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PlayStation First to Sell HD Movies from All Major Studios

2010-03-09 15:03
Sony Computer Entertainment is proudly shouting FIRST (YouTube commenter-style) with an announcement that claims the PlayStation Network is the first online service to sell high-definition movies from all the major movie studios: Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Walt Disney, Warner Bros and, of course, Sony Pictures.Some of the content has been around for a while - for example, NBC Universal videos debuted on the PlayStation Network one year ago tomorrow - but PlayStation owners have access to a few new movies today.They include Up, G-Force, Earth, Star Trek, Paranormal Activity, Zoolander, This Is It, 2012, District 9, Zombieland, Inglourious Basterds, Couples Retreat, Public Enemies, The Hangover, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Wizard of Oz.All the studios but Fox are represented there; Fox 8217;s new contributions (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Jennifer 8217;s Body and Fantastic Mr. Fox) will debut on the PSN this Saturday, March 13.PSN competitors like Apple 8217;s iTunes Store and Apple TV set-top box and Microsoft 8217;s Zune Marketplace and Xbox 360 console offer formidable libraries of on-demand video from the major movie studios, but Sony is boasting that it 8217;s the only one to offer HD content from all of them.In a time when the market is terribly fragmented between so many different formats and services, posting HD content from every major studio is actually a notable feat. Sony will have more firsts on the horizon, too; the PlayStation 3 is going 3D soon.Apple and Microsoft have had their own opportunities to say first, though. The Xbox 360 streamed Netflix movies first, and both Apple 8217;s iTunes Store and the Xbox 360 offered movie downloads and rentals before the PlayStation Network did.Tags: 20th century fox, Film, hd, Movies, nbc universal, paramount pictures, playstation 3, playstation network, playstation portable, PS3, PSP, sony, Sony Pictures, sony playstation 3, Sony PSP, video games, walt disney pictures, warner bros
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