Chris Gohlke
01-14-2010, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/technology/companies/13netflix.html?src=twt&twt=nytimestech' target='_blank'>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/t...twt=nytimestech</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Owners of the Nintendo Wii can finally stop waving their video game controllers in the air and sink back onto the couch. Nintendo is bringing Netflix’s online streaming video service to its Wii gaming console, the most popular in the industry, the companies plan to announce Wednesday. The service lets subscribers choose from a catalog of generally older movies and television shows and watch them instantly."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1262826593.usr10.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>I can't imagine Microsoft is pleased. From everything I've read, they had an exclusive agreement with Netflix for streaming software on the console. Apparently, there was a loophole as long as the software ran from disk. So now the PS3 and Wii are going to be giving away for free a feature that Microsoft charges for. I've had a Roku box for well over a year and we moved it to our bedroom after we got the PS3 software. I'll probably get the Wii disk for grins, but since it is hooked up to the same TV as my PS3, there is not much point since the PS3 has HD.</p>