Breaking news – sony closing connect
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Sony has just announced that it will be closing Connect, its sole online music store. The collapse of Connect can be pinpointed to the hardware it supported, not the music store itself – which was actually a well-administrated and managed website. The music files on Connect were ATRAC formatted to play solely on Sony devices - and with the popularity of Apple’s iPods continuing to rise, Sony would have been much better off assimilating into the marketplace instead of attempting to take on the world.
With announcing the closure of Connect, the company has stated that a new game plan will be implemented. The newest Sony Walkman digital music devices will support all Windows Media files downloaded from an array of online sales sites with the exception of iTunes.
FYI – iTunes still controls 80% of the (legal) media downloading market.
