As far as music streaming is concerned, Spotify seems to still be the king (Taylor Swift brouhaha and all) despite similar services cropping up left and right. They're further expanding their market with the recent announcement of a partnership with Sony, in effect killing the Japanese OEM's own music service called Music Unlimited. This may be a bit of bad news for those attached to that particular brand, but great news for Sony users who have yet to discover the joys of Spotify.
To start off their partnership, Spotify will be sent out to 41 markets, beginning with Playstation consoles, then moving on to Sony Xperia tablets and smartphones. The music service will become the exclusive partner of Sony Playstation Music, and those with Playstation Network wallet accounts can now directly subscribe to Spotify and they don't need to have a separate, second account. Those who already have Spotify accounts need to just sign in with their accounts to access the apps and portals.
If you're a Playstation 4 user, you will actually be able to play Spotify even while you're playing games on the console, if you don't like the . But probably the biggest change that will happen with this partnership is that Sony Music Unlimited will officially shut down by March 29. As a going away "present" all existing Music Unlimited subscribers will enjoy the service for free starting February 28, until the rest of the time it will be operational.
Spotify will then be offered on a special limited introductory cost for the Music Unlimited subscribers, which will most likely be like what they will offer to all the other Sony users as well. No details yet as to what this special offer will be.
VIA: SlashGear