iTunes for the PS3: Xploder PS3 Movie Player

Sony’s piece of next-gen hardware isn’t even formally out in the US yet, but already we have companies making apps for the PlayStation 3. One such company was Red Kawa, which made video conversion software to make your movies compatible with the PlayStation 3. Now, Fire International is stepping into the ring with its own new app: the Xploder PS3 Movie Player.

Dubbing itself the iTunes for the PS3, the Xploder PS3 Movie Player acts as a media manager for both your console and your PSP. It converts your videos for the best playback on both PS3 and PSP, as well as letting you choose what format it will convert your videos into. It also allows you to export your iTunes lists from handheld to console and vice-versa and converts your CDs to mp3s. It even manages your photo galleries.

Perhaps of more use to gamers is how it can inform the user of gamesaves. As their press release states,

Access, download and manage the latest gamesaves for PS3 and PSP from the Xploder database. The in-application RSS feed sends alerts as new gamesaves become available for download to keep you ahead of the game.

It definitely sounds like a handy app just for the power to get the most out of your gaming fun.

Of course, since we haven’t all seen what the PS3’s current interface can do, we might as well wait to see if its a worthwhile purchase once we get our hands on and understand the limitations of the PS3’s existing systems. Unlike Red Kawa‘s PS3 Video 9, Xploder isn’t free, so better to make an informed decision than to rush in blindly, right? The Xploder PS3 Movie Player will be available for download on November 17, with an in-store release on December 1.

Sony’s piece of next-gen hardware isn’t even formally out in the US yet, but already we have companies making apps for the PlayStation 3. One such company was Red Kawa, which made video conversion software to make your movies compatible with the PlayStation 3. Now, Fire International is stepping into the ring with its own new app: the Xploder PS3 Movie Player.

Dubbing itself the iTunes for the PS3, the Xploder PS3 Movie Player acts as a media manager for both your console and your PSP. It converts your videos for the best playback on both PS3 and PSP, as well as letting you choose what format it will convert your videos into. It also allows you to export your iTunes lists from handheld to console and vice-versa and converts your CDs to mp3s. It even manages your photo galleries.

Perhaps of more use to gamers is how it can inform the user of gamesaves. As their press release states,

Access, download and manage the latest gamesaves for PS3 and PSP from the Xploder database. The in-application RSS feed sends alerts as new gamesaves become available for download to keep you ahead of the game.

It definitely sounds like a handy app just for the power to get the most out of your gaming fun.

Of course, since we haven’t all seen what the PS3’s current interface can do, we might as well wait to see if its a worthwhile purchase once we get our hands on and understand the limitations of the PS3’s existing systems. Unlike Red Kawa‘s PS3 Video 9, Xploder isn’t free, so better to make an informed decision than to rush in blindly, right? The Xploder PS3 Movie Player will be available for download on November 17, with an in-store release on December 1.