A quick confession: I watch more TV shows and movies on my Xbox 360 than I play games. I don’t know why this is exactly. I guess I can only play a game where I’m shooting things so many times before I realize, hey, I’m still playing games where I’m shooting things.
But anyway. More seriously, and more apt for this site, Netflix is rumored to be eyeing both the iPhone and the Wii for video streaming.
A new player is about to enter the arena: Netflix itself, who intends to bring “Watch Instantly” video streaming to the iPhone/iPod touch and the Nintendo Wii. At present Netflix streams over 12,000 movies and TV shows over a large variety of devices including Intel-based Macs.
I say bring it on. The future of video gaming and video is embedded exclusively in the Internet, and having this functionality on the Wii (while admittedly not in HD), would be convenient for many families. Let’s just hope you don’t need Friend Codes to watch movies.
@ Jack:
I guess I can only play a game where I'm shooting things so many times before I realize, hey, I'm still playing games where I'm shooting things.
Lol, that's XBox for you!
Don't get me wrong. I do still love Left 4 Dead online co-op. But only with friends.
Yeah I get the same feeling about Wii Sports and More Wii Sports.
Anyway, I welcome this, but honestly I probably will just keep using the 360 version. Unless the Wii gets some kind of exclusive movies or something. Which honestly overall I find the streaming movies from Netflix a bit lacking anyway. The best I've used it for is watching TV series like Heroes and 30 Rock.
I say bring it off. This doesn't appeal to me at all. The only thing the weak (but loveable) Wii needs is great games. That's the only kind of announcement I really care about.
This is a good thing for me someone like me, since I refuse to pay for an XBL membership because I won't get my money's worth and PS3 doesn't have this feature. Setting my TV up as a second monitor works, but it sucks trying to reset the launch position of Firefox so it launches on my monitor when the TV isn't even on.
Awesome, bring it on! 😀
What no NETFLIX for Canada??? GRRR…Take off you hosers!!!
internet is the only way to go here for watching anything im living in the stone ages none of my tv's are picking up anything since digital came up and bit me on my ass now i can dust off the tv and watch something on the wii yay unless i have to pay than booooo.
won't happen on iphone as long as at@t has at@t mobileTV to sell, same reason you can't have the sling box application on it now.
I'm sure this is too late a comment to be noticed by anyone, but I've been thinking. By now you've all heard of OnLive, and Gaikai correct?
If the proposed technologies actually work, and if the client end only needs a reasonable broadband connection and a processor capable of decoding a (presumably low complexity compression and decompression) video stream, then what's to stop this working on the Wii? In fact Dave Perry's been claiming (not that I believe him) that Gaikai can work in a web browser without any plugin installs. Well? If Netflix is seriously interested, then perhaps the streaming gaming companies should be. And if that's the case, then perhaps so will the third parties.
thats great. For some reason in Canada the PSN movie service is not available so while I would like to stream HD movies (That's all I use my PS3 for now, Blu-Rays and upscaled DVDs. It's great for that) I think that streaming from my Wii would be great. And knowing Nintendo, there'll be something different about this service.
netflix is great stuff. i recently discovered that i can stream movies on greyhound busses. will the wonders never cease??
ok- but apparently netflix streaming only works in the US. not costa rica. for future reference.
fortunately i have dvds with me.
There are some attention-grabbing cut-off dates on this article but I don’t know if I see all of them center to heart. There may be some validity but I will take hold opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want extra! Added to FeedBurner as nicely