Sony Computer Entertainment's President and Group CEO Andrew House is reflected in the display screen of a PlayStation Vita handheld game console
Sony Computer Entertainment's President and Group CEO Andrew House is reflected in the display screen of a PlayStation Vita handheld game console as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Makuhari, east of Tokyo September 18, 2014. Sony Corp's game division head said he hopes the unit can raise its profit outlook for a second time this financial year as sales of the latest PlayStation console and subscription services for games and other content far exceed expectations. Reuters/Yuya

PlayStation Vue will be available in San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to the announcement that Sony made at this year’s E3 event. This new expansion – amid the console’s growing platform – is in addition to the already existing streaming and live television service that is being enjoyed in other big cities, such as Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York, as pointed out by Tech Times.

Popular Science has reported that the service will roll out to the rest of the United States in July – data that the publication was able to determine using Sony’s time table.

Moreover, users of the all-new PlayStation Vue can now gain access to a subscription to channels a la carte from all over the nation, without having to purchase a multi-channel plan. This is very good news especially for couch potatoes who want to watch TV 24/7.

This service will further expand to cater to every channel that the Vue user might want to stay tuned to, but, for starters, it will host Fox Soccer Plus, Showtime, and an all-new Machinima channel. Users who have subscribed to PlayStation Plus can also avail of such a la carte channel streaming service by completing another subscription at a discounted price.

Actual prices for this new service’s individual channels have not been officially announced yet, but the original prices did not break from usual TV fees, ranging from $49.99 to $69.99 a month.

The PlayStation Vue seems to be proof that Sony has already outmaneuvered Apple when it comes to an a la carte cable programming service that is made available on a popular digital multimedia platform. Thankfully for Apple users, they only have to activate the service on their PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 and stream the content to their iPads.

It must be noted, however, that there were rumors that Apple was also going to launch its own cable streaming service through the Cupertino tech giant’s Apple TV box. It was the New York Times that refuted all claims regarding this story only a few days before this year’s WWDC event.

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