As of today, Sony has given their PlayStation 3 owners another option in cutting-the-cord.
Sony and Amazon have partnered in launching the Amazon Instant Video app for the PlayStation Network.
The Amazon Instant Video app will allow you to stream Television shows and movies via the Internet to your PlayStation3. A video library of over 120,000 streaming TV shows and movies are available from Amazon for purchase or rental in addition to 25,000 of them in high definition. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you have will have unlimited instant streaming of 17,000 of movies and TV shows. The annual Amazon Prime membership is $79.00
The PS3 app will include Recently Watched and Next Episode features, as well as personal recommendations based on customers’ viewing habits. The app will also sync up with Amazon servers so users can start streaming on one device and then move to the PS3 and pick up where they left off, or view content they purchased on other devices on the console. To give interested gamers an opportunity to try out the service, Amazon is offering the pilot episodes of more than 100 TV shows free to all PS3 users.