>>119961590>Why does EVERY entertainment company feel they need to throw their own hat into the Streaming Wars rather than just making deals with the popular, already established ones?Sony *is* doing that, as they don't have any service (currently or planned) that'd be appropriate to debut their movies on, unless they decide to drastically change Crunchyroll to encompass more than just anime. They even shut down Playstation Vue.
They do seem to want to keep the right to negotiate for each project rather than signing on to a larger scale deal however, so it's hard to predict where their movies will end up and for how long.
It has to sting though, as they were actually extremely early on the ground floor with streaming via Crackle. They were doing original shows for the internet several years before Netflix. They just never managed to make the service appealing, even being free and ad-supported.
