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The Seventh Taylor
Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 401
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: Why Sony music videos are available on Xbox360 but not PS3 |
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This article sheds some really interesting light on the sort of corporate politics that you can get with joint ventures like Sony Music had with BMG, which are even weirder than what you can expect in a 'normal' large corporation.
http://www.kansascity.com/business/moneywise/story/869615.html
Quote: | In one case, Bertelsmann insisted that the venture shop music videos to Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 instead of Sony’s PlayStation 3 gaming unit “to make sure it’s a fair deal” for Bertelsmann, said a Sony executive.
As a result, PlayStation 3 customers have to do without music videos from Sony BMG.
In another case, Sony BMG was the last major record label to join the PlayNow Arena online music store from Sony Ericsson — Sony’s own mobile phone venture.” |
Hopefully such silly policies are over now that Sony and BMG have broken up their JV (Sony has bought them out). |
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Yuri
Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 162
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Brandon B
Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 392
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, most Sony movies are available. It is only Columbia/Tristar, one of Sony's studios, where this is occurring. Others are all available.
Appears to be the usual "unable to work out the sticky points in time" sort of crap. |
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