Sony has angered me with Walkman X1000
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Written by Chris on June 13, 2009 – 7:37 pm
So i’m a Sony fanboy if you havent already noticed in my previous entries. I’m a little angered at Sony right about now and here is why.
I’ve been waiting for the Sony Walkman X 1000 since the CES 2009 tradeshow. I was actively promoting it to all my other friends and colleagues and telling them it would replace my current Walkman and would be a threat to the iPhone.
I was hoping that Sony would add support for the Playstation store so you could sync movies and TV shows you buy to the Walkman. Well to my surprise, I finally heard that it would support playback of .wmv (drm as well) files, MPeg 4, and some other movie formats.
While this is great, I think they could have added support for their own movie format so I could actually, i dont know, maybe take them with me!?!?!?
Obviously, Sony didnt listen to me and neither did Sony Insider. I even started a rumor on the internet saying Walkman X series would get Playstation store support so it would gain steam and they would hear and listen. However, that never happened. I wrote a blog about it which you can see here.
Oh Sony you have angered very much. I have revised my digital life strategy and its not just to get back at you for not listening to me. I revised it cause it makes sense. Here was my digital strategy before you screwed me over:
2. Playstation 3 as gaming device
3. Playstation 3 as media device/organizer
3. Playstation 3 as Blu Ray Player
4. PS Store for movies and tv shows
5. Synce movies and TV shows to my portable walkman. (My current walkman doesnt have this capability. I thought with their newer X 1000 series, they would add support)
As you can see, I was ready to let Sony be the company of choice for my entertainment needs. One stop for everything.
My NEW digital life strategy is as follows:
1. Download movies and TV shows off Amazon Video on Demand
2. Watch the movies and TV shows in Media Center (Sorry. Playstation 3 isnt compatible with DRM .wmv files, yet the Walkman X1000 is. Currently scratching my head)
3. Sync them to my Zune HD and take them with me on the go
No software revenue from Sony in there. I’ll just use the Playstation 3 for games and blu ray. I will buy a media center extender I guess so I can stream the movies onto the TV in living room even though I just wanted one box (ps3) in the living room. The media extender can after all play DRM .wmv files while Sony’s Playstation 3 cant… Ooops. I think Sony should now shift their focus to quality games only cause their digital media strategy just isnt working. It’s totally disorganized.
Yea i’m just gonna get the Zune HD… That is after all compatible with basically everything including their own Console, their own movie service (Xbox live) and Amazon Video on Demand!! Looks like Microsoft knows what their doing when it comes to the digital world.
Umm Howard Stringer and Kaz Hirai, whats up? You say you want to expand the Playstation store to other devices. You cant even extend it to your new flagship, so called ipod threat walkman!?!?!? Get it together!!!
I do have a PSP 2000 but the organization for media sucks!
