PS3 Informer

Is Sony Pushing It With Video Delivery Prices?

Recently, Sony has been scouring through its considerable back catalog of old movies and trotting them out for special events like Halloween and more recently, Valentines day. This is a pretty good idea from a business standpoint, because Sony controls a large number of movie studios that collectively account for a repertoire of thousands of old-but-good movies. To give you an idea of the type of content we have been seeing on the company's Video Delivery Service, have a look at the Valentine's Day offerings below.\n\nSony says that Customers can purchase each of these titles from 'only' £5.99 to watch on their PS3 or PSP games systems. The same movies are also available to rent from £2.49.\n\n\n\n\n\nLook, obviously quality and choice are not the issues here, particularly considering Natasha Henstridge's smoldering performance in the Species films. The fact that one can buy the entire DVD boxed set of Species I through IV on Amazon for £9.98 is the problem. The price for these old movies is simply way too high, considering the alternatives of grabbing them on Netflix, downloading them illegally, or simply waiting for them to come on the telly. We recommend that Sony cut their video download prices in half, if they want a realistic chance of competing with discount DVD prices in the shop.\n\nWhat do our readers think? Have you been tempted by any of the content on Sony's Video Delivery Service?\n\n\n\n\n\nNatasha Henstridge plays a predatory alien in the science fiction cult favorite Species 2, released in 1998.\n
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