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Sony adds DivX VOD to PS3 with FW 2.50

One of the new features includes 'DivX VOD'. According to the official site, 'DivX Video on Demand' is a digital video delivery service that lets you rent or purchase DivX movies from any of our licensed VOD partners.

Will Sony soon start utilizing DivX for PS Store downloads or even pitching DivX VOD partners ?

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eric1005691d ago

Awesome PS3 , SONY and BLU RAY

Jamie Foxx5691d ago

in life with playstation! soo many new added features not mentioned by sony

Jamie Foxx5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

a news page in lifewithplaystation and it'l zoom in so nomatter what size tv your viewing LWP on you can now read the news clearly, alot of sites complained it didnt have this feature....it was much needed to be honest

INehalemEXI5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

Im assuming he means the news text pages that pop up. They where hard to read before and unzoomable. Good news !

Ju5691d ago

Yes, that zoom works great, and unlike the XMB browser zooms the font also to a very readable size.

BTW: Anybody noticed that a "Double-Tap" on the square button brings up the audio player menu ? Was that there before ? (In life with PS).

shine13965691d ago

overall a good update, but shame iplayer doesn't work. It asks me to turn on javascript, which I did but still no luck.

thereapersson5690d ago

Hell yeah! I was wondering if they were going to implement that feature, because I hated having to get up and look close at my TV screen just to read the news articles. I thought that it was a gross oversight on Sony's part, and now I see that they've fixed the problem, making it infinitely more usable.

Thanks, Sony!

DARKKNIGHT5690d ago (Edited 5690d ago )

Wait so microsoft didnt bribe this for their console?

oh thats right,they already have this covered. ONLY their options ALL cost the gamer even more money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$

xhairs95690d ago

yeah the music player was there before, it even sorts your whole play list to pick out certain styles of music for your mood (I have no idea how they did this but it actually picks them out correctly...a lot better than WMP ::( ).

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BrunoM5691d ago

WOw now that some big news .. in other hand it alsow means divx is gona run at 100% on the ps3 .. it some great nws ...

Sonys ps3 video sirvice is gona jump...

but now with flash 9 i can see my movie and anime on the ps3 i wont be usin the pc so much ..

n4gzz5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

i don't use my ps3 for anything other than gaming besides I watch blu-ray sometime. I use my laptop with my 40" TV 'coz i have hdmi output on laptop to check game trailers and videos or watch netflix instant movies. Sorry, I don't get excited for extra features that ps3 offers. I like to see more dedicated server to play games.

RememberThe3575691d ago

I got a little over 30 movies on the PS3 right now. Plus, I got quite a few anime movies(Studio Gibli) from Veoh TV that I put on my PS3,so right about now my PS3 is getting a sh*t load of use.

prunchess5690d ago

Movies, music, photos and games. One of the best apps available has to be Tversity. (www.Tversity.com) I use this for streaming movies from my PC to my PS3 wirelessly. It runs just about any format, divx or other. It's free and has a ton of other features.

tocrazed4you5691d ago

Netflix versus Divx VOD thing is though you can also buy the movies and buy it in HD on the psn video store.

Raoh5691d ago

more than that i think it also will probably be the method of digital media for blu ray. you know like files that you can play on your computer and ipod that come with a dvd movie.

sony partnered with divx. blu ray movies with divx code mean instant playback of digital media on your psp, ps3, pc and mac with blu ray enabled players....................... ................

we probably wont see the entire benefit for a while.. but the road to unified media is a good thing...

Raiyel5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

I don't know if I'm the only one who's noticed but this FW Update completly breaks my favorite feature and one I felt was soooo special about the PS3!

When you play a Video or TV Show / Movie off the HDD which I do all the time, and then push the PS Button, it Pauses the video!!! What the hell! Before the update you could freely move through the XMB, check your downloads, change your settings etc while the movie played in the background! IT WAS PERFECT - NOW ITS BROKEN...

I love the improvements in this update but the choice they've made to disable playback of video while in the XMB is a travesty! Please somebody hear my prayer and restore this beloved feature...

Popeye5691d ago

TEAM PURITY IS GOING TO PRISON!! BAAHAAHAHA!!

PopEmUp5691d ago (Edited 5691d ago )

I can see your problem but still i think it a good thing that the video you're watching pause once you hit the PS button to access the xmb, in this case you don't miss out the part/scene when you're in the middle of accessing the xmb. So I think there no problem with that is it?

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sevanig5691d ago

Now lets start burning dual layer blu-rays with whole catalogues of movies :)

ThatArtGuy5691d ago

It's cheaper to buy the movie.

silky5690d ago

...you can fit a hell of a lot of divx movies on one disc

games4fun5691d ago

i cannot stress enough how great divx is, the speed and quality is hard to match for alot of other programs imo i hope divx is the standard for HD video till something better comes along

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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