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MAFKKA on 27 October 2009

Microsoft Responds To PS3 Netflix Announcement

Will they be dropping the Xbox Live Gold membership requirement for Netflix?

by Jim Reilly

October 26, 2009 - The announcement that video streaming service Netflix would be headed to PlayStation 3 next month left many wondering if Microsoft would respond by dropping the Xbox Live Gold membership requirement to use the service on the Xbox 360.

That answer, as of today, is no.

A company spokesperson reiterated to IGN the value of Xbox Live Gold status, saying it's online experience is still "a generation ahead of the competition" despite a yearly subscription cost.

"The Netflix experience on Xbox LIVE is unique and reflects our commitment for social entertainment. We believe we offer an experience today that is a generation ahead of what others are offering," the spokesperson said. "For a little over $4 a month Xbox LIVE Gold membership is hands-down the best value in home entertainment, and gives you exclusive access multi-player gaming and early demos as well as Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm, "1 vs 100" and more."

Unlike Xbox Live members, PlayStation 3 owners will not have to pay an additional charge outside of the monthly Netflix subscriber fee of $8.99.

Will you be moving your Netflix service to PlayStation 3? Or continue to remain on Xbox 360?

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/103/1038969p1.html#

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Damnyouall on 27 October 2009
MAFKKA said:

Will you be moving your Netflix service to PlayStation 3? Or continue to remain on Xbox 360?

 Didn't we already have a similar topic? Oh, right, we did.

PS3 Getting Netflix & Cross Game Chat , Will you Continue to Pay For Gold?



"Well certainly with the Xbox 360, we had some challenges at the launch. Once we identified that we took control of it. We wanted to do it right by our customers. Our customers are very important to us." -Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb (10/2013). Note: RRoD was fixed with the Jasper-revision 3 years after the launch of 360

"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick

"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance

MAFKKA on 27 October 2009

Well was it I who wrote it? Oh, right, it wasn't.



Damnyouall on 27 October 2009

Well, was it you who posted it? Oh right, it was. Yeah, we need more topics about this, just copy-paste blurbs of text from somewhere that lead to the same question, because "someone else asked it". Certainly this topic will get entirely new responses.



"Well certainly with the Xbox 360, we had some challenges at the launch. Once we identified that we took control of it. We wanted to do it right by our customers. Our customers are very important to us." -Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb (10/2013). Note: RRoD was fixed with the Jasper-revision 3 years after the launch of 360

"People don't pay attention to a lot of the details."-Yusuf Mehdi explaining why Xbone DRM scheme would succeed

"Fortunately we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360,”-Don Mattrick

"The region locking of the 3DS wasn't done for profits on games"-MDMAlliance

MAFKKA on 27 October 2009

Again, i didnt add any questions. Your thread dosen't have any content besides your desire to know whether or not people will stay on live. This one shows an official statment from Microsoft on the PS3 Netflix announcement, something people actually might want to read.

Oh right, i win!



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yo_john117 on 27 October 2009

Pretty good answer from MS I guess.



Seihyouken on 27 October 2009

Sorry Microsoft, but you can't offer a better value than free. Furthermore, you must mean the Wii and DS services when you speak of being a generation ahead of the competition because you certainly aren't far ahead of PSN any longer.

Facebook? Internet Browser.
Twitter? Internet Browser.
Last.FM? Internet Browser.
Netflix? Isn't the fact that PS3 is getting it the whole point of your press release?

Exclusive access my ass.



yo_john117 on 27 October 2009
Seihyouken said:

Sorry Microsoft, but you can't offer a better value than free. Furthermore, you must mean the Wii and DS services when you speak of being a generation ahead of the competition because you certainly aren't far ahead of PSN any longer.

Facebook? Internet Browser.
Twitter? Internet Browser.
Last.FM? Internet Browser.
Netflix? Isn't the fact that PS3 is getting it the whole point of your press release?

Or are they



psrock on 27 October 2009
yo_john117 said:
Seihyouken said:

Sorry Microsoft, but you can't offer a better value than free. Furthermore, you must mean the Wii and DS services when you speak of being a generation ahead of the competition because you certainly aren't far ahead of PSN any longer.

Facebook? Internet Browser.
Twitter? Internet Browser.
Last.FM? Internet Browser.
Netflix? Isn't the fact that PS3 is getting it the whole point of your press release?

Or are they

well, it's the best value to those who payed. For us, it's the best to all ps3 owners. See the difference.



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Swtchmob21 on 27 October 2009

ya sorry but free will always win and netflix will get the same quality on psn as it does on the xbox