The PSP As Marketing Tool 24
If you're looking for more to do with your PSP, Kotaku has a few suggestions for you. Music Videos, Advermovies, and AtomFilms are all being formatted for Sony's new handheld. From the article: "...AtomFilms is making some of their free movies available for PSP download. Interestingly, Sony actually paid AtomFilms to make this happen. In return, AtomFilms is reporting download stats back to Sony."
I like it (Score:3, Interesting)
Ag! This is so frustrating... (Score:3, Interesting)
PSP.
Like the ipodloaders do.
It's not a glorified job, but it'd be steady income. But, it's not legal. Thanks MPAA!
Nice idea (Score:1)
Re:Nice idea (Score:2)
A firmware upgrade with the ability to connect to download sites would be nice, though. Could even use a PSP-specific XML file on participating sites.
Re:Nice idea (Score:1)
Link to TFA, not another summary! (Score:5, Informative)
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&q= psp+marketing+promotion+vehicle&btnG=Search+News [google.com]
Going to the link through Google News gets by the NYT registration.
Re:I'm about to break (Score:1)
Re:I'm about to break (Score:3, Insightful)
PSP owners don't have to download this content; it is just made available for people who want something free to download.
This is the digital equivalent of giving away free t-shirts, caps, etc. Feel free to mock people who download all this junk, but why go after the provider here?
Re:I'm about to break (Score:2)
BMW doesn't sell cars and then make YOU download advertisement to watch on YOUR built-in mini-TV screen inside your BMW car, only to have it say "Go to your local BMW car dealer and buy more BMW products!"
True you don't HAVE to download and watch this stuff, but then why did you buy a PSP? Or rather, why did y
Not only for PSP (Score:1, Informative)
Not particularly relevant to the AtomFilms material, which is already available to download, but some of the music videos mentioned in the article are only otherwise available in streaming format - these PSP downloads are a good way to save them to your PC.
Re:Not only for PSP (Score:2)
If they're going to go to the trouble of making downloads targeted at PSP users, would it be too much to ask for the videos to fit the aspect ratio of its screen?
Sony Memory Sticks (Score:2)
If there was only some sort of UMD burner that one could buy...
- shazow
And whats this? (Score:2)