NetFlix on MS......Weird?

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antfromtashkent said:

BengaBenga said:
Really I'm getting tired of the assumptions that Microsoft buys everything.

Doesn't it occur to anyone that the 360 is the leading console+entertainment sytem in the most important market: the US? And that it therfore is a ver valuable partner?
Square even said it was THEIR decision to bring FF13 to 360 as well, not very strange considering 360's userbase in the US.
For Netflix this partnership opens a whole lot of opportunities.

 

 Lol well in this case the assumption that they bought it makes the most sence.....NetFlix was supporting Sony when they were doing bad...why would they switch now?

You're overlooking a few points:

1. Netflix may have supported Blu-ray but because MS didn't have a huge financial stake in HD-DVD in the first place, that's largely irrelevent.

2. Netflix is a business. A business that wants to make money.

3. The optical format pissing contest is over and it's time to move on.

4. Rumors about this have been swirling since HD-DVD was alive and going strong. That shows you how separate these two issues really are. Partnerships like this don't spring up overnight; you can bet the two companies have been talking for a long, long time about this.