Sony’s MMO Station Launcher to be used for movie download for PSP

Finally, after over a year since its announcement, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will now be demo’ing its new e-distribution service Station Launcher. This will allow consumers to download MMO games to their PC units and eventually, the Station Launcher will be used to download movies and other content for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).

Aside from downloading games, the Station Launcher also allows MMO players to communicate with their friends using the launcher itself. Players will be able to tell where those friends are now and which games they are playing now. Likewise, SOE Creative Director Nathan Pearce added that integration with AIM, ICQ, and Xfire are also being planned.

The official also talked freely on how the Station Launcher will allow consumers to download movies and music and store them locally. According to him, content from other film and music studios will also be available through the service. What will happen is that users will buy the rights to a content and then it will be attached to their Station account.

Quite interestingly, Pearce noted that one of their short-term plans for the service involves the PSP. He explained, “We have a version of Launcher where it recognizes when you plug in your PSP into the PC. You can download a movie straight from the internet through the Launcher straight to your PSP without it ever having touched your PC.”

Take note that it is SOE’s plan to allow consumers to watch the content wherever they log into their Station account. “It’s not just one device or limited devices, it’s wherever you are you can watch it,” added Pearce. Aside from the above mentioned, other plans for the Station Launcher include making the service work with Sony’s LocationFree Player and bring over TV shows.

As for release dates, Pearce commented, “the time frame for what I demonstrated over here, which is just games and friends, is late summer. Movies and music is sometime after that. It is going to be a pretty big endeavor, so I donÂ’t have a release date for it, but it is going to be a good time after summer.”

Via Gamasutra

Finally, after over a year since its announcement, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will now be demo’ing its new e-distribution service Station Launcher. This will allow consumers to download MMO games to their PC units and eventually, the Station Launcher will be used to download movies and other content for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).

Aside from downloading games, the Station Launcher also allows MMO players to communicate with their friends using the launcher itself. Players will be able to tell where those friends are now and which games they are playing now. Likewise, SOE Creative Director Nathan Pearce added that integration with AIM, ICQ, and Xfire are also being planned.

The official also talked freely on how the Station Launcher will allow consumers to download movies and music and store them locally. According to him, content from other film and music studios will also be available through the service. What will happen is that users will buy the rights to a content and then it will be attached to their Station account.

Quite interestingly, Pearce noted that one of their short-term plans for the service involves the PSP. He explained, “We have a version of Launcher where it recognizes when you plug in your PSP into the PC. You can download a movie straight from the internet through the Launcher straight to your PSP without it ever having touched your PC.”

Take note that it is SOE’s plan to allow consumers to watch the content wherever they log into their Station account. “It’s not just one device or limited devices, it’s wherever you are you can watch it,” added Pearce. Aside from the above mentioned, other plans for the Station Launcher include making the service work with Sony’s LocationFree Player and bring over TV shows.

As for release dates, Pearce commented, “the time frame for what I demonstrated over here, which is just games and friends, is late summer. Movies and music is sometime after that. It is going to be a pretty big endeavor, so I donÂ’t have a release date for it, but it is going to be a good time after summer.”

Via Gamasutra