Reuters interviewed Netflix CEO Reed Hastings yesterday, and he offered some hope (but no dates) for PS 3, Wii, and iPhone support.
Reuters: Netflix video streams on Microsoft’s Xbox Live system. What about the PS3 and Wii?
Hastings: Eventually we want to be on all the game consoles, all the Blu-ray players, all the Internet TVs. So we are working in parallel with all of those efforts. Currently our Xbox deal is exclusive and we haven’t characterized it more than that.Reuters: Any plans to work in partnership with Apple and the iPhone?
Hastings: it’s something that’s likely to come over time. But nothing in the short term. (With) movie watching, we are not focused on mobile yet, but (instead) on the TV, on Blu-ray and on the video game consoles. We will get to mobile eventually, including the iPhone.
via Gizmodo.
*Crosses fingers* Zune,Zune,Zune,Zune,Zune!
Posted by: Stephan | September 22, 2009 at 05:33 PM
microsoft will just throw tons of money at them to keep it xbox exclusive.
trust me on that.
the xbox only support is one of the reasons i have ONLY an xbox... and other people that i know as well.
Posted by: steven | September 22, 2009 at 07:59 PM
Sounds more like they're hoping for PS3 support than confirming it.
Posted by: Ewingo401 | September 23, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Agreed, Ewingo401.
Companies would like lots of things. I don't doubt Netflix has some oomph in the market, but the want alone doesn't make it so!
That said, I do hope one day to see their service more ubiquitous.
Posted by: Taylor | September 23, 2009 at 07:05 PM
@steven - if Netflix comes to the iPhone / iTouch I'm MS will follow with Zune support.
Posted by: whats4lunch.wordpress.com | September 24, 2009 at 01:29 PM
So if someone bought Sony, Nintendo or Apple stock based on Hasting's announcement and Netflix never delivers on the PS 3, Wii or iPhone platforms, and the stock didn't do well - is there some financial liability on the part of Netflix?
Executives that pre-announce product offerings suck!
Posted by: Edward R Murrow | September 27, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I would think it would be more likely that microsoft would just buy Netflix and keep them exclusive that way. It would be a perfect addition to their lineup since all they currently offer is Pay per view service on TV and movies.
Netflix could still offer their products on TV's and BluRay players but NO other consoles.
And as far as NFLX stock you could buy it today and still make money. There is a 30% short interest on the stock currently and when they beat the street next week I think it will have a nice pop. Already up 10% just in the last few weeks.
Can you say Short Squeeze.
Posted by: J Doe | October 17, 2009 at 02:35 PM
Looking forward to that, if only they could make bluray movie streaming too
Posted by: ps3 yellow light of death | November 04, 2010 at 08:37 AM