Sony & Netflix drops the ball. PS3 Netflix discs needed until late next year… [Update]
Several weeks back it was announced that the Sony PS3 would be gaining Netflix support albeit with one HUGE crutch being that you would need to load a physical disc into the PS3 — Every. Single. Time. Not a very well thought out plan at all. Ok, so we figured we’d be looking at a couple weeks to a month or two of this half-assed attempt at a fix. Hope you weren’t planning on using your PS3’s disc drive for anything else while loading up Netflix for the next year as Netflix has come forward and shared the bad news with G4. The news: We won’t see a software based fix until late next year.
Aside from a few software issues, I can’t understand why it is going to take an entire year to bring normal Netflix support to the PS3. Yet again, Sony drops the ball. Only this time they had help. Anyone else a bit saddened that your Netflix disc Frisbee party is going to have to be pushed back?
As MattyB noted below, it was Netflix’s doing that got Sony in this hurry up and wait with a half-baked solution predicament. And as I replied below, I’m still pointing my finger at Netflix. I understand the money, cash, and fame that come with exclusive deals. But there are too many choices and platforms to make money on and users to reach to limit yourself to a single option.
Frisbee party still rescheduled….
November 12, 2009 - 3:41 pm
Might want to do some research before saying that Sony dropped the ball. The reason for the disc is netflix gave exclusive rights for embedded software to Microsoft and they have to wait till that runs out before they can release it on PS3. So from now on don’t go pointing fingers and saying people dropped the ball unless you have all the info.
November 12, 2009 - 3:45 pm
Noted.
All things now considered, they (Netflix) still dropped the ball by giving a single platform exclusivity for so long. I know it probably brought in some cash. But in this day and age with so many options, why limit yourself?
November 11, 2009 - 4:57 pm
In Canada, I would be happy to wait the year for a PS3 internal fix. We don’t get Netflix even with the disk!