Sony to reveal European Video Store plans

  • Posted August 12th, 2009 at 18:05 EDT by Adam Dolge
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Sony plans on revealing its European plans for the PlayStation 3 Video Store at next week’s GamesCom, according to Angela Madronero, manager of the European PlayStation Store.

“We will be making an official announcement regarding our forthcoming Video Store, next week, at GamesCom,” said Madronero. You can expect the announcement to come during Sony’s press conference on Tuesday, August 18.

The U.S. video-on-demand service went live last year, and former SCEE boss David Reeves has said the service won’t come to Europe until 2009.

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  1. Chille | Chille

    • 6:06pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    wow took there time didnt they? *oh and i just stopped you idiots from posting first*

  2. BlinkyEC | BlinkyEC

    • 6:09pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    finally europe is being seen to! @1 nice job

  3. darthrazorback

    • 6:10pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    I live in the US but I am so happy to see this is finally happening.  Europeans should also be able to buy as many episodes of CHUCK as they wish. :)

  4. djpenny1

    • 6:15pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    do they forget about canada ?

  5. michaelcorleone

    • 6:27pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    about time! can anyone yanks say if its any good?

  6. loadstone007

    • 6:33pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    I wonder if it will also come to other regions, like the middle east.... guess not :(

  7. spyrde | pyryniklas

    • 6:35pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Yes! Finally Europe gets some love!

  8. WarEnder

    • 6:37pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Now U.S. will get PlayTv right.  

  9. Righteous

    • 6:37pm BST - August 12th, 2009

     

    ok, now give us Vidzone here in NA


     

  10. StoneDogAiel

    • 6:38pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    I think the Video Store is great to rent things.

  11. sajidbaten

    • 6:43pm BST - August 12th, 2009

     im hoping they think canada is in europe, cause then us canadians might get it. 

  12. codboymt | chrisdyson

    • 6:43pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Jesus H. can we just get something for Canada finally?  Burn in h*ll CRTC. Hop on board before we fall behind EVERYONE.   Oh.. too late.

  13. Strudel | Strudel

    • 6:47pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    until 2009? it IS 2009.

  14. neoxthexone | neoxthexone123

    • 6:50pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Sony is finally giving us attention :D

  15. jakster123x | jakster123x

    • 6:51pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    better late than never eh? Saw this on the PSblog yesterday lets hope that it'll be announced for a release this year and not next

  16. waleed_wael

    • 7:04pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    yess !! .. finally !! ... but i hope they think that middle east is is EU !!

     

    and we need the EU psn caaardz !! :D

  17. tetsuo2k8

    • 7:36pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Now if they could realease it in canada it would be great !!!

     

  18. ps3owns4ever

    • 7:41pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    plzzz so ..

  19. Triple Dk | TripleDk

    • 7:52pm BST - August 12th, 2009

     Let's just hope it has at least half as much content as the US store. 

    Also, VidZone to rest of EU please :D

     

    @ Regions that aren't US/EU: Host your own Game Con where Sony can reveal your region is getting goodies XP

  20. ctd669 | ctd669

    • 7:59pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Quoting the famous Christian Bale... OH GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!

    Vidzone in the U.S.... anyone?

  21. diablotyr | artchangel_tyral

    • 8:01pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    hope this one will get out all over europe since vidzone dont exist in all of europe and that su*ks

  22. Tyrien | Tyrien

    • 8:08pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    So you can announce the video store out of the blue for North America but really only mean the USA then announce plans for Europe but nothing for Canada? Kay.

  23. O_G_H

    • 8:45pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    Hey!  There ya go you, Euro-guys.  Good on ya!

  24. Nekratal

    • 8:48pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    i bet it wont be all eu countries - just like vidzone only came to 6 countries i hate when they say eu and its not all eu countries who get it .

  25. patthebaker321 | patthebaker321

    • 8:52pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    i agree with 3. i think that's another place where Sony messed up this gen. they should release everything simultaniously(not sure if i spelled thst right). i wonder y they don't... anyone know?

  26. Strudel | Strudel

    • 11:45pm BST - August 12th, 2009

    @25, things are not brought out at the same time due to several factors including language, laws, taxes, and ratings.

    However the biggest reason is due to copyright restrictions, things like Vidzone have to work along with the music industry, PlayTV with TV networks, Video store with the film industry, when any company other than Sony is involved it gets very complex, and as a result takes time.

  27. invaliduser

    • 1:27am BST - August 13th, 2009

    Meh, reather buy the physical media rather than this that is only limited to the PS3 and PSP. Apple sucks too because you can only watch the movie in iTunes the iPod and Apple TV.

  28. BloodReign | NewOlman

    • 2:18am BST - August 13th, 2009

    for Canada and the rest of the world: the best chance you have is the european store. Usually european stuff is not as picky as US, so it doesn't matter if your IP address is from Canada, there's a big chance you can still buy everything you want from the European store

    Vive la Revolucion!

  29. TonkaTruck

    • 2:25am BST - August 13th, 2009

     What about Canadians? We are people too.

  30. BulletBlader

    • 3:05am BST - August 13th, 2009

    Omg! Finally! I've waited so long for this! Cant wait!!

  31. shaka_ | R0N1N_

    • 8:19am BST - August 13th, 2009

    Yeah but what good will that do, if the majority of the european doesn't have a cc. They still can't  buy anything from the psn store. I rather see the psn card first and then the video store.

  32. higgos22

    • 8:27am BST - August 13th, 2009

    hope this is australia included

  33. three3-times | three3_timeZ

    • 8:41am BST - August 13th, 2009

    about frigging time, sick of being last to get stuff.

  34. toasty_T | toasty_T

    • 1:18pm BST - August 13th, 2009

     Awesome. I hope they offer the same stuff on the US store because region locking shouldn't exist for online content. They'll probably do it to spite us anyway.

  35. The Mask | JSack20

    • 6:54pm BST - August 14th, 2009

    I like the way it says "Sony plans on revealing its European plans" lol

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