PlayStation 3 owners will be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix on their gaming consoles starting next month.
Sony Corp. and Netflix Inc. were set to announce the deal Monday. The service will be available for free to PlayStation 3 owners who have a Netflix subscription that costs more than $9 a month.
For Netflix, the move means reaching new customers. About 9 million PlayStation 3 systems have been sold in U.S.
For Sony, which already sells movies and TV shows on the console, it means yet another feature to tout as it markets the PlayStation as a diverse entertainment device.
Netflix streaming is already available on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. This leaves Nintendo Co.'s Wii as the last holdout.
Initially, watching movies instantly streamed from Netflix via the PS3 system will be enabled by a free, instant streaming Blu-ray disc that is being made available to all Netflix members. The free instant streaming disc leverages Blu-ray's BD-Live(TM) technology to access the Internet and activate the Netflix user interface on the PS3 system, which must be online via Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
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i really like it on my 360 it works very well...i dont think the wii could do it its not a hold out....it just doesnt have the ability...plus it cant push hd so what would be the point
i really like it on my 360 it works very well...i dont think the wii could do it its not a hold out....it just doesnt have the ability...plus it cant push hd so what would be the point
i guess you didnt read the bottom quote i posted. It will stream Blue Ray.
i really like it on my 360 it works very well...i dont think the wii could do it its not a hold out....it just doesnt have the ability...plus it cant push hd so what would be the point
the Wii absolutely has the ability and you can ALREADY watch Netflix on it if you use PlayOn(same with PS3). HD doesn't matter much because most of Netflix's content is not hd anyway(and even the content that is requires a very fast connection to stream consistently)
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i guess you didnt read the bottom quote i posted. It will stream Blue Ray.
you misunderstood. the blu ray they're talking about is the netflix *program*. the videos will be the same ones you get on 360 or on your computer.
the Wii absolutely has the ability and you can ALREADY watch Netflix on it if you use PlayOn(same with PS3). HD doesn't matter much because most of Netflix's content is not hd anyway(and even the content that is requires a very fast connection to stream consistently)
you misunderstood. the blu ray they're talking about is the netflix *program*. the videos will be the same ones you get on 360 or on your computer.
i actually get alot of movies in hd and it is very very consistent since i switched to fios i usually get a 15mps download.....very very fast
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I already have netflix on my xbox. Just wondering because the movies Sony has rights in didn't allow them to stream on the xbox. You could rent them for home delivery, but couldn't stream them.
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