http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_9879195
"Xbox Live users who have a Netflix account will be able to watch streaming movies from the service concurrently with up to 7 other online friends, including those who don't have a Netflix subscription."
"Don Mattrick, Microsoft's senior vice president of interactive entertainment, predicted that, thanks in part to the updates, the Xbox 360 would outsell Sony's rival PlayStation 3 this console cycle."
http://labuzzblog.com/2008/07/14/e3-2008-xbox-360-rocks-new-avatars/
I dunno how credible this "news" is but it states a specific exclusive contract.
So your facts are
360 thinks this is going to help increase sales or close the sales gaps to the tune of (what do we see every week, in comparison to ps3?) 50k consoles per week?
You then see how people with the account can share it with up to seven people, which realistically will cut netflix subscriptions on the 360 to maybe half of what was possible. And they are not allowed to pursue any other vg console venues.
sounds like this is MS' game if you ask me
BTW: i think this pretty much ensures them being beaten out in the long term if they start doing deals like this.
