Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the official closure of PlayStation Vue early next year.
"Today we announce the closure of the PlayStation Vue service on January 30, 2020," SIE Vice President John Kodera said on the official PlayStation Blog.
"Unfortunately, the highly competitive pay TV industry, with expensive content and network offerings, has evolved more slowly than expected, which is why we decided to stay focused on our gaming business." essential."
"We are very proud of what PlayStation Vue has been able to achieve," Kodera continued. "We had ambitious goals for how our service could change the way people watch TV, highlighting PlayStation's ability to innovate an entirely new category within pay TV."
"We want to thank all of our customers, some of whom have been with us since the launch of PlayStation Vue in 2015."
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PlayStation Vue is a subscription video streaming service that combines live local channels like NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX with dozens of outstanding cable channels from all walks of life. This service is only available in the United States, and as the name suggests, you can watch it on your PlayStation 4.
It's no surprise that Sony is ditching PlayStation Vue as it moves towards the next generation of PS5 - the service hasn't been a huge success.
According to a recent report by The Information (via Gamasutra), Sony's digital TV service has racked up so much money that the company is looking to sell its technology and a subscriber list to keep it in check. stay away from live television completely. And it seems that is exactly what is happening.
Sony has always faced fierce competition with PlayStation Vue, with services like DirectTV and YouTube having millions of subscribers, while Vue would have just 500,000 subscribers.
PlayStation Vue will stop working on January 30, 2020. However, Sony has not explained what would happen to already paid subscriptions that go beyond this period.