More Consumers Are Choosing Online Over DVD's - CNNMoney

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WiiStation360 said:

gebx said:

With the ailing economy, customers are looking for ways to save money - Online streaming is one of these solutions

The positive impact this will have on the 360 and Netflix partnership is yet to be seen, but so far things look rosy for Netflix having just reported one million new subcription through the Xbox 360.

 

I thought that was 1M 360 users streaming Neflix, not 1M new Netflix subscriptions.

Anyway, streaming in general seems to be picking up steam.  I had a few friends pick up Netflix streaming Blu-Ray players this holiday as well.  Streaming may well be the final nail in the coffin of video stores.  It would not suprise me to see Blockbuster out of business in a year or two.

 

I think you may be right.. I might be misintreperting the news.. I'm not sure if they mean new users to netflix or just current netflix users switching to the 360 service.

 

"That's the unpopular stand, it seems, as Microsoft and the video rental site on Thursday announced that more than 1 million Xbox users have downloaded and activated the movie service since it was introduced on the game console in November of last year. That translates to more than 13,000 users a day. "

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