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EU PS Video Store [Coming 19th November]
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kyo_daikun
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spons said:
The pictures they have shown of the video store always has star trek (its out on the 16th) on the front so it will defiently be a launch title, terminator will be the week after.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Forsete said:
Well, you know, some people believe that 1080p = 1080p, and that's that. Obviously that's very far from the truth.
DangerousDave
Member
It's 18 in all Europe.
You're late, Sony.
You're late, Sony.
General Infos:
- Hiring costs from 1.99 and buying costs from 7.99 per title, but initially HD films will only be available to rent.
- Incidentally, renting means you have the film for 14 days but only have 48 hours to watch the content once you press play. Films can be transferred to PSP for viewing on the train or while walking to work and crossing busy roads.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Blablurn said:
I'm excited for this
I've said it before but I've always wanted to rent HD movies on my 360 but only have a couple of gigs free at any one time so can't unless I buy a new HDD. I imagine I'll make regular use of this on my PS3.CrushDance
Banned
Screw the CRTC
Monty Mole
Member
To which, Eurogamer had this to say:Sony EU Blog said:
:lolEurogamer said:
Just got back from the launch party in London. Well, I'm still in London, but you know what I mean.
The Video Store looks great - seriously, there's shit loads of films on there day one, it's just as quick as the normal Store and the prices, in the opinion of everyone there, were actually pretty good.
Quality looks fine, although it was hard to judge in the not exactly idea surroundings, and obviously the files were stored locally on the drives, not streaming. There was only one PS3 I could actually get my hands on, and that wasn't connected, so couldn't get any further.
Overall though, yeah, very impressed. Roll on tomorrow.
The Video Store looks great - seriously, there's shit loads of films on there day one, it's just as quick as the normal Store and the prices, in the opinion of everyone there, were actually pretty good.
Quality looks fine, although it was hard to judge in the not exactly idea surroundings, and obviously the files were stored locally on the drives, not streaming. There was only one PS3 I could actually get my hands on, and that wasn't connected, so couldn't get any further.
Overall though, yeah, very impressed. Roll on tomorrow.
micromagic
Member
This doesn't make any sense. They're not selling any HD movies yet the free Transformers movie which you can keep is HD?! So you couldn't buy Transformers HD if you don't get it for free.
agm2502 said:
It was all a bit of a haze, but they vary - here's an example although three of us were at the event feeding stuff back to the site ad hoc, so expect irregularities.
I think the bottom price is either £2.49 or £2.99 (for an SD rental) and obviously goes up from there - £11.99 was the top price for a HD buy.
jump_button
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Tbigum said:
No the store will be region locked
Monty Mole
Member
Let's not forget that, as with 360 points, you can pick up a £20 PSN Card for as little as £15.95, so that makes these prices even more favourable.nofi said:
AgentOtaku
Member
I have a US PS3 and live in the Germany. Obviously US store is IP blocked. Is it still gonna be when this hits?
Monty Mole
Member
Obviously.AgentOtaku said:
AgentOtaku
Member
Monty Mole said:
=(
So we still have to wait for our regions? Is Sweden there on track with the others? Didn't think so. Oh well, it's not like Swedes would be able to influence the movie business if we didn't get any good online distribution options.
I can't check right now. Please correct me if I am wrong.
The video store is up in germany. They have 390 Movies for rental starting at 2,99 Euros SD and 3,99 HD. Buying costs 9,99 - 14,99 Euros (!! yep 22,367 USD for a digial copy they are nuts)
http://www.onpsx.net/news.php?id=27597
Oh and new movies like star trek & transformers 2 are BUY only no rental *fuckthis*
http://www.onpsx.net/news.php?id=27597
Oh and new movies like star trek & transformers 2 are BUY only no rental *fuckthis*
Philanthropist
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Flek said:
I don't know about the German store, but the Spanish store does have 1.99 SD and 2.99 HD rentals for some titles. The prices vary in pretty much every case.
I'm totally renting The Shining in HD for 2.99, renting discs isn't cheaper than that over here and I never found it anyway. That said, there really isn't anything else I'm dying to rent or buy right now. I expected TV series episodes.
Lord Griegous
Member
And I guess that in Spain movies are dubbed in Spanish without the option to get the original version, right?
Seriously, would it cost them that much to keep 2 copies of each movie in their servers? One original and one localized?
Seriously, would it cost them that much to keep 2 copies of each movie in their servers? One original and one localized?
Philanthropist
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Lord Griegous said:
Yeah, that can be a problem for those of us who would be eager enough to use the original version.
There are 5.1 and 2.0 movies, there just isn't a standard across all the available content. To be honest I'm sure the companies have more to do with how they make them available than Sony themselves.
Monty Mole
Member
It seems like any movie I actually want is only available to buy (at a whopping £11.99!) only, not rent!
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
I've noticed that it says 'English 2 Channel' (Audio) on all the HD/SD movies I've looked at so far, please me that's a mistake ?
This has got to be a joke, all of it? Watered down versions when it comes to both picture and audio, not available everywhere and 15 euro for a digital copy? And I don't even want to think about how many times you can download it and how to get hold of your copy in 30 years when you are feeling nostalgic
lucablight
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*delete
Philanthropist
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J. M. Romeo said:
There is a new settings option that allows you to set the default audio language for content stored in the HDD, so I guess there is the chance that the movies could include two languages at least. Not that I expect any publisher to do it.