PS3 To Stay Netflix Free

We've concentrated most of our efforts on our download service, both rentals and downloads of movies and TV shows. Our efforts will continue to be there, because our customers want to own the content...

We've concentrated most of our efforts on our download service, both rentals and downloads of movies and TV shows. Our efforts will continue to be there, because our customers want to own the content...

good. i live in canada and even if the ps3 had netflix i wouldn't be able to use it

Better get up to speed quick sir, Battlestar Galactica is starting soon enough!

Excellent, I couldn't care a less if it ever got Netflix.

Vinny, don't forget about Burn Notice. That's an awesome show.

To the comments above mine: It's not a good thing that the PS3 will never get Netflix. It might not effect you, but championing this as some sort of triumph makes you look pretty fucking stupid.

Aw dammit :( I loathe 360 owners for Netflix. Damn you M$ for most likely paying off Netflix to skimp out on PS3 (again)

honestly, i don't give a fuck about Netflix on a ps3

No game can compete with Battlestar Galactica.

Vinny, I have to ask...did you actually manage to get all the way through Transmorphers in a single sitting? I'm usually a big fan of bad sci-fi, but that movie was just TERRIBLE.

One more reason to NOT buy a piece of shit 3

I like how Sony NOT doing something is news. If they're content  to let give their customers less services then so be it. They'll reap what they sow.

Netflix would of been awesome on the PS3.

There is a way to watch Netflix on the PS3 - it's called PlayOn. It's an add-on that you install on your PC, which uses PS3's DLNA capability to stream Netflix movies from your account. It's not the best ever quality but it's good enough and it also allows to stream your YouTube videos and even Hulu. 

i dont really care anyway, most of the stuff i watch i will either rent off my ps3, or if its a tv show watch online (hulu, cbs.com, etc)

"honestly, i don't give a fuck about Netflix on a ps3"

If Sony let you watch netflix over the PS3, who would buy any Blu Ray Discs?

I haven't bought in to netflix on my 360 yet simply due to a lack of funds and a crappy internet connection to boot, but it seems like the best possible solution for watching movies in my home without having stacks of rarely watched media.  Yay for digital!

Ha, when I signed up for Netflix 2 weeks ago, Ice Pirates was one of the first movies I watched!  

I have a PS3, i like the video service they already provide. 

I love it! I wish everyone could have it....I guess you could with the right hardware. It's awesome. I would buy a standalone anything just so I could use it honestly. It just so happened that I use the 360. If I didn't, I'd find a way to get it.

Netflix is too expensive for me. When they first announced Netflix for the 360, I thought it came with any gold membership and I thought, "finally something worth the monthly fee" and alas it would only require more money. Rentals are nice for impulse viewing, but I am still not a huge fan of video content on a game system. I have my computer for all my video needs. My consoles are for games.

If only Sony offered Netflix pricing structure.

Well the Netflix player uses Windows Media codecs to work anyway, I'm pretty sure, so it seemed unlikely that Netflix would be on PS3, whether they wanted to or not.  Sucks because steaming movies is awesome; paying $50 to MS and $96 to Netflix a year is not.

who cares about nexflix. IMO streaming does work that well anyway. i would rather keep what i pay for too. im a blockbuster guy anyway.

Dumb dumb dumb. I was hoping they'd bring a Netflix like service to the PS3 and considering that digital downloads are the future, a rental service like this would be great. I love Netflix and so what if I don't own it, I can just get online, put it on my queue and gasp, watch it as many times as I want when I want! Couple that with HD movie downloads in the future and you have a medium killer.

Sony have a video service via the PSN Store.. give it some time.. it has the potential to be better then Netflix online services imo.

Bittorrents, streaming, PSN video downloads, internet browser, blu-ray, external hard-drives. I'm sorry if that's not enough for the typical consumer to play their favorite movies then you fooled me.

Another reason why Sony is falling behind.

Well microsoft's got some money to spend and netflix likes money so what do you expect?

Even if Sony wanted Netflix on the PS3, I couldn't see it happening after what a huge deal Netflix signed with Microsoft.

"There is a way to watch Netflix on the PS3 - it's called PlayOn. It's an add-on that you install on your PC, which uses PS3's DLNA capability to stream Netflix movies from your account. It's not the best ever quality but it's good enough and it also allows to stream your YouTube videos and even Hulu. 

http://www.themediamall.com/playon 

I liked it while I had the free trial. Not sure if it's worth the 30 bucks. 

"

I was gonna mention PlayOn Media Server, but hwarang beat me to it. Ahh well. As it is, I've got a Media Center PC set up anyway, so I can use that to watch video from NetFlix as well, so either way, there's no skin off my nose.

Living in Canada I have no experience with Netflix, but correct me if I'm wrong, couldn't one just use the PS3's web browser to stream it? If so why would Sony (or any of you) give two shits about setting up some kind of deal to have a fancy UI with a name on it?

I don't really care about the movies either way. I still prefer to have a disc in my hand compared to digital ownership of them. Rentals maybe, but even then, only 24 hours is not worth the price for either system in my opinion.

Same old Sony.  They completely blew it with the advent of iPods and online music purchases, and here they go again.  We'd rather do it our way, which is... um... non-existent.

sure, Sony SAYS they're not interested. I'm sure the what's closer to the truth is Sony's pulling their hair out and banging their heads against a wall because Netflix has some kind of exclusive deal with Microsoft.

"I did the two-week Netflix trial and streamed videos to my 360, but the quality was terrible.  First of all, the videos weren't wide screen.  Second, they look worse than regular DVDs.  Before it came out, I was under the impression that you could stream HD movies to the 360.  I'm not gonna pay for the service to see grainy, crappy old videos.  They barely even have any good movies available for download."

"Dumb dumb dumb. I was hoping they'd bring a Netflix like service to the PS3 and considering that digital downloads are the future, a rental service like this would be great. I love Netflix and so what if I don't own it, I can just get online, put it on my queue and gasp, watch it as many times as I want when I want! Couple that with HD movie downloads in the future and you have a medium killer."

Sony... come on!

I know blockbusters in talks with streaming movies and having the ps3 be its catalyst

wow that is a bummer. too bad.

The Netflix thing is the first feature that I feel jealous of a 360 being only owning a ps3.  sony's video service is good but is also as costly as a Blockbuster account, but a monthly account as Netflix would destroy what Sony is getting cash off of their service.

Netflix on the 360 is the fucking shit.. end of story

"Netflix on the 360 is the fucking shit.. end of story"

"There is a way to watch Netflix on the PS3 - it's called PlayOn. It's an add-on that you install on your PC, which uses PS3's DLNA capability to stream Netflix movies from your account. It's not the best ever quality but it's good enough and it also allows to stream your YouTube videos and even Hulu. 

http://www.themediamall.com/playon 

I liked it while I had the free trial. Not sure if it's worth the 30 bucks. 

"