Free VidZone app passes one million downloads

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 4th 2009 at 7:00PM }

Europe's exclusive music video service just surpassed one million downloads. VidZone is SCEE's music video service that streams music videos -- new and old -- for free on PS3 and PSP. In addition to an archive of classics, VidZone most recently debuted U2's latest single, "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," exclusively through the service.

It's no wonder that VidZone has been popular amongst European PS3 owners considering its low cost of entry (free). The European PlayStation.Blog announced earlier today that "VidZone has had over 1 million downloads and 100 million video streams on PS3."

We're certainly jealous of our friends across the Atlantic that can access the service. However, in spite of its success, it doesn't look like there are any plans (yet) to bring this service to the US. To see the top 10 videos on VidZone, click past the break.

[Thanks, al thor!]

1. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
2. Michael Jackson – Thriller
3. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
4. Michael Jackson – Beat It
5. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
6. Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
7. Eminem – We Made You
8. Dizzee Rascal, Armand Helden – Bonkers
9. Michael Jackson – Black Or White
10. Michael Jackson – Another Part Of Me

Tags: download, europe, million, music-video, scee, vidzone

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sony boy @ Aug 4th 2009 7:32PM

boom boom pow!?!?!?that song is being played everywhere!!!!!

R.I.P MJ

Kodros @ Aug 4th 2009 7:31PM

Boom Boom Pow is one of the worst songs I've heard in a long time.

Mindkiller @ Aug 4th 2009 7:33PM

PSP? Really?

And yeah, Black Eyed Peas FTL.
Great app though. Been having a lot of fun with this for a while

masterchaud @ Aug 4th 2009 7:39PM

Yeah, VidZone is a nice neat feature.

Every week its updates bringing out all the videos for the Top 10 UK chart. There's thousands of artists on this thing as well. Everything from Rock to Reggae to Pop to Bollywood music.

It's pretty in-depth for a free service.

pjak @ Aug 4th 2009 8:12PM

SCEE bring this to Portugal - such a shame we are locked out...

Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 4th 2009 8:35PM

If Boom Boom Pow is the Number #1 VidZone song in Europe then this app is a FAIL and so is Europe

Peter @ Aug 5th 2009 2:28AM

Then UK is FAIL ! We don't get VidZone in sweden, like about a hundred other european countries.

gumby @ Aug 4th 2009 10:35PM

i'd rather have a netflix app damnit!

Fane @ Aug 5th 2009 12:07AM

I downloaded it, even though it doesn't work here in Canada...yet. Also, the Black Eyed Peas are atrocious; seriously, Europe, more than Thriller? WTF?

amish.gramish @ Aug 5th 2009 1:17AM

Yeah, it only works in Europe...

Well, they've gotta make sure they don't get sued by the copyright owners in the U.S., because as owning a music download website, I know that the rights that an indie label owns for a bunch of CDs in Europe can be owned by a multitude of different American indie labels, because barely any labels here in the U.S. get the exclusive rights to all of an indie label's records. They usually pick and choose.

That's just with Indie labels, don't get me started on the major record companies!

knuckles006 @ Aug 5th 2009 11:14AM

at least give them credit for punching the fat blogger

jalannom @ Aug 5th 2009 2:35AM

Yep.. thats including my pointless download from here in the U.S. =P

SolidSnakeX @ Aug 13th 2009 12:19PM

SCEA can kiss my a$$ for lying to the entire USA and saying that were getting this to bull$hit!! Seriously da hell with renting overpriced downloads!..I rather get my hands on this!...After all you guys have it all just like Japan does!..Porn omg the Asians are Perverts!!!...And not only that there greedy bastards!.................

Ghidora @ Aug 5th 2009 4:40AM

In Europe? well... its working in like 10 countries... these mean a** mother*******!

Should make possible to use it in ALL of europe!

Jake5678 @ Aug 5th 2009 6:25AM

Actually it's only 6 countries in Europe: GB, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Ireland. I also think that Australia has the service.

I would love if this service would come to Scandinavia sometime soon. I'm not gonna hold my breath though. We don't have the videostore and we don't have Vidzone. No videos for us...

freechain @ Aug 5th 2009 4:33AM

We get vidzone here in australia, and i gotta tell you this is a great service. It has a number of paylists to choose from or you can make your own, tons of songs to choose and its all good and no lag, My one prob is i cant lay Eric prydz, Call on me. Its listed but wont play. So i checked out some other arse music videos and they are not there or wont play, Damm i hate morals.