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I thought of that too but it applies to Microsoft also...maybe not as directly but I assume they get a cut of money spent for IPTV for pay movie viewing like Sony does. As Patsu said Microsoft has more incentive to provide APPs as they have no browser.More like they don;t want you accessing things on the web that mean you spend less time spending money in their ecosystem.
Still a Sony site on the Xbox as an APP....but not on the PS3??? I didn't think of ad revenue, another reason for it to be on the PS3 as an APP.patsu said:Yeah, it's simple but someone has to support the app. They may be swarmed with work now. Crackle is based on ads revenue. So yes, the more exposure the better.
Swarmed with work, I hope so. Still I would think that would be the first of a number of apps that will be coming in the spring. Not releasing it as a tease even...NO free apps at all only For Pay and those may be supplying their own player.
This issue it not a recent possible, Sony Bravia Internet Video on Sony TVs and Blu-ray players had hundreds of free APPs in 2009 using a Yahoo javascript engine for UI. I expected the same to be on the PS3 and according to Charles Ying the webkit framework was there in 2009. There were reasons floating around like divisions in Sony did not want the PS3 competing with Blu-ray and TV...every PS3 sold at a loss so they only wanted Gamers to buy the PS3. The last hasn't been true since 2009 with the release of the Slim.
They had plans for IPTV and the framework in place since 2009 so what kept them from implementing it?
So Sony has known this since before Sept 2011 but no Crackle app on the PS3. Too busy for more than 3 months for a simple to write app that is available on all Sony networked platforms except the PS3?? Sony did think Crackle important enough to be on the PS3 and provided a Netfront link pre-configured in the default PS3 browser webpage and in Home but not from the XMB.Sept 29 said:"Microsoft [...] is in talks with almost two dozen providers of music, sports, movies and TV shows in the U.S. and Europe, and may announce an expanded Xbox Live streaming service as soon as next week, said one of the people, who weren't authorized to speak publicly," Bloomberg reports. But it's not just Comcast and Verizon. Microsoft also "expects to sign deals with Time Warner Inc. (TWX)'s HBO cable channel, Sony Pictures Entertainment's Crackle streaming service, NBC Universal's Bravo and Syfy channels and Lovefilm UK, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)," one of Bloomberg's sources says.
Do you start to get my point....... My best guess is Gstreamer is a Planned part of the IPTV framework for the PS3 since 2009 but Sony can't use it yet because they haven't disclosed it.
We may get a TV tuner too after March...another product only available outside the US that had no GOOD reason for not being released in the US. I hope they support the HomeRun Network Digital tuner. It's kinda dumb my having both Cable and over the air TV tuner support on my Network but not be able to access it from the PS3.