N'Gai Croal and Pachter: Sony the worst of the big 3 at E3?

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noname2200 said:

Sqrl said:
You guys can confirm this with Naz since I was chatting with him on Steam at the time, but when MS announced Netflix I told him that it was a big deal...far bigger than most gamers would give it credit for. Pachter gave the vital stats here to prove that point.

I don't believe the bolded. I will be verifying this with this "Naz" of yours, and woe unto you if I find out you're lying.

On a more serious note, I'm still skeptical that it's going to be that big of a console mover. Yeah, there are millions of Netflix owners in the U.S., but in order to take advantage of this they have to buy a 360 and get a Gold subscription. That's a lot of money for just one feature. I can see it pushing a few thousand people who are on the fence over the edge, but I don't think it's going to be a proverbial "killer app."

That said, I'm sure people who already have 360's and Netflix accounts will sign up in high numbers. If I had those two things, I probably would, as it sounds like a good deal.

 

 

There are a lot of ways it can sell consoles, I would imagine netflix will advertise this partnership a bit but kids, boyfriends, and husbands can sell the idea to their moms, girlfriends, and wives with the netflix thing as a major selling point as well.

Of course there will also be the people who pick it up exclusively for that but I don't think that will be very many people.  One of its big benefits though is that it will be a major selling point for people choosing between 360 and PS3, and there are quite a few of those people in the US right now every week.