PlayStation Network Expanding To Involve Other Devices

At CES, Sony's Kaz Hirai confirmed that the company will build out its PlayStation Network for use with other devices, such as televisions, Blu-ray players, and PCs. Quoting: "... the expansion starts next month with the availability of the PSN video store on these other devices, and Hirai explained they are constructing a mechanism to create a single user ID across the entire network (if you have a PSN account, it's good to go on any other applicable Sony device, and if you create one on another device, it'll work on PSN). And finally, Hirai also announced the formation of a new Sony division — called Sony Network Entertainment, Inc. — to drive this expansion of the PSN service into a Sony-wide network."

Comments

Re:Seriously?

[Tony]

One little murder and they're Jack the Ripper.

Sony recalled CDs with the rootkit, and apologized. Sony has its flaws, but they after the initial fuck-up, they at least fixed the problem, and admitted they fucked up. They handled their fuck-up in an honorable way.

That is far better than many corporations, such as Microsoft. You own an XBox? Microsoft has fucked you more than Sony ever has. And Microsoft never admits a problem, let alone apologize for creating a problem.

So stop with the rootkit bullshit already. Start complaining about Sony's tendency to go it solo on digital formats and storage devices. (BluRay was at least created and backed by a consortium of many corporations -- so BluRay isn't one of those formats. Sony does get a cut of the profits, though.) Complain about how PSN kinda blows compared to XBox Live (though this article suggests Sony is doing something about that). Whine about how the PS3 is hard to program compared to the XBox.

But for god's sake, get it through your thick fanboi skull that Sony fixed the rootkit problem, and even apologized.

Re:Warning

[elrous0]

Don't worry, Sony has a long history of avoiding DRM in their products.