The good press for Sony just hasn’t stopped this week. The BBChas praised the PlayStation 3for its iPlayer functionality, describing the response to the new feature as “amazing” and revealing that Sony’s Black Box o’ Blu-ray is now responsible for 10% of the player’s viewers.
“User response to our new iPlayer for PS3 has been amazing,” beams BBC Online Media Group controller Anthony Rose. “Although it’s less than a week since we launched, iPlayer on PS3 now accounts for a massive 10% of all iPlayer viewing, overtaking Mac (8.5%) to be our 2nd most popular platform for IP-delivered content.”
The iPlayer is a new addition to the PS3’s roster of abilities, allowing users to stream BBC TV and radio content via the XMB. The fact it’s overtaken the Mac is a huge coup for Sony, and proof that sometimes loading your game console up with non-game features can work out quite well. I may have to make use of it myself.
