Sony’s PSN Day 1 Digital program may provoke ire of retail partners

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Sony has become aggressive with selling games digitally through the PlayStation Network, but the company has announced a new program called “PSN Day 1 Digital” where big-name games will be released as a full download the same day the game is available on retail shelves. The list of games that will be available via this program are impressive: Resident Evil 6, NBA 2K3, Dishonored, Doom 3: BFG Edition, 007 Legends, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, and Assassin’s Creed 3. Read the full story at Penny Arcade.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).