Comments on: Sony Online Service to Take on iTunes

By: Kim TMV

Kim TMV — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:47:14 +0000

Here at The Music Void we have explored this service and it's threat to iTunes: http://bit.ly/6Si49d

By: MrAnonymous

MrAnonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:46 +0000

"it’s a miracle (of money and will) they got Blu-Ray established."

I don't understand what you mean by this. If I'm not mistaken, BluRay has shown that it benefits are more advantageous when compared to other media types such as DVD and HD-DVD in terms of storage, and resolution output.

By: Kaiks

Kaiks — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:10:31 +0000

Competition FTW! Maybe iTunes might consider subcription packages for music/video.

By: Virtuous

Virtuous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:49:02 +0000

Sony is several years too late. In addition this service would have to offer music and movies from all of the major publishers.

By: JeffreyR

JeffreyR — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:21 +0000

Hmmm. $14.99 a month for all that you want to listen, including on mobile devices. Why, TK, does that suck? Should it be free? Pandora is free. I know. But I really do not want a computer to decide my "playlist" and then to play the same songs over-and-over every hour, or two, no matter how much I have "seeded" the darned thing. Same thing for Slacker, last FM, etc. Bow-ring.

Oh, yeah, there also is Spotify coming to the U.S. Maybe. "Freemium" does not work. They will either change or die. And, I, for one certainly do not want that Peer-to-Peer nonsense. Use your own damned servers. Leave my computer alone.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:05 +0000

Sorry guys, Sony did us wrong in the past. ATAC and rootkits were unforgivable, and I stand by UMDs and getting people to buy more than one copy of a movie just based on device is hostile.

I use a lot of sony (TV, PS3), and they need to stop thinking like old-world media and start thinking like new.

By: TK

TK — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42:11 +0000

This could be some competition for Apple's iTunes. Sony Music is huge. But I'm glad I'm hearing less and less of Rhapsody, that shit sucks, I'm hoping Sony doesn't copy that.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:46 +0000

Yeah not sure what the article is talking about. The PS3 is the most open console platform on the market. They allow you to put your own HDD (used to allow you to install another OS until the Slim), among other things. Heck you can play Blu-ray movies in smaller resolution on the PSP.

And how is UMD consumer hostile? It might not have been the best decision (in fact it's horrible) but consumer hostile? Please.

By: a1by

a1by — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:55 +0000

They already do have a pretty liberal drm at least with games that with PS3 and PSP games