Netflix coming to PS3 at no additional charge

Heyyou27 · 10-25-2009, 11:32 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/...playstation-3/

http://www.netflix.com/NRDInfo/PS3

EDIT: I just read further and it says that you'll have to insert a disc to use Netflix on the PS3. That's fucking retarded, and basically makes me lose all interest. Why would it have to be a disc when they could simply have it be an application you install to the hard drive that appears on the XMB like folding@home, Photogallery, Web browser, Home, etc. ?

Willy_Wonka · 10-26-2009, 02:06 PM

I heard it was gonna be like 9 bucks a month

Heyyou27 · 10-26-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Willy_Wonka

I heard it was gonna be like 9 bucks a month

You have to pay for Xbox Live Gold to use Netflix, on top of the $8.99 a month fee for Netflix itself. On the PS3 you will only be required to pay for Netflix itself. Sorry if I was not clear in my first post.

Drunken_Shinobi · 10-28-2009, 08:43 PM

Well...it seems interesting that NetFlix is hitting the PS3 but yeah...it does seem pretty ridiculous that it has to be on a disc. I mean PS3 already has the free PSN service going on, why can't they distribute it that way?

Heyyou27 · 10-28-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Drunken_Shinobi

Well...it seems interesting that NetFlix is hitting the PS3 but yeah...it does seem pretty ridiculous that it has to be on a disc. I mean PS3 already has the free PSN service going on, why can't they distribute it that way?

Offering it as an application via PSN would violate the terms of their current "exclusivity" deal with Microsoft, so the disc is just their way around the contract until it expires. Netflix has stated they will offer a Netflix application via PSN sometime in 2010.

Drunken_Shinobi · 11-06-2009, 12:31 AM

Ah...I see so it's legal issues that force Sony to distribute NetFlix through an inconvenient disc.

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10-26-2009, 02:06 PM	#2
Willy_Wonka shit Tournaments Won: 2 Local Time: 05:43 PM Local Date: 05-24-2013 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,065 Casino Cash: $6489	I heard it was gonna be like 9 bucks a month

10-28-2009, 08:43 PM	#4
Drunken_Shinobi Ninja Pimp Slap! Local Time: 02:43 PM Local Date: 05-24-2013 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 'West Side' Age: 22 Posts: 10,794 Casino Cash: $18075	Well...it seems interesting that NetFlix is hitting the PS3 but yeah...it does seem pretty ridiculous that it has to be on a disc. I mean PS3 already has the free PSN service going on, why can't they distribute it that way?

11-06-2009, 12:31 AM	#6
Drunken_Shinobi Ninja Pimp Slap! Local Time: 02:43 PM Local Date: 05-24-2013 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 'West Side' Age: 22 Posts: 10,794 Casino Cash: $18075	Ah...I see so it's legal issues that force Sony to distribute NetFlix through an inconvenient disc.


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