PlayStation Launches App for Buying and Renting Movies From Sony Pictures

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Movies are back on PlayStation — although they’re all titles from corporate cousin Sony Pictures Entertainment.

More than two years ago, PlayStation shut down its service offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals. At the time, Sony Interactive Entertainment explained that was making the move because it was seeing a growing number of PlayStation users shifting to free and subscription streaming-video services.

Now Sony has decided to bring back movies to the gaming console in partnership with its studio arm. On Thursday, Sony Interactive Entertainment launched the Sony Pictures Core app (previously branded as Bravia Core on Bravia TVs and select Xperia devices) on PS5 and PS4 consoles.

A key selling point: The app lets you stream HDR movies at up to 80 megabits per second — which Sony says provides picture quality “similar to 4K UHD Blu-ray” — and includes a large collection of Imax Enhanced titles.