Buried in the excitement around Sony’s PS3 Slim unveiling on Wednesday was a little announcement around new video on demand content coming to the console.
Is this thing on? Sony has something to announce.
After years of waiting, it appears as if Microsoft are delivering on-demand movies and TV shows to Australian Xbox 360 owners. What took them so long?
Starting May 1 in Japan, the Nintendo Wii is getting a new video service channel called “Wii no Ma” (Wii Room). Nintendo president Satoru Iwata introduces it in a new video.
James Gunn, one of the directors signed on to last year’s “Horror Does Comedy” original content series on XBox Live, says Microsoft rejected his first film and “cut the living shit” out of the second.
The latest Wii Channel “Wii no Ma” is scheduled to go live in Japan on May 1. It brings video service to the Nintendo Wii — and what appears to be market research on users.
Variety is reporting that Sony plans to bring a high-definition video on demand service to Japanese customers early next year, courtesy of the PlayStation 3. Sony has already revealed plans for such a service in the Korean market, with SCEA’s Jack Tretton hinting at a similar plan for the North American market at E3 2007. With UK customers already in line for a VOD service on the PSP, it should come as no surprise that Japan is getting access, too.
The Variety story, based on Japanese reports, writes that content indirectly tied to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, will kick off the service, presumably through the already confirmed GT TV. Can’t be too long after that before Sony provides yet another way for you to watch Spider-Man 2.
Sony adds VOD to PS3 [Variety]