Comments on: Netflix ponders streaming to Wii and PS3

By: Dolly

Dolly — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:35:04 +0000

Yes I’d pay $10 -

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:23:05 +0000

i wld pay ten bucks to watch netflix on my tv it was th number 2 reason i bought a wii. the 1st was wii fitness

By: Valiantineus

Valiantineus — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:59:06 +0000

I think a lot of people are confused about the $10 thing. The $10 is a ONE-TIME-FEE to purchase the disk that will let you access Netflix. It has nothing to do with their subscription charge, which, I’m assuming will be similar to what it is on their other platforms.

And if anyone actually understood that the $10 was a one-time-fee and still complained about it, they need ask for a raise in their allowance from their mommy and daddy. I mean, SERIOULY?! $10 sometimes won’t even pay for a family dinner at a fast food restaurant!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:46:42 +0000

absolutely i would pay 10 buck – Roku in the livingroom and Wii in the basement!

By: William

William — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:00:26 +0000

Definitely I’ll pay even $ 20, if they expand their selection on HD titles available to stream,is a one time fee right now think about the XBOX users who have to pay up to $60 a year to access this feature in their console,and also remember the PS3 already has a Blu-ray player, for someone like me would be the ultimate HD movie experience at home.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:27:54 +0000

Can’t speak for the Wii but I highly doubt PS3 will ever stream netflix because Sony won’t want to do anything to sabotage their on demand revenue.

By: ericg1840

ericg1840 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:50:43 +0000

Absolutely i would do it i would sign back up for netflix just to be able to do it

By: Nikolaus

Nikolaus — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:50:23 +0000

I already use PlayOn to watch Netflix on my PS3 (which I paid $30 for). I do like the idea in general, because Netflix needs to be more open than just Xbox+Gold subscription. How can I get to this survey to add my vote?

By: jayrodathome

jayrodathome — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:20:12 +0000

Wii isn’t capable of hd. It took me a bunch of work just get mine to play dvds

By: bob

bob — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:24 +0000

Fully-supported Netflix on the PS3 would motivate me to buy one. Blu-Ray, Wi-Fi, network media streaming, and Netflix in one box would be well worth it (oh yeah, and games…). Now if Sony would just drop the price to $299.

By: Please...

Please... — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:24 +0000

I would pay the $10 in a NY minute. Please don’t make me buy a Roku!

By: drunknbass

drunknbass — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:45:05 +0000

@Nerull,

It actually doesn’t use hd space. I don’t even have a hd on my 360 and use netflix all the time.

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By: jake

jake — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:56:19 +0000

playon by mediamall will stream netflix to your ps3

By: jake

jake — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:55:40 +0000

i already get netflix streamed to my PS3 using playon by mediamall. Wii support should be coming out soon.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:09:16 +0000

10$ is nothing for wii and ps3 in order to watch the netflix on xbox360 u need to have xbox live gold wich is 50$..ps3 and wii internet is free so u guys pay 40$ less than xbox360 b happy!

By: Don

Don — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:40:57 +0000

Yes I would pay $10 bucks for it. People pay $50 a year to watch it through XBox live because without it they wouldn’t be getting it. They also pay a mint for Tivo service which allows them to get it. The reason netflix has to charge you for the disc is that the service will use a technology that does not come installed on the Wii or PS3. They have to pay microsoft for that technology so they can’t give it away for free. As far as the video quality of the Wii, it is the same as a regular DVD since it is 480P

By: Nerull

Nerull — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:17:53 +0000

Not me. It doesn’t seem like a bad deal, I just don’t get the point of paying to dl movies. it would be a more attractive idea in hd but at the same time that would make it annoying as hell since it would take waaay longer to dl anything and fill up your hard drive like theres no tomorrow.

By: Mr. Sanc8

Mr. Sanc8 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:02:44 +0000

ALL FOR IT!!!
I would love to chuck my Roku box and use my PS3 instead.

One less item to not worry about in my already crowded entertainment system…

By: deacon

deacon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:59:09 +0000

If it was a one time fee i’d be all over it. If it was another 10/month, not so much. Not for non-hd.

By: Muggsy

Muggsy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:03:38 +0000

Whats the point of all this anyway? The movie download serive is only available in the US. If Netflix does come, it will only be for the US. I live in Hong Kong and we dont even have movie trailers for download here. So much for Sony mentioning that they would expand it to other regions later!!!

By: drunknbass

drunknbass — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:56:32 +0000

I’d avoid wii for two reasons.
1. Wii is like 480 and the quality isn’t very good. And
2. It’s been hacked and completly reversed so netflix streaming on wii would prob give someone an easy way to see what/how the system works and bypass it… And then in the end it’ll make it worse for the consumer.

And netflix streaming isn’t that great. If they offered streaming of everything they have to rent already on DVD and BLuRay it’d be a different story.

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By: Psn id-topekomsi

Psn id-topekomsi — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:49:16 +0000

HELL YES, that will be f-ing awesome, think about it that is less that two dvd rentals not to mention the gas and time, I’ll admit as a ps3 owner I was experiencing a little console envy, of coarse killzone 2 stopped that, but YES, I’m in, send me the disk…

By: gadgetchic

gadgetchic — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:59:52 +0000

if i were Microsoft i would pay netflix for some extended exclusivity.

By: P.T.

P.T. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:36:54 +0000

For $10, why not? That is not much to ask for streaming netflix video.

By: ummm

ummm — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:33:06 +0000

I’m sure the dvd you have to buy is just so you can’t give out your username/password to everyone and let everyone stream free movies. I bet your subscription will be tied to the dvd or something like that.

By: fan_of_fanboys

fan_of_fanboys — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:58:52 +0000

I would love the feature on my PS3. Would eliminate my HBO/Cinemax subscription. Keeping Showtime b/c of upcoming Strikeforce

By: JL

JL — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:49:50 +0000

@MadMike

Been sweating the TivoHD real bad – so soo tempted to get one – just wondering are the additional content services enough on Tivo now that I wouldn’t miss On-Demand (Comcast)???

By: JL

JL — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:47:35 +0000

oops, scratch the last line – I re-read the survey clip, the $9.99 is extra.

By: JL

JL — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:46:35 +0000

Just reading the article the thought occurred to me – don’t blame Netflix for the $10 charge – Those of you out there with the Wii and PS3 might want to look at Nintendo and Sony. All Microsoft did for us 360 users on Live was ask us to download an update to allow the 360 to connect to and stream Netflix. I’m a gold member of Live and I paid Netflix the $8.95 to subscribe to their service – It works very nicely. These companies are all about making the money, I understand that. My question is – Is this $10 extra onto the cost of a Netflix subscription or does it include the subscription and Wii/PS3 users would get the Netflix app on a disc?

By: MadMike

MadMike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:23:54 +0000

I already have a Tivo HD which I can stream Netflix to, but I certainly would NOT pay extra for it. I already have the NF subscription, besides for non-HD? That’s just insulting. If they add all current movies and in HD, then yeah I would pay a slightly higher monthly fee (like $2.99 Max) for it. Otherwise, kiss my ass and send me the disc.