If you download a bigpond movie and have an issue like this … they work with you to have a good customer experience. This one of the worst examples of customer service that I have seen in these times.
Needless to say that given the poor customer service and the time it takes to download a rental movie, I will not be using this service again and quite frankly I wish I had’t bought the Playstation 3 at all.
Get real Sony
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