G Rom said:
LOL at some of those videos.
BoilersFan23 said:
Actually, Sony Music artists and other things were appearing on the XBL Video Market Place (and not PSN Video Store).
What video? There's no
Sony movies or
TV Shows on XBL marketplace
Even with Sony Ericsson cell phones, they weren't getting Sony music at one point. It just comes down to all of Sony's divisions operate separately. SCE trying to license music from SME is no easier than MS trying to license the music from them for Lips. It just comes down to them wanting money, and what helps Lips is the higher initial pricing, along with variable price structure (which many big music labels want).
Yes, variable price structure FTW, it's variable on PSN Games and PSN Videos, so what the hell? it will also be interesting if they can bundle singstore songs with MP3s and Music videos like I mentioned above for a little cheaper price. I do disagree that the Lips higher initial pricing helped them based on that leaked NPD numbers for it.
gantz85 said:
Sony's various arms operate basically like separate companies, so Sony Pictures, Sony Ericsson, Sony Music (BMG), Sony Playstation and all various other arms are all separate. There is also some history of one branch of Sony suing another branch, because they simply act independently as if they were separate entities.
This is slowly changing under Stringer; Sony SHOULD leverage its strength as a media conglomerate but it's not doing it well enough if at all.
When did one branch sue the other? Got a link? I would like to read more on that.
Also, I touched on this earlier, Stringer IS changing it, but it'll take awhile, as you can see Sony movies and tv shows are not on XBL (they are on itunes though and I pressume because the revenue from itunes is significantly higher than on PSN). Sony just bought BMG, at that time the deal with Lips might've already been made. Sony now has more leverage over where their songs go, but the music industry is not the healthiest out there so they might still license those songs for Lips online store or Lips 2.
lupinko said:
Hey, tell me about it, Sony even has its Music divisions split up as two separate and unique companies in Sony Music Entertainment Inc and Sony Music Associated Records Inc (Sony Music Japan). When SME bought out BMG's stake in SonyBMG, SMA bought BMG Japan from SME. :lol
Lol yeah I presume it's because of the Sony BMG merger, SMEJ has a higher marketshare of jpop music than SME has of international music, so Sony didn't want that to be part of the merger. There's also Sony/ATV music publishing business that's completely separate from SME.
I saw the survey and it is bullshit, not enough options and doesn't give us a comment box, I doubt they'll even look at it.