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Roku has been around for years, sure, and it's available in 5 countries. Add on the fact in the UK outside of the tech followers the name 'Roku' is mostly unkno
by nicholassmith 13y ago
Roku has been around for years, sure, and it's available in 5 countries. Add on the fact in the UK outside of the tech followers the name 'Roku' is mostly unknown, Sony on the other hand has significantly more cachet.
What they're bringing is two things. Game quality and quantity, ranging from a classic like Final Fantasy 7 through to modern PS Vita games. There's very literally something for all the family, with some strongly recognised titles. The next thing they're bringing is not just access to Netflix, but most likely access to the Sony Entertainment library. That's a big ol' collection of entertainment that they can leverage against.
What Sony brings is brand name recognition, and most likely worldwide distribution. If they promote it well they'll sell a lot.
- VLM 13y ago>Sony on the other hand has significantly more cachet. That's a problem. Root kits. Memory sticks. MD Minidiscs. Beta video cassette recorders. Something will inevitably be "wrong" with this new Sony product; they all inevitably disappoint.
- nicholassmith 13y agoThe Playstation (1/2), the Walkman, Triniton. Minidisc is unfair, I know of some people who still use them (music production purposes), they weren't a bad product they just launched at the wrong time. They've had some hits, they've had some misses, they still have a significantly bigger presence than Roku. There's plenty of Sony Centres open in the UK just as a product outlet.
- ameen 13y agoIt does use a proprietary memory card to maintain a persistently high read/write speed. Recent Sony hardware is pretty robust.