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Netflix Headed To Playstation 3 Starting Next Month

October 25, 2009 in News comments 5

It seems as Microsoft's exclusive deal with Netflix has come to an end. Starting next month, Playstation owners with a Netflix membership will be able to stream movies from Netflix at no extra charge.

We’re excited to announce today that Netflix and Sony have partnered to bring you thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed instantly from Netflix to your TV via your PS3 system at no extra charge. When the application launches next month, you’ll be able to access and watch thousands of Netflix choices directly through the XMB. We think that the nearly nine million PS3 enthusiasts and 11.1 million Netflix members in the U.S. will make quite a match.
Smoke via blog.us.playstation.com »
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  • 0
    Smoke Oct 26, 09
    Reading through the PR statement, there seems to be a disk that will be sent to you in order to stream movies.

    "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™ technology to access the Internet and activate the Netflix user interface on the PS3 system, which must be online via Wi-Fi or Ethernet."

    http://www.netflix.com/ps3 . Here is the opt in (free)

    Also, if you're new to the Netflix subscription, there's a package that lets you do Blu-Ray movies. I highly recommend it.
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    kik36 Oct 26, 09
    Just keep in mind that the Blu-Ray subscription is a bit more pricey. Also there's a period at the end of your link that makes it invalid. Thanks for it though, I signed up.
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      Smoke Oct 26, 09
      Thanks, fixed it.

      I keep reading the press release and it seems a bit odd. At the start of the article, it says that it'll be done through the XMB. Later on in the statement, however, it says it'll launch initially via the blu-ray disk.

      So, why mass-produce a disk that'll only be used until the update comes out? Unless they're talking about accessing the Blu-Ray Live content using XMB... not sure
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        kik36 Oct 26, 09
        Hmmmmm good question. Maybe they don't want to wait for the PS3 update and are giving users the option of watching immediately via the disc.
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    Sayyed Oct 26, 09
    I just canceled by subscription. Damn.

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