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Forums - Gaming - YouTube intent on taking on NetFlix on consoles very soon!

Well for years us gamers who own Wii's and PS3's have had to go to spin off YouTube sites to view video's and get the YouTube experiance and Microsoft gamers were left out entirely as they had no browser to search YouTube. Well according to a new job listing at YouTube it appears that will all change.

The job posting by YouTube is asking for game programming veterns with at least three years game development experiance with at least one published title that they worked on. The posting also says that the programmer must have a "deep technical knowledge of Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and/or Nintendo Wii."

According to Gamasutra the service will be a "compelling lean back experience", But that isn't all YouTube appears to be targetting NetFlix directly with the posting indicating "pay-per-stream" content might be included in the new developers duties.

So YouTube may be alittle late to the table but with NetFlix currently having over 3-million subscribers on Wii alone and millions more also on PS3 and 360, the market for such content is massive. Also this indicates for the first time that YouTube may be creating a pay to view service.

Would you pay to watch YouTube video's? Does YouTube have a chance at challenging NetFlix? Are you happy to hear YouTube channels may be appearing on Wii/360/PS3? Whats your take on the news?



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i wouldn't pay for youtube on consoles. 

but if youtube is going to offer stuff like movies and tv shows then yes because i want something like this because we australians dont get netflicks 



Of Course That's Just My Opinion, I Could Be Wrong

Well they need to make an actual app for the PS3. The streaming quality (240p?) is terrible



Sounds great! Love to have a Netflix equivalent in the UK. Sky Player is getting a bit boring now! A YouTube app would be absolutely awesome. I would hate a web-based app, its non-secific and boring!



ruff_romeo said:

Sounds great! Love to have a Netflix equivalent in the UK. Sky Player is getting a bit boring now! A YouTube app would be absolutely awesome. I would hate a web-based app, its non-secific and boring!


There is a LoveFilm app on the PS3 for UK customers.



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mchaza said:

i wouldn't pay for youtube on consoles. 

No one would.  I expect this to probably be a free app, like on iOS.

Probably will be on 3DS and NGP too.