PlayStation®Store Updates

[sektanz]

Don't take this the wrong way or anything Australian cousins, but YOU B***&$DS!

Stupid New Zealand.

[MacTec]

Playstation Video Store = EPIC FAIL! What a massive dissapointment.

Sony and other online content retailers have a real opportunity to provide a value for money service and make a dent in the world of piracy by offering good product at reasonable prices, but instead they all seem to want charge more for the product than you pay at a store where you receive something tangible. I was shocked to find SD Stereo Audio Avatar for $24.99. What a joke... I paid $25 for the movie on Blu-Ray from K-Mart on release day. Even the rental prices for movies are out dated.

They all say that people will "pay for convenience", but they don't seem to realise that at those kind of prices, it is more convenient to go to the shop and rent/buy the product, or worse, download it illegally where no-one in the production/supply chain gets a cent. 

And it's also not convenient for everyone to use 3 to 8Gb of your download quota for the privalidge of not going to the shops.....

Please Sony and other studios, wake up to reality and offer the products at a reasonable price that people are willing to pay. Most people will do the right thing if you do and what you lose in margin, you'll more than make up for in turnover.......

[mikecamimo]

Can't agree with you more MacTec. The price point is a huge disappointment. Not even sure I'd pay half the $24.99 price for an inferior SD copy. I'd rather get it on blu-ray or dvd.

To be honest the only time i'd likely use this service is for a movie which I think would be interesting, but wouldnt normally consider purchasing it, but at $24.99 there is no chance I'd pay that.

[playstion3man]

Yea the prices are pretty expensive. I'm considering renting a movie though. Because its the same price as it is to rent 1 from my local video ezy and foxtel. And I wanna try out the service at least once.

[Shadow_Dancer]

Well I'm not too fussed about the price. I wouldn't really buy a download version of a movie anyway (it's better to get it on bluray). I just wish the option to rent movies was standard with all or most films. Some films you can buy but not rent them. WHY!? What if you want to watch a movie but have no intention of wanting to own it? You would be better off going down to the local video store and renting it there, but then what would be the incentive of downloading it from the PS Store? Isn't that the point of having it there in the first place? Come on, Sony give us the option of renting or owning all movies not just a select few.

[smokeypsd]

well me personally, I only buy select films, things which i feel are really worth repeated viewings and are of high quality. this service i was liking as a chance to get some lighter films, films which ive liked but never necessarily thought of buying. for the price of admission, it's out of the question though.

[playstion3man]

yea smokey i'm like you. I only buy select movies that are worth it was also hoping to buy some movies that I liked but didn't think they were worth buying at full price for.

[baldeagle444]

Well here is a truly misleading reality ...

Bought two moviie rental downloads online for what was meant to be the quoted Australian price. What showed up on my credit card statement was the AUS price plus the US exchange rate which was far higher than what I agreed to. How misleading and a ripoff is this?

NOT HAPPY

Is anyone else experiencing this?

[playstion3man]

Maybe you were accidentally on the US store? if not I suggest giving PS support a call to ask what the hell is going on.