Sony Playstation Network gets HD movies from major studios

Sony has signed a deal for it’s Playstation Network that will garner it HD movies from all six of the major studios. Boasting as the first company to do such a task, will role out an initial start with 19 offerings which happen to include blockbusters such as “Star Trek” and “District 9.” The big-gun studios are 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Sony definitely looks to hit it out of the park with this one. Being able to offer HD movies from your own studio is nice, but offering them from the other bigwigs really makes your PSN ecosystem seem that much more desirable. Given that it’s only 19 offerings at the moment, it’s only a matter of time before they start putting in more titles. Is this an opening shot at Netflix, whom still forces users to insert a disc even when streaming a movie? I think so. Just as long as the prices for the HD movies are reasonable. Which, knowing Sony, they aren’t. Oh, wait…

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