LAS VEGAS - At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas, United States, Sony Entertainment announce his future plans, which centered on one, namely Network.
CEO and Head Consumer Sony Sir Howard Stringer and former PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai said Sony Entertainment Network will serve as the backbone of Sony entertainment devices, ranging from TVs, PlayStation, Tablet up to a smart phone.
Booming cloud, Sony entertainment products will be tightly integrated with each other. Where it allows the consumer to use a single account ID and a 'digital wallet' in all platforms. And PlayStation will play a key role.
"We have influence in all parts of the entertainment revolution. Network becomes important for Sony, which has sold 900 million devices in seluru world," Stringer said, as reported by Gama Sutra, Tuesday (10/01/2012).
Sony will also continue to encourage other entertainment devices, such as tablets and smartphones for more new products are certified PlayStation, including the newly announced Xperia S.
Even today Sony expands line of mobile devices are certified PlayStation, such as PS3, PSP and has just released Vita gamers who continue to target more.
Hirai said that as of January 5, Vita has sold 500,000 units to customers since its launch in Japan. PlayStation software sold more than 6.5 million units during holiday periods throughout the world. He also revealed that Sony's cloud-based, cross-platform Music Unlimited service will be available at launch in the U.S. and British Vita, and the Netflix service also drowned in the near future.
"Whether you're playing games, watching movies or TV, or share photos or videos, you really do one thing, get the content you want," says Hirai
