http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360's lack of Sony Pictures films streaming on Netflix "unrelated" to competition http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
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...and killing yourself

:)]]>Nov 21st 2008 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
I call bullshit. There's no way they worded their license to exclusively apply to Netflix streaming to COMPUTERS but not GAME CONSOLES. It is well known that you can save your PC-streamed Netflix movies, which would be a much greater risk than on a game console.

Why block it, what possible reason could there be to stop one particular streaming set-top-box and not another, besides competitive spite?]]>Nov 21st 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Bring it back, Sony! Please! Bring it back!]]>Nov 20th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Sony could give less than a shit about consumers. They know their rabid fans will come to them. At least Microsoft is *trying* to woo me.]]>Nov 21st 2008 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Wait.

What?

(Can't wait for the first of you to say it's dropped to 10 or 15%. :D)]]>Nov 21st 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
And for the record I personally have been using my 1st generation 360 since launch and have not encountered the red ring of death issues so I have no reason to be mad at MS for that at least.]]>Nov 21st 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
That is such a stupid response.

When the blog is about the 360 RROD, everyone should comment about how bad the RROD is. This is about Sony limiting streaming to the 360. Why shouldn't we be pissed off at the point of the blog? Sony is trying to make people believe that this has nothing to do with MS. Many of us call BS since we can stream those same movies to our computers or PS3 or 360 using a different program.

Go back a day or so and find the blog entry about NXE causing RROD. Post there about how awful the 360 is...]]>Nov 21st 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
As far as the 360 selling better than the PS3:
1) Right now, it's only by a slim margin considering the 360's year-long head start.
2) That doesn't take into consideration people buying 360 Arcades because their original 360s crapped out.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
And it's not unfortunate for Sony. It's unfortunate for the average Joe who has to return or re-purchase his 360.

And who has a limited software library?

I wouldn't say Sony failed on software. I'd say Sony failed on marketing. That's where MS has been killing them. How many commercials for multi-platform games end with the huge 360 logo. That's pure genius! Friends of mine actually though the CoD was a MS exclusive because of that. MS has done a stellar job of marketing a sub-standard product. That's the bottom line.]]>Nov 21st 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
I'll wait.

The 360 is just marketed constantly. You can't watch an hour of television without seeing it. And like I said, they've done the smartest thing and tagged their logo at the end of just about any video game commercial. They're marketed as having a much better software library, even though that hasn't been the case for a year now. The 360 is being marketed as being much cheaper than the PS3, even though that's not really the case considering what you get for your dollar. MS is just doing a great job on selling the damned thing. I commend them on that. If they could wrap a piece of crap in shiny paper and sell it, I wouldn't be mad at them. I'd laugh at the jackass who bought it.

I will give you that Xbox live beats the PSN though.]]>Nov 22nd 2008 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Oh, and to the people who say "What if microsoft stopped selling Windows to Sony?" Microsoft couldn't do that because any dumbass can get their hands on an OEM copy of Windows.]]>Nov 20th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
are you serious? they see the same money they do from netflix sending out the DVD to your door.
smart move? Pissing off consumers who are going to eventually thinking about purchasing Bluray, yea thats a smart move.

please shutup and dont talk when you dont know.]]>Nov 20th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
1) "they don't see a cent from streaming to the Xbox" - Link? It is a rental. NetFlix gets paid each time a movie is rented. NetFlix pays out a portion of each rental to the studio. Just like for every song that is played on the radio an amount of money is sent to the artist, when a DVD is rented, money is sent to the studio. There is no difference if it is rented online or a physical disk.

2) "It was a smart business move" - no, it is not. Think of it this way, Sony has a disk they want to sell. They need to press the disk, package it, send it to the retailer, accept back returns, warehouse unsold media, pay people to do the work of those tasks, etc. For NetFlix, the studio send data to them, and then get royalties. I do not know what the breakdown is for one disk sold vs. sold through a rental, but they reach a much wider audience through rental with much, much lower costs.

3) "I hate the people who call Sony stupid because of the move" - when NBC pulled out of iTunes, Apple fans were calling for boycotts, making threats against NBC execs, and so on. Do you hate them also?]]>Nov 20th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
"do you hate them also"

hell yes I hate apple fanboys, they are the worst.

well Sony distributes some really kickass movies this is a big loss but im sure it will be patched up in the future, or else the spokesmen would not have said that.]]>Nov 21st 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
PS3 sales are completely unrelated, because it's a different division of Sony. Sony Pictures doesn't see a dime of profits from PS3 sales. Besides, even if they were committed to PS3 sales for some reason, blocking their movies on the Xbox certainly isn't going to sell any PS3s since those movies aren't available on the PS3 either.]]>Nov 21st 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Funny how everyone that's high ranked here has mentioned Sony, then, huh?]]>Nov 20th 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 20th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin]]>Nov 20th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
On the other hand, if you are bashing either of these companies, you get shot up to Highest Ranked. A prime example of this is how a stupid, ignorant comment like "Sony's just jealous." somehow achieves an unmerited Highest Ranked status.]]>Nov 21st 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
I don't know which article you're refrencing b/c a guy who wrote "fuck u Sony" is highest rank. How you can reward someone who is a.) to lazy to add the extra 2 letters to "you, and b.) is to simple to come up with another word than "fuck" when bestowing an insult upon a conglomerate. I prefer to insult the user rather than the company. For example, the next time a 360 fanboy gets laid by a girl under 300lbs will be the first time. All I've been trying to say lately is that being a fanboy to ANYTHING shows a lack of intelligence and human companionship. Exercisce all of that love towards a human, not a box. A, I crazy for feeling this way? However, this message is lost on Engadget commenters because they reward feverish defense of Microsoft and low rank anyone who praises another product. All I am doing is raising a mirror to the Engadget commenter, and the results indicate they cannot tolerate the result.

Now excuse me while I get my next low ranking.]]>Nov 21st 2008 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/Nov 21st 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Because the word is appropriate. Many of us who try do the right thing and pay for our content are getting sick of being limited by content providers' asinine, overbearing, utterly doomed protectionist measures.

So yes. Fuck you Sony. Fuck you. ]]>Nov 21st 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/xbox-360s-lack-of-sony-pictures-films-streaming-on-netflix-unr/
Amazing, Engadget spreads another rumour without waiting for more facts to come to light and the community immediately jumpes on the "hate Sony" bandwagon without thinking about the situation.

Ironically,so many here complain about Engadget's editors being biased towards Apple, but at the same time so many readers started to mindlessly rant and assign human qualities like being "childish" to a large corporation like Sony just because they're a bunch of Xbox 360 fanboys.
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