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Disc-Free Netflix streaming video on PlayStation 3 by October
Jul 22nd
A disc-free solution for Netflix streaming video on PlayStation 3 is expected to arrive by October, MediaMemo spotted Netflix CEO Reed Hastings revealing yesterday while discussing the company’s latest quarterly earnings.
“Before our next call in October,” said Reed, “we expect to be launching a major new version of our Sony PS3 user interface which doesn’t require a disc and is dynamically updated continuously with the latest Netflix UI improvements.”
While the Xbox 360 has streaming Netflix support built into the dashboard, both the PlayStation 3 and Wii currently require special discs to access the content. Analysts have speculated that this is due to Netflix’s exclusivity agreement with Microsoft.
Netflix announced earlier this week that its subscription video library of movies and television shows will expand to Canada this fall as a streaming-only service. While the company has yet to explicitly mention console support, it did tell Shacknews that “it’s fair to assume that several popular, brand name devices will be capable of streaming from Netflix to TVs at launch… and that we’ll add to the family of devices over time.”
New xbox 360 coming in August?
Jul 14th
New look coming to lower end model if German retailer is on-the-money.
A new Xbox 360 Arcade is just a month away. That’s according to Amazon’s German site, which has placed a listing for a pared down version of Microsoft’s new-look console.
Costing €149 (£124), it’s set to pack in 4GB of storage, as opposed to a whacking 250GB on the new top-end effort. The release date is said to be 20 August, which ties in with the annual Gamescom convention in Germany.
Microsoft said after E3 that an Arcade version of the slimline hub would be forthcoming after showing off the new slim version in LA. That model is due to go on sale here in Blighty on Friday.