Rumor: Netflix service coming to the PS3?
- Posted February 12th, 2008 at 11:33 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 33 Comments
The Internet rumour mill has been in full swing again today, with reports coming in that online rental company Netflix may be bringing its service to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Reports originate from a survey supposedly distributed by the company, which presents consumers with the following question: "If as part of your Netflix membership you could instantly watch movies and TV episodes on your TV with your PS/3 or XBOX 360, how likely would you/anyone in your household be to do that?”
The survey reveals that users will be able to play streaming media on their console by utilizing a "special Netflix disc." Furthermore, aside from paying USD 3 for the disc itself, consumers would not be charged any additional fees.
No mention was given to how the PS3 will handle the Microsoft-based DRM.
Regardless what the survey may indicate, readers should file this one under speculation for the time being, at least until we hear otherwise.
We’ll keep you updated on any developments.
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se7enthsign |
Se7enthSign- 12:32pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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G-Code2603, some of the people here are not from the US and may not be familiar with American companies.
Netflix is a service where you can rent movies online and have them delivered to your home for a monthly fee. It's kinda cool, but Blockbuster's online service was better. -
PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 12:33pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Sounds cool,but i doubt i'll ever get it.
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iplayonlysony
- 1:20pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Lol, Netflix will beat Sony in showing movies and TV shows.
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woodcock_ps3 |
WALL-MARTshinobi- 2:37pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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@PSN-pauls and G-code260 and DaveW and se7enthsign i am from mars and i know what net flix is it doesnt matter were ur from its internet based.
NEt flix is an online service that requires a monthly fee to gain access to a wide option of dvds and downloads by the internet or by mail.LOL. just torrent moves like the rest of us.no disrespect to all
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kidkotic2001 |
hotshot2001- 3:04pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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this would be cool I would sign up for this and for psn-pauls ifyou dont know what netflix is man were are you living under rocks. lol
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DaveW |
hotshot2001- 3:10pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Wood, just because it's NETflix doesn't mean it doesn't have a country of origin. Do you think Japanese interNET users can use Netflix? No. Do you think Netflix has their advertisers putting money into advertising in the UK, Japan, etc... when their product isn't available there? No. So why would you expect people from those countries to just automatically know what it is just because it's called NETflix? That doesn't make sense or hold water, sorry buddy. No disrespect either.
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JstuFly |
JstuFly- 6:00pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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is netflix on the iternet? whats the internet!? could this be the internet? i sure like the way this is going... troll---> 360's rubbish! or is it? it would be good if they could get LOADSA' movie films on PSN to download 'n stuff. P.S. no more arguin or me n ma cronies will nik yeh wallets n use money 4 new burberry caps n mad s**t like dat.
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psn_frov |
frov- 6:29pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Well sounds interesting and would be a fine addition.
@Dave
You're one of the few writers who actually comments back on stuff and that's actually respectable, so getting into a little squabble with a member just become entertaining.
@Soviet
Lighten up a bit man, even the other guy laughed at himself.
EDIT: What happened a whole bunch of comments got taken off? Well did he delete the account or did you just remove the comments?
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Daz |
miami2399- 6:42pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Netflix is much cheaper than blockbuster. For 13.99 a month you get 2 at a time movies, BD included. Unlimited Online movie watching, and unlimited rentals. If you want to keep the movies for a couple months you can, with no late fees. Or if you watch the same day and send them back, the next two in your list will be sent. You can do more at a time for a little more a month as well. Overall a great service that I would use on My PS3 for sure. I do hope it offers HD though.
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Draco |
ExPresident- 9:27pm GMT - February 12th, 2008
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Would be an awesome bonus to my service already. I'd love to watch the movies I stream from their site on my Bravia instead of comp monitor. Netflix = much better than Blockbuster online and at half the cost, plus faster service. Anyway I never got this survey from Netflix so dunno, but I'd definately support it.
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princevegeta1980
- 3:48am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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i live in france and i certainly never heard of netflix, but sound's interresting! but if this is available through ps3, will it be available to other countries or just the US?
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dj_sup3r1or |
sup3r1or- 4:08am GMT - February 13th, 2008
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G-Code260
Dont be such a smarass if the person doesnt know doesnt mean u have to laugh on him. I dont know either cuz iAm not interested in this american rental companies, not a fan of renting a movie, either download them or buy them
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woodcock_ps3 |
WALL-MARTshinobi- 6:41pm GMT - February 13th, 2008
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thats not what i ment daveW. i dont live in the u.s all the time but i still use the internet/netflix 2 get my movies their u can still use it while u have internt 2 get it only in some areas not all sorry for the miss understanding
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