The PlayStation Store will no longer be offering movie and TV purchases/rentals

Cyan · Mar 2, 2021

Sony buying Crunchyroll/Funimation/Wakanim streaming service, now stopping rent/buy service from PSN. I see a pattern.
Maybe they plan to merge everything into a single, worldwide, app or platform?

Or they just don't want to manage that service directly, and will deal with time limited licenses on existing services instead, netfflix/prime/disney/Apple/etc.

Louse · Mar 2, 2021

Now that you can no longer purchase them, I wonder how long we have 'till the whole ship sinks. I had a few movies on there and it'd be a shame to lose them cuz Sony is making another sub service.

Reploid · Mar 2, 2021

They mean actual movies, or just crappy games with no gameplay like lazy of us and ughcharted?

Louse · Mar 2, 2021

Reploid said:
They mean actual movies, or just crappy games with no gameplay like lazy of us and ughcharted?

Yeah.

sith · Mar 2, 2021

its one thing if they never started it but now they are way overpriced, soccer moms buy it up and sony takes a huge cut how can stopping make sense? steaming service incoming for sure.

Louse · Mar 2, 2021

I honestly wouldn't mind a Sony sub if the market wasn't so crowded now. At the very least, I'd trust Sony more then Netflix to do me properties justice.

Jayro · Mar 2, 2021

D34DL1N3R said:
Except you can still use it as a movie machine. They didn't say you can't still play movies on it that you already own or from all of the other video services available on the PS3/PS4/PS5. Just their own store will not be offering them. No partial refund for you.

If I'm not getting all the services that came with the machine I purchased, then I deserve a partial refund. Remember the PS3/OtherOS fiasco that turned into a class-action lawsuit? This has that same energy.

Xzi · Mar 2, 2021

I honestly had no idea the Playstation Store offered these things to begin with, not that I would've bought movies and TV shows from there regardless. IIRC Steam tried to do something similar a while back, and the results were similarly laughable. For the few people that still rent DVDs instead of subscribing to streaming services, it's hard to beat Redbox's pricing.

D34DL1N3R · Mar 2, 2021

Reploid said:
They mean actual movies, or just crappy games with no gameplay like lazy of us and ughcharted?

Says the person who has obviously never played either of the two. I mean, what are you even trying to accomplish with your comment? If you're trying to be an edge lord, you win.

JeepX87 · Mar 2, 2021

MorningBlunt said:
Interesting. I wonder if Xbox will follow suit...

Unlikely, Xbox is partnership with Movies Anywhere and it means if you buy movies on Xbox will work with Vudu, iTunes, Amazon, etc.

UltraSUPRA · Mar 2, 2021

...huh?

Deleted member 194275 · Mar 2, 2021

Reploid said:
They mean actual movies, or just crappy games with no gameplay like lazy of us and ughcharted?

I agree with your sarcasm, I just can't be this aggressive

I would say with my words that Sony exclusives put an obscene amount of resources on cut-scenes, that make the gaming experience get close to movie experience, witch put in their hands lots of talented people that can make proper movies for an eventual sony owned netflix like service. People up there on replies already remembered us that crunchyroll was acquired by sony, and even that Sony Pictures has nothing to do with the Playstation brand, they still are in the same umbrella in the big picture, so yeah, makes sense shut down rental/sales to offer subscription based services later.

Julie_Pilgrim · Mar 2, 2021

Jayro said:
If I'm not getting all the services that came with the machine I purchased, then I deserve a partial refund. Remember the PS3/OtherOS fiasco that turned into a class-action lawsuit? This has that same energy.

I mean, did you buy movies off the ps store?

hotwhelz2005 · Mar 2, 2021

Sony is launching a streaming service on there high end Bravia TVs so this is probably why. Eventually this service will trickle down to other platforms. All major movie studios will probably have a streaming service by end of next year.

Aheago · Mar 2, 2021

cearp said:
Why? What benefits does it have, over something like a raspberry pi and osmc? or, https://osmc.tv/vero/ this if you want 4k.

My pro is the only 4k device I have, but the media player that comes with it isn't that great I've read, the only network support it has is dlna. I've used the plex app before but then I have to use plex...

What’s wrong with plex? I have a Usenet box I have setup with OVH that automatically fetches my weekly shows and allows me to stream to all my devices wherever I am easily

Jayro · Mar 2, 2021

Scott_pilgrim said:
I mean, did you buy movies off the ps store?

No, but hardly the point. I use my own MKV files.

DS1 · Mar 2, 2021

Ever since they took Archer off of Netflix I’ve been waiting for it to go on sale on PSN again. There goes that.

JeepX87 · Mar 2, 2021

DS1 said:
Ever since they took Archer off of Netflix I’ve been waiting for it to go on sale on PSN again. There goes that.

All seasons of Archer is available on Hulu.

rimoJO · Mar 2, 2021

WiiMiiSwitch said:
Damn, for the random family using pstv instead of a fire stick or android tv. They're done for

imagine not buying the movie elsewhere and sideloading it to the psv/tv with cma smh

AncientBoi · Mar 2, 2021

I saw that. Sad indeed.

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