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Sony's Music Unlimited will close at the end of March and will be replaced by PlayStation Music from Spotify on PS3 and PS4.

Handy for anyone who already has a Spotofy account who will be able to stream music as they play.
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    Wow. Music Unlimited must have generated them damn all money then.

    This will be good for those who have Spotify but I begrudge paying for music.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    The blog announcement talks about how easy it will be for PSN members to link up with Spotify Premium, no word on whether any of the free features will be available.

    http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/01/28/playstation-meet-spotify/
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    muntamunta Posts: 18,285
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    If this allows me to play my Spotify account with no extra costs I'm well up for this :)
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    OMTTOMTT Posts: 5,459
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    Already have Spotify Premium so hopefully won't have to pay more to use on PS4
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    According to Sony's Fred Dutton you will be able to use free ad-supported accounts as well as the Premium option.

    Good news for everyone it seems.
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    What's the benefits to a premium account ?
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    Aye UpAye Up Posts: 7,053
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    OMTT wrote: »
    Already have Spotify Premium so hopefully won't have to pay more to use on PS4

    I don't think it likely you will be restricted from using it on the PS4. If you have Spotify Premium, then the service is fairly platform agnostic. There shouldn't be any charge to access it on playstation.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    Yuffie wrote: »
    What's the benefits to a premium account ?

    It varies between devices, so it's a bit early to say exactly what the differences on PS4 will be. Generally it's stuff like any song on demand, creating playlists, Improved sound quality, no adverts and unlimited skipping in playlists when you pay for Premium.

    Worse case scenario, on a free account you'll pick an artist / genre and it will then stream a selection of music based around that with the occasional advert thrown in. You'll get a limited number of "skips" per hour to bypass any songs you really don't like.
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    Cheers FF.

    €10 a month for something I probably won't use much ..... Hmmm.

    I'll try the free version and see how that goes.
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    NedubizNedubiz Posts: 2,190
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    Awesome news. Really glad the free version is supported.
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    MC_SatanMC_Satan Posts: 26,512
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    Hopefully it can run in the background like MU, used it for custom music in NFS and DC.
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    muntamunta Posts: 18,285
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    Yuffie wrote: »
    Cheers FF.

    €10 a month for something I probably won't use much ..... Hmmm.

    I'll try the free version and see how that goes.

    I started with the free version and upgraded pretty soon. I now have virtually every song I can ever wish to play at my fingertips, in my car, on my phone, on my Spotify Connect Homecinema. And soon on my PS4 & PS3. Result :)
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    Ash_735Ash_735 Posts: 8,493
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    I like how this is announced just DAYS after Spotify in ended their "Three Months for 99p" offer, glad I grabbed it now.
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    the dourflathe dourfla Posts: 1,019
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    Would be nice if you could use this to put music on your share factory masterpieces.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    the dourfla wrote: »
    Would be nice if you could use this to put music on your share factory masterpieces.

    Nice idea, but due to copyright I'd say not a chance.
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    This is fantastic news... I will now be able to gather a playlist from all the best songs from all GTA games and play them over GTA V!!

    The sounds of Vice City in Los Santos anyone? :)
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    HotbirdHotbird Posts: 10,010
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    I never really liked Spotify as I always found it too restrictive as a free user compared to Grooveshark. I shall have to give it another change on PS4 and see what the free service is like. It could be a convenient way to add custom soundtracks to games.
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    YuffieYuffie Posts: 9,864
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    Video Service is changing too.
    Following Sony's announcement of their new partnership with Spotify to provide PS Music, the Video Unlimited service is now set to be re-branded and similarly integrated to the ecosystem with a new name - PS Video.
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    OMTTOMTT Posts: 5,459
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    How does custom sound tracks work in the games on PS4? Does it let you turn the in game music down so you can hear your own but with the sound effects also playing or does it just take over all the sound?
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    muntamunta Posts: 18,285
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    JordyD wrote: »
    This is fantastic news... I will now be able to gather a playlist from all the best songs from all GTA games and play them over GTA V!!

    The sounds of Vice City in Los Santos anyone? :)

    I was thinking of some nice opera while going on a shooting spree :D
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    MC_SatanMC_Satan Posts: 26,512
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    OMTT wrote: »
    How does custom sound tracks work in the games on PS4? Does it let you turn the in game music down so you can hear your own but with the sound effects also playing or does it just take over all the sound?

    Turn down music in game, use the music app in the background.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    OMTT wrote: »
    How does custom sound tracks work in the games on PS4? Does it let you turn the in game music down so you can hear your own but with the sound effects also playing or does it just take over all the sound?

    It's kind of game dependant. The custom track simply plays over the top, so you'll need to go Into the game's options menu and turn music off so they don't clash. Most games seem to allow this these days.

    Edit - basically what MCSatan said.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    Spotify should be arriving May 30th according to PlayStation France.

    Meanwhile, lots of people are assuming it will come in the next couple of days when Music Unlimited closes.

    With no official announcement as far as I've seen, cue hissy fits.....
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    the dourflathe dourfla Posts: 1,019
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    At least a date is something, rather than leaving us until a day before release.
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    fastest fingerfastest finger Posts: 12,872
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    Spotify is available now.
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