Wall Street Journal Reports That Netflix on Xbox Live Coming This Fall *Update*
*Update*: After checking out Netflix.com, we discovered the website has in fact confirmed streaming will be made available through Xbox Live starting this fall. Below you’ll see a screenshot from their site showcasing a Samsung Blu-ray player and Xbox 360. And reporting both will feature online viewing with a TV.
The Wall Street Journal had interesting article regarding Netflix and how they bet the future of movies is the internet. During the story, they mentioned a small tidbit about Xbox Live streaming movies using the subscription based company. Although they didn’t go in ‘detail,’ they did mention Netflix is planning on using Xbox Live ‘this fall.’
In July, Netflix and Microsoft Corp. said they would stream movies and TV shows to subscribers of Xbox Live, a Web-based service for users of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 videogame system, starting this fall. More than 12,000 movies and TV episodes will be available when Netflix launches on Xbox Live. The service will be free to Xbox Live Gold members who are also Netflix subscribers, the companies said.
We already figured not every movie would be included to stream in the Netflix library. Considering the California company only allows a small percentage of their films available online for the PC, it shouldn’t surprise anyone not to see every movie on Microsoft’s online gaming subscription.
Either way, I can’t WAIT to have this service and gives me another reason to believe that Xbox Live is a far superior online service than its competitors.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
You’re seriously just catching on to this now? Not only is that WSJ article 13 days old, but this news was originally brought about at E3 in mid July…
September 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
We already figured not every movie would be included to stream in the Netflix library. Considering the California company only allows a small percentage of their films available online for the PC, it shouldn’t surprise anyone not to see every movie on Microsoft’s online gaming subscription.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I heard that movies would take a few months after their release to make on Live.
I usually only rent movies when I can’t find them online, but Blockbuster offers pretty good deals for it’s members, not to mention I already frequent there for my game pass.I’d like to have it, but I can live without it.