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Sony CEO Howard Stringer recently let Nikkei Electronics Asia on some of Sony's plans for their hardware, including of course the PlayStation 3. One of the most interesting things Stringer mentioned is that Sony is now transitioning from being a closed system to an open one.
A lot of people thought Sony's content download service was doomed, but it's in a pretty good place right now in the form of the PlayStation Network, available to PS3 users for network gaming, video, etc. The DRM is based on Marlin, an open scheme developed by consumer electronics companies and other companies.
What does all this mean? Very simply, it means that Sony has begun the transition from a closed system to an open one.
Stringer also said that expansion to other Sony hardware is definitely in the cards for the PlayStation Network "because the number of PS3 units sold puts a limit on the scale of the network possible." He cautions that this might take a while, though, as Sony's current organizational structure "resists change". Of course, the groundwork has already started as evidenced by the PlayStation Store for PSP.
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YAY a open and closed psn system.
Wonder how it feels for the Japanese ppl of Sony that their boss is a white dude that speaks no Japanese.
Could this Imply a sort of open world coding that could allow for possible homebrew on the psn?
Would they actually allow that?
If they monitored what people put up then it'd block piracy
Sony really needs to change their paying format if they really want people use the Video Store more. They need to charge a flat monthly rate for unlimited use instead of reaming the customer. Maybe if they charged for new releases and let customers who payed the flat fee watch older content all they want.
That is like asking Blockbuster to let people rent older movies for free.
no it's more like asking Sony to be more like netflix
I am trying to compare it to Netflix. For around $20 a month you get unlimited movie rentals by receiving movies in the mail and being able to stream some from the internet too. That beats Blockbuster.