Despite recent rumors suggesting otherwise, Xbox 360 will be the only console (at least for now) streaming Netflix movies. The “exclusive partnership” with Microsoft ensures that Xbox 360 remains “the only game console to offer streaming Netflix,” according to Microsoft. Bummer.
Despite recent rumors suggesting otherwise, Xbox 360 will be the only console (at least for now) streaming Netflix movies. The “exclusive partnership” with Microsoft ensures that Xbox 360 remains “the only game console to offer streaming Netflix,” according to Microsoft. Bummer.
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if Nintendo wanted to shake things up… Hulu…
Thats fine with me. Keep the Wii simple I say, its not a powerful system for all these applications.
After all, why watch a movie on my non HD Wii when I can watch it in full HD on my X-box 360? Also, I can now watch a movie with a party of friends on XBL, either in full screen mode like no one is there, or in a funny looking theater where you can see your friends avatars and do silly things like toss popcorn at them …lol.
Absolutely no need for this service on the underpowered little Wii if you have a 360.
That's fiine wiith Mii.
People really aren't reading what was actually written:
"This exclusive partnership offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television via Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will be the only game console to offer this movie-watching experience, available to Xbox LIVE Gold members who are also Netflix unlimited plan subscribers**, at no additional cost."
See that last phrase–"at no additional cost"? That's the key. It's there for a reason and is an important qualifier to "the only game console to offer this movie watching experience." As seen from Netflix surveys, there has been talking of a one-time fee for other consoles.
If nothing else, until someone from Netflix says otherwise, I wouldn't believe anything Microsoft says about what Netflix will and won't do.
who cares if you reading this and typing comments then you already got worldwide cable and beyond and if you got a tv that hooks to the computer than theres your big screen worldwide cable, hook up some surround sound get some popcorn and watch yourself some bootleg movies uploaded to the internet that shouldn't be out until next month 🙂
What a surprise, Microsoft is trying to control everything yet again. Either way it doesn't matter to me because I don't use Netflix, but it would be nice to have the option on the Wii. Although I know that you can watch youtube vids on the Wii Opera Browser, so I'm assuming hulu and other similar sites would work too.
I'm fine with the way my Wii is now. I don't want any Apps for it. Besides, I don't use Netflix.
There is a very easy answer to this dilemma, Get a Xbox 360!
So if you were wondering if the service might ever hop across platforms, there's your answer. (Eat that PS3 owners.) hahahahahahaha
I was really looking forward to Netflix on the Wii.
I was sad when I read the update on Engadget this morning.
I have absolutely no intent to buy a 360+GoldLive or a Roku box.
I guess I will continue enjoying 30 Rock at my desk. 🙁
Nintendo needs to bring a North American version of their Wii No Ma Channel over!! Make it happen now!
This is disappointing but there is still hope. In Canada there is no Netflix, only Zip and no one has claimed that yet.
In Japan Nintendo has some sort of Video Service (all I know is you can watch Ultraman on it, lol).
I would love to be able to stream from my Wii. I have a PS3 but it has no video service. I figure, if I want to watch in HD I'll pick up a BD most streaming is still just upscaled SD anyways. If the Wii had a video service I'd buy it because it would be very user-friendly and have a great interface (the things Nintendo software is renowned for).
but in the end, as much as I'd like to see a video service in my game console, I use my game console for games. Except my PS3. I only own two games for that and I've owned it for over a year. It's my blu-ray player.