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- Hellicus, on 10/26/2009, -17/+187Now please Netflix, bring your business to the rest of the world... The US is not the only county in the planet, ya know ?
- aronnyc, on 10/26/2009, -0/+115And there's the last nail in Blockbuster's coffin.
- PeteBeast, on 10/26/2009, -6/+117Saw this coming. Competition can only be good for the consumer!
- NeoTechni, on 10/26/2009, -5/+92Nothing else PS3 does for free has gotten MS to do that. Why would they start now?
- Coolmatt49, on 10/26/2009, -2/+64Glad to see the PlayStation 3 getting the Netflix treatment. Not having an additional fee on top of the Netflix subscription (i.e. Xbox Live Gold) is also a big plus for me. It'll be nice to see the Wii get a similar option in the near future.
- dancandigg, on 10/26/2009, -3/+62Yaaaay! Now Xbox and PS3 owners can band together and be miserable about how they can no longer use Netflix once ISP's start charging for usage!
- Dagreenman, on 10/26/2009, -4/+59Very cool. Hopefully this will lead to MS taking the Gold member only restriction off Instant streaming to compete.
- readme, on 10/26/2009, -12/+57I guess I won't be renewing that Xbox Live Gold subscription now.
- link899, on 10/26/2009, -5/+48Im guessing so that people cant just download the app to watch Netflix on their PS3 and get then use a friends Netflix account to log in and stream the videos onto their PS3.
With the disc system each person wanting to use Netflix on their PS3 will have to have their own disc and cant just use a friends password to watch it. - dcorona1, on 10/26/2009, -13/+52Cue fanboy fight in 3..2..1....
- SelfArchitect, on 10/26/2009, -6/+43unlike the XBOX, I could still take advantage of Netflix's Blu-Ray library!
- Brokein3, on 10/26/2009, -3/+39Just bought a PS3 and this is awesome news to me. I've been using Netflix on my 360 for a while now and I'm glad that its going to be on both platforms now.
- subscriber, on 10/26/2009, -2/+33Netflix had signed an exclusive agreement with Microsoft that restricts them from duplicating the streaming service with anyone else. It's possible that the disk creates a legal loophole for them, assuming that the language in the initial contract says something about "diskless" service.
Just speculating. - geodebug, on 10/26/2009, -4/+33f-that, I'm an xbox guy but the more people watching streaming Netflix the better off we'll all be in that Netflix may convince studios to release more movies, maybe even some good ones :-).
Actually there are some pretty good shows available but you have to dig. - danwallace, on 10/26/2009, -3/+31Yeah, jeez, that's like having to switch discs every time I want to play a new game.
- wassamatta, on 10/26/2009, -10/+38ARRRRRGH! When will people stop blaming the middleman for territorial licensing imposed by the copyright holders. I regularly shop at beatport to get my electronica fix that I can't get elsewhere and yeah.. I get a little annoyed when I try to put a track in my cart only to be rejected with a message stating "this is not available in your territory". I don't whine to beatport about it though. I did send off one email stating don't show me the content if I can't buy it after I log in. Eventually the track will be sub licensed out to another label with rights to sell in NA.
And F Sony.... remember when they started pulling streaming titles they owned based on the deal MS had with netflix? - tenio, on 10/26/2009, -1/+28Does anyone know why a disc will be required to use netflix streaming?
- Hex11, on 10/26/2009, -3/+27It's pretty common for exclusivity deals to last for only a limited time. Netflix obviously isn't stupid enough to permanently sign away their right to exist on any platform.
- inactive, on 10/26/2009, -9/+33I know what you mean. I always get annoyed that I can't get my favorite New York pizza parlor to deliver to my house in Mississippi.
- geodebug, on 10/26/2009, -4/+28Hey, if you want to start paying me for my comments then I'll hire a editor to make sure every ***** picky-pete is happy.
- snowshoeless, on 10/26/2009, -0/+22well this makes my decision for a bluray player even easier when I upgrade this holiday season!
or should I say, I'll be better able to convince my wife that we need a PS3 instead of just a plain old bluray player. :) - Leo21k, on 10/26/2009, -7/+29Maybe he's thinking ahead for when his 360 dies?
- spartan8103, on 10/26/2009, -6/+26While they do remove the Gold requirement, I do not see it happening. It is about the only reason I have a Gold account right now. I lost interest in getting yelled at by 14 year old kids in Halo 3.
- username9000, on 10/26/2009, -4/+24why not do what ps3 users do and not use a headset when you play online? or just mute offensive players.
- yano, on 10/26/2009, -2/+21Finally something to compete against the current Sony Movie Rental System that is currently available to people who own Playstation 3's. I'd rather pay monthly for unlimited movies than pay per movie!
- jaytek13, on 10/26/2009, -2/+20Finally... it's long overdue. I've been streaming netflix to ps3 with PlayOn for quite a long while now so it's hard to be excited about this.
- jacksons98, on 10/26/2009, -1/+19Please work with Remote Play
- praxisdnb, on 10/26/2009, -2/+19I believe the exclusivity deal with MS specifically relates to a 'native running application', hence the disk. This deal supposedly expires in about 6 months, so expect the disk to go away.
- stillhateyou, on 10/26/2009, -2/+19Microsoft do something consumer friendly? Surely you're joking.
- davidmcraney, on 10/26/2009, -0/+17Blu-Ray, Netflix, free online gaming, Web browser, free wi-fi capabilities, great exclusives (Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, Metal Gear, Little Big Planet, Metal Gear, Infamous, Ratchet and Clank), non-exclusives like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty and Bioshock, etc.
Same price.
I have all three systems, and the PS3 has quickly gone from pretty Blu-Ray player to my main gaming choice. - nabor605, on 10/26/2009, -4/+21This is awesome news! So the PS3 is getting free Netflix streaming.....looks like I won't have to pay for it with Xbox Live Gold anymore ^_^ I always thought it was dumb that I had to pay two subscription services for instant streaming :P
- Prodigy1990, on 10/26/2009, -6/+23ill definitely be considering the ps3 slim now.
- jacksons98, on 10/26/2009, -2/+19@trdstv
If you read the press release it says initially it will require the disk. It sounds like the disk is a work around until they can integrate it. - TimtheTaxMan, on 10/26/2009, -7/+23Yea, that was the only reason I paid for it as well.
- hoodedrobin, on 10/26/2009, -5/+20How about we just get some .mkv support.
- DBeta, on 10/26/2009, -0/+15Evidently not enough considering Sony is getting it.
- trdrstv, on 10/26/2009, -4/+19Considering no other netflix enabled device requires this I'd guess it's a way around the XBox 'Exclusive' contract.
- geodebug, on 10/26/2009, -5/+19Don't know. Xbox doesn't need a disk, Netflix just came as a free downloadable app that pluggs into the dashboard. This has to be some kind of stop-gap. The whole "so each person wanting to use Netflix...will have to have their own disk" doesn't make sense. Roku, my blue-ray player, and xbox 360 all don't have this restriction.
- counterplex, on 10/26/2009, -6/+20The cost of a Gold membership isn't worth the Netflix streaming as far as I'm concerned. Not only does every other application work on a bring-your-own-internet manner, but so does every other console. I'll be damned if I have to pay $300 for a console and still pay annual fees to use it to its fullest.
- mfaith, on 10/26/2009, -2/+16The 'initially' is the key. Rather than waiting for a nice firmware implementation, this is just a quick fix to get it working. I'm sure a firmware update in a few months will integrate a nice UI. Account association shouldn't be an issue, it would be handled just like the Roku players are today. When you first hook up the Roku device it registers its S/N with your account online. So I imagine the same or similar process would link your PSN id to your account.
- kmg90, on 10/26/2009, -0/+14LOL you comment without knowing the whole situation of story! that's fanboy stupidity for you!
- REV0R, on 10/26/2009, -3/+17Sadly Leo has a point, or at least my 4th xbox would agree with him.
- Entroper, on 10/26/2009, -1/+15The Wii can't output in HD, so it doesn't matter. But the installed base of Wiis is so large, a Netflix Channel would probably do well.
- counterplex, on 10/26/2009, -4/+18picky-pete?
- inactive, on 10/26/2009, -2/+15though I disagree with the fanboyesque description, dugg for being cool (the story).
- starscream45, on 10/26/2009, -5/+17"The US is not the only county in the planet, ya know ?"
The US is not a county, it's a country and it's not in the planet, it's on the planet. - link287, on 10/26/2009, -0/+12Sweet i can drop xbox live now!!! come to think of it i might drop my 360 now.....
- Chewie67, on 10/26/2009, -3/+15CURRENTLY, no Movies or TV shows are distributed in .mkv format. That means in the eyes of Hollywood, MKV = Pirate.
Given that, you will NEVER see native .MKV support on the PS3 or 360. - Rhymenoceros, on 10/26/2009, -0/+12http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/10/netflix-com ...
- Chewie67, on 10/26/2009, -3/+15From the SONY press release:
"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."
Two things jump out to me:
1. The word "Initially". That sounds like they have a plan to build it in to the PS3 OS, but for now the work around is a Disc.
2. I would be SHOCKED if there wasn't a hack available within a few weeks that allowed you to copy the Netflix app from the Disc to the hard drive. -
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