Netflix on PS3 official. Oh Damn.

[Averry]

As per Facebook straight from the horse.


http://bit.ly/3nmof5



Holy Bawls.

[Averry]

As a side note, I want to say that Microsoft will have to make this free for Silver members.

[Geonosis]

Wow awesome, can't wait. Does it still require that activation disc?

[Televator]

Finally! However, I wonder if they wont restrict HD content to the 360's paid service and just have regular streaming on PSN and 360's silver tier service....hmmm....I hope not!

[Averry]

Originally Posted by Televator

Finally! However, I wonder if they wont restrict HD content to the 360"s paid service and just have regular streaming on PSN and 360's silver tier service....hmmm....I hope not!

At the moment, not only did they loose an exclusive feature, but that feature now is completely free on the other service.


I do not see a reason why Microsoft can't switch this over to Silver service, I mean, not to is gonna result in a bewildering amount of badgering in all of the press.

[Geonosis]

Eh it does require the disc, too bad they can't make it a downloadable app on XMB.

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[miDnIghtEr]

netflix WILL matter now. can't wait.

[The_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Averry

As a side note, I want to say that Microsoft will have to make this free for Silver members.

I agree.

WTF is with a activation disc?

Funny thing about Sony PR talk, (in essence)-The ps3 is so magnificent and so far ahead that 3 years ago people were mystified and are only now catching up---

Except people were doing this app on their tivos, dvd/blu players and Xboxes for over a year now.

Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3

By BARBARA ORTUTAY (AP) – 14 minutes ago

NEW YORK — PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.

Sony Corp. and the DVD rental company planned to announce the service Monday and launch it next month. It will be available for free to PlayStation 3 owners who have a Netflix subscription that starts at $9.

Netflix streaming is already available on a broad range of devices, such as the Roku digital video player, Internet-connected TV sets (including Sony's) and Blu-ray players — and the PlayStation 3's archrival, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. On the Xbox, however, the Netflix streaming is available only to Xbox Live "Gold" members, who pay $50 a year mainly to play games online with friends in other places.

For Netflix Inc., the deal brings millions of potential new customers, to add to the 11.1 million it already has in the United States. About 9 million PlayStation 3 systems have been sold in U.S., and more than 25 million worldwide.

Movie streaming is an increasingly important service for Netflix even though it says it expects to keep renting DVDs until 2030. And Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said he would like the streaming service to be available on all three of the major gaming platforms — the Xbox, the Wii and the PlayStation. Until now, however, the company had an exclusive deal with Microsoft.

"The PlayStation 3 is an amazing video platform," Hastings said in an interview.

This leaves the Wii as the last console without Netflix streaming. But even without it, the Wii is the top-selling console.

Netflix has about 17,000 movies and TV shows available for streaming, though few of them are new releases. This will expand the movies Sony already rents and sells through the PlayStation 3, and will give the company another feature to tout as it markets the PlayStation as a diverse entertainment device.

With a TV ad campaign whose slogan is "It Only Does Everything," Sony is targeting men and women between 18 and 49 and playing up the console's capabilities beyond gaming. Last year, its aim was still younger men, the gamer demographic.

"I think we always knew we made a significant investment in the PS3 and we were ahead of the time in terms of technology," said Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. "But technology that was mystifying to the consumer three years ago is being coveted now."

To access the Netflix streaming service, PlayStation 3 users will have to pop in a Blu-ray disc that Netflix will mail out. The disc will access the Internet and activate the Netflix system so people can find movies to stream.


The Associated Press

[Indy_aka_Rex]

Originally Posted by Geonosis

Eh it does require the disc, too bad they can't make it a downloadable app on XMB.

If Sony opens up to it it'll be patched into the system via firmware ala Europe's VidZone feature.

Anyway, didn't MS tout Netflix exclusivity for the 360 as a permanent thing, or at least a long-term thing at E3 09?

[Televator]

Originally Posted by Averry

At the moment, not only did they loose an exclusive feature, but that feature now is completely free on the other service.


I do not see a reason why Microsoft can't switch this over to Silver service, I mean, not to is gonna result in a bewildering amount of badgering in all of the press.

What I mean is that it looks as though the streaming of SD material on both consoles will surely be free on both consoles. My concern is specifically with HD content. Take the situation for Netflix streaming on PC that has been going on for quite some time....Streaming video has been free for PC users with Netflix accounts, buuuuuut HD streaming remained exclusive to the 360. You can't get Netflix HD streaming on PC, you had to pay for a Netflix account AND an XBLA gold account for HD content.

[Malanthius]

Who cares! Netflix is not !!! At least that's what's always been said...

[The_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Televator

What I mean is that it looks as though the streaming of SD material on both consoles will surely be free on both consoles. My concern is specifically with HD content. Take the situation for Netflix streaming on PC that has been going on for quite some time....Streaming video has been free for PC users with Netflix accounts, buuuuuut HD streaming remained exclusive to the 360. You can't get Netflix HD streaming on PC, you had to pay for a Netflix account AND an XBLA gold account for HD content.

I think that was because PC were/are so hodgepodge> how many calls and complaints would come in because their '486 multimedia PC' froze watching Star Trek HD


Every 360 and PS3 is a set standard and HD ready.

[Televator]

Originally Posted by The_Doctor

I think that was because PC were/are so hodgepodge> how many calls and complaints would come in because their '486 multimedia PC' froze watching Star Trek HD


Every 360 and PS3 is a set standard and HD ready.

I really don't know if that's really the issue there.....I mean, it doesn't stop youtube from having an HD option...

[Onslaught X]

So what happens to Sony's own video store?

[The_Doctor]

Originally Posted by Televator

I really don't know if that's really the issue there.....I mean, it doesn't stop youtube from having an HD option...

True... My impression of Netflix is they though it might be a hassle so didn't bother.
You could be right.

Watch it all be down to it is some kind of content protection thing