FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, visitors walk past a logo of Sony at Sony Building in Tokyo. Sony Corp. is reporting its fiscal second quarter profit zoomed by 26-fold from the same period last year, boosted by the success of its image sensors, game products and the latest "Spider-Man" movie. Tokyo-based Sony, which makes Bravia TVs, PlayStation 4 video-game consoles and Wyclef Jean recordings, reported Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, a July-September profit of 130.9 billion yen ($1.2 billion), up from 4.8 billion yen reported last year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, visitors walk past a logo of Sony at Sony Building in Tokyo. Sony Corp. is reporting its fiscal second quarter profit zoomed by 26-fold from the same period last year, boosted by the success of its image sensors, game products and the latest "Spider-Man" movie. Tokyo-based Sony, which makes Bravia TVs, PlayStation 4 video-game consoles and Wyclef Jean recordings, reported Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, a July-September profit of 130.9 billion yen ($1.2 billion), up from 4.8 billion yen reported last year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
雖然近年串流音樂平台不斷發展，但日本的樂迷仍然對 CD 等實體媒介情有獨鐘。如今， Sony 及 Rhapsody 仍然打算劍走偏鋒，於 2019 年在日本推出Hi Res 串流音樂服務 Mora Qualitas ，用家只需每月繳付 1,980 日元（約港幣 HK$136.8 元）月費，即可享受 24-bit/96KHz 的無損 FLAC 音樂。
即將推出的串流音樂平台將採用 Rhapsody 的 Napster 技術，初步將於 PC 及 Mac 平台上推出，但官方表示日後將會支援更多不同平台。
事實上， Sony 是日本其中一間大型唱片公司，由他們推動串流音樂平台，就能夠針對更多不同要求的聽眾。不過，日本的樂迷向來對實體 CD 收藏趨之若鶩，加上日本十分注重音樂版權，如果新的串流平台無法吸引其他唱片公司加入，恐怕仍難以打動聽眾一試。
