NewTeeVee reports that Sony CEO Jack Tretton at E3 claimed that the PS3 accounted for 30% of Netflix streaming (amazing since the PS3 was offline for almost a month).
While Microsoft’s Xbox Live is trying to position itself as the digital hub for living room entertainment, Sony today made the case that it’s already the leading game console for streaming video online. Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton said in front of an audience in its E3 press conference that the game console is the leading provider of Netflix streams to consumers. In fact, he said the game console is accountable for a full 30 percent of Netflix’s streaming usage online.
Another interesting datapoint from the story: "...the average Xbox 360 user consumes about 80 GB of bandwidth per month."
What hardware do you use to stream Netflix?
Roku, almost exclusively.
I'm not sure I buy Sony's 30 percent claim. Statistics can be made to say anything.
Posted by: gir | June 09, 2011 at 05:38 PM
PS3 until Yellow Light of Death - which led to permanent death. Now XBox 360 and sometimes a Sony bluray player.
Posted by: Rob | June 09, 2011 at 05:38 PM
Me and just about everyone I know uses a 360, except for one person who uses a PS3. My brother and sister-in-law like to watch on their iPhones (they've got twin babies - so baby in one arm, netflix in the other)
Posted by: Wpgameshub | June 09, 2011 at 05:47 PM
Wishful thinking would be for Micro$oft to drop the $60/year privilege tax to reach Netflix. I don't see it happening, but it would be nice.
Posted by: Entuza | June 09, 2011 at 05:56 PM
Mostly Roku, and at lunch with my EVO
Posted by: Joe | June 09, 2011 at 06:54 PM
Although not a great interface - and one that changes at random sometimes - I use a Sony BluRay player to stream. Hey, the Netflix streaming was a feature when I bought it, so I'm using it rather than adding another box to the stack.
Posted by: Iangjacobs | June 09, 2011 at 06:57 PM
I stream Netflix with the Roku all the time.
"Wishful thinking would be for Micro$oft to drop the $60/year privilege tax to reach Netflix. I don't see it happening, but it would be nice."
Yeah. That's what made me surprised that the XBox is such a popular streaming solution. Of course there are a LOT of people who already have XBox Live Gold for gaming purposes, so I guess they want to stream Netflix too.
Posted by: Isaac Hummel | June 09, 2011 at 08:17 PM
I have several Roku players that I really like. The PS3 does a pretty good job too... May get one of the HD Roku players next... Or maybe an android based phone / tablet...
Posted by: Wonderbird | June 09, 2011 at 10:57 PM
I use both a PS3 and an Xbox 360 whichever one happens to be on is the one I use. Although I used to use the PS3 because the picture quality was better but that was nullified by the recent 360 update so now I use them about equally.
Posted by: Richard Young | June 09, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Forget the website redo, have you seen the degraded PS3 UI that's been forced on console users last month? An overwhelming number of message board poster hate it due to the loss of functionality and easy of use that previous interfaces offered.
Posted by: Kale Barton | June 10, 2011 at 12:15 AM
Four TVs - PS3, PS3, Roku, WD HD Live. Backups for these TVs (in same order) - WD HD Live Hub, Vizio TV, Samsung Blu-ray Player, Samsung Blu-ray Player.
All four TVs can play Blu-ray disks, plus stream stuff from the WD HD Live Hub. also all TVs also have gazillion Cable channels plus PPV.
It's a little overkill..
Posted by: CJ | June 10, 2011 at 12:35 AM
I use XB360.
Posted by: FearNo1 | June 10, 2011 at 02:08 AM
I don not use either one of those it's either my wii or roku but mostly the roku.
Posted by: Homer0817 | June 10, 2011 at 02:23 AM
Why do so few people care about the lack of 5.1 audio? I only have an xbox, but I really don't stream much because I can't stand only getting straight stereo with a DVD+ quality picture.
Posted by: Scott Davis | June 10, 2011 at 02:36 AM
BoxeeBox (The best way to consume Internet content on your TV)
Posted by: ScottZ | June 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM
"Wishful thinking would be for Micro$oft to drop the $60/year privilege tax to reach Netflix. I don't see it happening, but it would be nice."
You can actually get a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription for $35. Buy.com had it on sale this week. Check techbargains or slickdeals. Generally some store has it on sale somewhere.
But I get your point.
Posted by: Stuey_T | June 11, 2011 at 03:08 PM
You could still use Netflix despite the PSN network being down. It would try to force you to sign in but once the netflix app signed in it would give up.
Posted by: Aftmoore | June 13, 2011 at 10:43 PM