SonyConnect: Download Service You Probably Never Used Finally Decides To Cut Its Loss

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Sony Connect--the Sony-powered download store that was Windows-only and Internet Explorer-only, and that trafficked in the Sony-developed standard ATRAC--will close over the next few months, and 20 people will be laid off. The service's hookup with the PlayStation Portable didn't quite serve as the catalyst that Sony executives thought it did, and we're guessing that its early hostility toward the MP3 format also turned off users. (Hands up if you thought it was even selling MP3s now.)
Sony Connect To Close Music/Video Services; Focus on Servicing Playstation Group; 20 People To Go [paidContent]
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