Netflix Streaming Coming To PS3 This Year

Yay! Now I gotta buy a Netflix account.

The disk is only a temporary solution. 
 
It's basically used so Netflix can get the service to PS3 owners ASAP instead of waiting for Sony to create an APP. 
 
It launches next month after all...

Shhhhh, don't tell Microsoft about this

Great news!

Good to have. I won't use it because I like to own things but otherwise its a good move.

That's cool I guess.

" after being a gold subscriber of xbox live for 5 years i'm kinda considering not renewing in december. since i've gotten my ps3 i've been buying more games for it even if they're multiplatform. i've already gotten uncharted 2 and borderlands so far and i'll be getting modern warfare 2 on the ps3 and left 4 dead 2 on the pc. as far as i know i won't need to buy another 360 game till beyonetta and splinter cell are released. kinda depressing really. "

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Sorry, I have both consoles and I have to say epic FAIL!. The new 360 update pushes past what they are doing on disk/stream, instant 1080p on the 360! And having just completed Uncharted 2 On my PS3, Sony should invest more on this side of the console it is brilliant!. The only other disk based game I own for the PS3 is LBP, Sony/Netflix give up, the time for disks/formats has passed and Net flix cannot compare to the instant on 1080p my 360 is pumping into the house right now. 

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ThatDAMNGAMEISGOOD, JEFF!  W00T W00T, SOOON!!!

" Itd be great if netflix came to Canada at some point too >_>" "

cool this is awesome to have. i'm not a neflix user but still cool. i kind of want to see more things like this be added to the ps3.

Good move for Sony. I don't use Netflix personally, but I'm sure a lot of people will dig it. I like my 360, but I like it even more when it's neck and neck with the PS3. Glad PS3 is adding some more features like this.

"Netflix coming to the PS3" ----------- oh.  

Congrats PS3 owners now you can watch the same shitty 80's movies that the 360 owners can. Netflix streaming sucks ass the selection of movies is so old, the only thing worth watching is the Starz playlist.

The disc is a crutch to get it out the door rather than waiting for a software solution. I'm cool with that, its better than nothing.

makes things much better for Sony. not subscribed to Netflix so not really affected by it. great for Netflix users though

Initial disc == fail.  
I won't use streaming if it requires me to take out my current game. But hopefully, this will all be remedied and I can just start streaming without shift a butt muscle.  

Great news. Maybe I'll have to reactivate my subscription. The press release says the word, "initially" when talking about the disc part so it will only be temporary. Seems like a temp solution to either work out an application or they have to do that to circumvent some kind of contract MS has with Netflix. Good news is that since it's on a disc using BD-Live it probably won't be using PSN so you'll probably get good speeds and it won't bog down all of PSN.

 As someone who uses Netflix on the 360 to stream Movie and Tv content, this makes me very happy. I primarily use Netflix to watch Tv shows like Lost, Heroes and Dexter among others and more customers (hopefully) means more digital content. Often times (Meaning anytime I'm not watching heroes...) I'll hit a brick wall, run out of a show and have to add it to my DVD Queue on Netflix in order to keep watching it. Which pisses me off so I just move onto another show. Whats really bad is when seasons six and seven of a show like The Shield are added to instant watch without having added THE FIRST SEASON! I've actually been considering a cancellation of my Netflix membership because of these things. So, hearing that Netflix is coming to the PS3 within the month is music to this 360 (soon to be 360/PS3) owners ears. I just hope that Netflix can get their shiz together and start giving their paying customers the goods.

If I have to use a disc for this, I'll just keep streaming Netflix through PlayOn.  It works plenty fine, just needs the ability to manage your queue directly from the XMB instead of your PC.  I'm surprised how few people actually use PlayOn.  It's cheap as hell and gets my Hulus and Netflixers on my big tubes without any subscriptionaters.

Add one subscription I guess.

Nice, I might use this.

" I wonder if Netflix went to Sony and Microsoft, or Sony and Microsoft went to Netflix? "

I agree with Jeff.  Uncharted 2 is a fucking good game.
 
Anyway, i don't know how much of a boon this will be.  I am sure that being a blu ray player is enough for people, and since there are blu ray players coming out with Netflix support, this just brings it up to par with everyone.  I think MS should make Netflix available to silver members, it would be a good move.  However, as many of us know, the PSN speed is much slower so how good the service will be is yet to be seen.  And with Microsoft showing off instant 1080p streaming, they already have a few ups on the PSN.

Oh no, i have to use a disc?! 
 
Are people aware that the disc is TEMPORARY so PS3 can enjoy the service asap?  
 
Poor Microsoft... they keep dropping money for no reasons.... no wonder why they ask for you balls for some HD and accessories.

I wonder if Netflix went to Sony and Microsoft, or Sony and Microsoft went to Netflix?

Great news for people who only have a PS3, but I'll stick to streaming it on my 360 so I don't need to use a disc.
 
Maybe if we keep hoping and praying, some day the PS3 will actually do something better than the 360, rather than something basically-as-good-if-you-don't-think-about-it-too-hard.

 You can try and deny my logic, but you know it's accurate. "

I'm not gonna use it, but it doesn't hurt me so I'm all for it.  Guess cross-game chat will be included in the next update also.

"What gets me is that most of those PS3 fans previosuly discounted this same feature when it was a 360 exclusive, but now they're saying it's an absolutely fantastic feature and hailing it as the end of the console war and the true path to PS3 dominance."

" People keep saying that Sony has been leveling the playing field, but it seems to me that since the price drop anything that Sony does is absolutely tilting it in their favor.  The 360 is now so much more expensive to match feature-wise to the PS3, the only advantages it still has are certain games, if you like them, and some people feel the Live experience is still better, which I don't really, especially for $50 a year. "

That's a really good feature for the PS3.  I really hope that it comes with a fully-functional interface for searching movies.  I'm thinking about getting a PS3 anyway, so I'd love to have the choice of the machine to watch it on.

Well I saw this coming and I guess so did MS because that must be why they're pushing the hell out of their own instant stream. Well at least now I can watch netflix on both my xbox and ps3

Well that made my day...

It's nice to know the good people at Netflix don't know how to hold cds.

Any pics of the interface for the PS3?

Nice,i won't use it but it's cool for those who wanted it. Also glad you are liking Uncharted 2,i am almost done with it and it's so fun.

Why issue the disc?  That makes no sense.  Have it online at PSN

Also I DO hope Netflix capability becomes available for silver Live members because of this. My older 360 with the busted disc drive sits in the living room as a Netflix and arcade device, while my primary 360 remains in my room; and it's annoying having to make sure my profile is on the one in the living room and that I'm not logged-in in my room when somebody wants to watch Netflix. I'm certainly not going to get another gold account for that functionality.

Yes its about time.