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Sony has announced it will bring downloadable movies, TV services and a friends list to its PlayStation Network service later this year.
When asked when the PSN overhaul will take place, vice president of marketing Scott Steinberg told GameDaily: "2008. I think it's not a shock to think of 2008 as important for two reasons. One, the software lineup, the standards discussion is past us. The software lineup is here. I think we're at the point to say we're ecstatic about what we have in 2008. It's finally to the point where there are no standards uncertainties, so consumers now can evaluate us on the skills and attributes of our lineup, and we've got an incredibly diverse lineup.
“On the network side, we've stated that we're in a closed beta now for Home. We'll be rolling out functionality later this year, both for the Network and making Home public to others. So 2008 is going to be the year where both on the service side as well as on a Blu-ray side, you're going to see everything that we've got.
"And what's interesting to me is that the Blu-ray side represents such big blockbuster-type games and the Network has the potential for start-up products, entrepreneurial games that are smaller, more affordable and I think represent a different kind of creativity than the Uncharteds or Resistance 2s or the LittleBigPlanets.”
When asked when the PSN overhaul will take place, vice president of marketing Scott Steinberg told GameDaily: "2008. I think it's not a shock to think of 2008 as important for two reasons. One, the software lineup, the standards discussion is past us. The software lineup is here. I think we're at the point to say we're ecstatic about what we have in 2008. It's finally to the point where there are no standards uncertainties, so consumers now can evaluate us on the skills and attributes of our lineup, and we've got an incredibly diverse lineup.
“On the network side, we've stated that we're in a closed beta now for Home. We'll be rolling out functionality later this year, both for the Network and making Home public to others. So 2008 is going to be the year where both on the service side as well as on a Blu-ray side, you're going to see everything that we've got.
"And what's interesting to me is that the Blu-ray side represents such big blockbuster-type games and the Network has the potential for start-up products, entrepreneurial games that are smaller, more affordable and I think represent a different kind of creativity than the Uncharteds or Resistance 2s or the LittleBigPlanets.”
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