Vivid founder and co-chairman, Steven Hirsch, is keen for Sony to boost adult entertainment industry by making HD movies available worldwide via the PlayStation Network. Hirsch, told MCV that he believed the distribution of porn films on PS3 had “real potential” for the adult entertainment industry. Japanese firm DDM.tv last month revealed that it had launched an HD porn download service for owners of the PS3 – but it is only available in its home territory for the time being.
Hirsch told MCV:
“[DDM’s launch] is a good start. We hope that Sony will allow adult movies to be downloaded worldwide.
As long as proper age verification is in place, there is no reason why consumers should not be allowed to view adult movies on any device that they desire.
It’s too early to say to what extent this could help our business, but it certainly has real potential.”
Neither Sony Computer Entertainment Europe nor America have received a formal request from Vivid about this service for the West.