No Netflix streaming for Wii or PS3 owners

[Skaggs]

Netflix Partnership
From the August 11, 2009 XBOX Dashboard Update

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.

From the Netflix Web site, simply add movies and TV episodes to your instant Queue, which will appear automatically on the TV screen via Xbox 360. Once selected, movies will begin playing in as little as 30 seconds. In addition to instantly streaming Netflix movies to the TV, Xbox LIVE Gold members can browse and rate movies, fast-forward, pause and rewind, all using either their Xbox 360 Controller or Universal remote.

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No Netflix streaming for Wii or PS3 owners.

[xzi]

Not sure about that wording, the Xbox Dash Update is providing the ability to finally manage your queue from the Xbox. If that is what they are considering "the experience" that will be exclusive, it still leaves the door open for others to provide a "lessor" experience like the Xbox has now.

Chances are, though, MS was smart enought to lock up an exclusive deal.

[hurnik]

That stinks. Oh well, I think I'd gotten a survey from Netflix about streaming and the PS3 and all the options only had a cost (like would you pay $3/month more to watch movies on your PS3)? Personally I don't think the streaming library on Netflix is all that large (but that's due to Hollywood) and the fact that they're not in HD or DD 5.1.

I did find a piece of software that'll let me stream from PC to PS3, so I may go that route instead.

[UsualNoise]

Interesting. However, I've been streaming Netflix to my PS3 for almost a year now with the help of PlayOn. It's not free, but has worked great for me thus far.

www.themediamall.com/playon

Also note that they have Wii support in beta right now as well.