Sony has launched a new music and video download service as it gears up to challenge Apple’s iTunes…

The cloud-based service will be available on PlayStation 3s, Bravia TVs, Blu-Ray players and Sony’s personal computers.

Initially it will offer movies. Music will be added at the end of the year.

Sony’s online services platform Qriocity has offered video-on-demand in the US since April this year but will now be available in Europe.

The Music Unlimited service, due at the end of the year, will give users access to millions of songs.

Sony rolls out rival to iTunes (via ryking)

Sony always seems to build in some DRM that cripples whatever technology they develop. Apple does too, but they have such a huge market share they’re able to get away with it.

Blu-Ray is a total bust. Playstation is, in the grand scheme of things, a niche market, and Sony has barely made a dent in the PC market.

I think they used to make some of the best designed products in the technology and gadget space but Apple has run laps around them for the better part of the last decade.

The music and movie service is a nice added value for Sony products but not enough to make me want to swap my Mac Book for a VAIO.

This is a move out of necessity. We are seeing every device we own that can play media plugging into some source of content from the cloud. Our computers have had them long ago, our gaming platforms have had them since the invention of XBMC, and with the invention of the iPod and iPhone, our mobile devices are portable media devices pulling media from the cloud.

Sony is way behind, they’re not innovating, they’re simply catching up.

Qriocity is about the worst name for a platform ever.

Source: ryking

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