Netflix goes disc-free on PS3 next week

Netflix does kinda suck in Canada right now. Some of the "new" movies have been available for months at Blockbuster and on cable video on demand. For $8 a month, it's not bad though. There are a ton of kids stuff on there for my 2 year old to watch but if Netflix was supposed to revolutionize the home movie viewing market, this is a bit of a disappointment.

@ buying1999 Technically, PS3 had Home before 360 had the Avatar's in place, just the 360 released them before the Home beta went open. Plus, they both copied the Wii with their Mii stuff. The motion controller was also in development long before the Wii was even announced, so that's a moot point. Way to be a rumor mill, sir.

good news for some... look forward to seeing further improvements on the PS3. ^_^

Yeah, damn that PS3 taking things the other systems already do and improving on them! It is about time this happened though. Seems like a good time to dump my gold subscription. Price going up for live, netflix getting better on PS3... Love my 360, but can't justify paying $10/mo when I can do it all for free on the PS3...

PS3 still playing the "Me Too" role. First they copied achievements (trophies), then avatars (home), then xbox live gold(psn plus), wiimote (move little pink ball thingy), now discless Netfilx. Not to mention still being in LAST place. Powwa of da cell...ROFL yeah, ok.

unfortunately we don't get this service in ASIA..... I wish they bring it here too....

Bring netflix worldwide please. I miss netflix so much.

Wow, you can't look on a gaming news site without seeing the ps3 being able to do everything else but have at least 5-10 games worth playing on the system. i dont care that i can get online to watch movies with my ps3. Where are the games?!? IT NOT A PC!!!!

Finally! Now I don't have to worry about losing that streaming disc anymore. Disc free Netflix and AC Brottherhood in Nov. Yeah, I get to be myself.

That's kinda strange... I don't know if it's because the service is different up here in Canada, but I always had disc-less streaming. Unless I'm thinking of a completely different thing here...

@jad206 Service must be different here than there then. I'll qualify my statement then to say that Netflix in Canada sucks at present. :)

So many different ways to watch movies on the PS3 :D

who cares? I have a pc for all my movies for streaming,etc.. Everyone should use the ps3 for games, maybe they would make more games instead of relying on everything else to help it sale.

It only does everything! MY PC!! Torrent 4 LIFE!

About time, I've gone through 3 netflix discs already. The Netflix discs don't like the 80gb phat for some reason.

im lovin this! Netflix upgrade on monday and Fallout NV on tuesday! cant get much better than this, unless of course Kotick was to lose his job due to a mutiny at Activision!

No point complaining about streaming. This is optional and second you have 3 different ways you can get movies. 1. You could easily do a monthly subscription of Netflix or 2. You could easily buy movies from the Playstation Store if you choose to. 3. You could just buy some Bluerays for Amazon if you don't like the streaming or digital thing. Although buying is so much better you get a hard copy and also a digital copy so yeah ^_^. (Least in some circumstances like Star Trek on Blueray and also the Dark Knight.) Anyway this is a nice update.

@jad206 Dexter is by far my favorite show!

@Scream I stopped after you said Dexter. I just watched Season 1-4 over the summer on Netflix.

That's great!!! Definitely convenient!! I use Netflix stream alot.

@jad206 Not sure if Netflix is the same or not here. We don't have the "DVD in the mail" service, just the download service. It's new within the last month. I love TV and movies, and their selection is crap, here at least. I tried a free trial account, and they don't have "Breaking Bad", "Rescue Me", "Dexter", or any of the half dozen HBO shows I like. Maybe it will get better, but it's a useless service so far. There's almost nothing as far as new releases go. I kept searching for one show after another and came up empty, or if they did have the show they didn't have the most recently released season (meaning I've already seen the few shows they have because they're old).

I never use the Netflix part of PSN, I've thought about grabbing a couple movies off PSN but so far haven't done it yet. As far as films on PS3 goes I've been too busy watching Survival Of the Dead, that's a good film.....

Good. I use the PS3 access to Netflix more than any other method. Just hope the new interface isn't designed by anyone who's ever worked for Xbox Live, cause if I see a freakin avatar anywhere ... that's it for Netflix.

Cool. I don't get the "streaming content sucks" comments. Maybe that was true a couple of years ago, but not anymore. Netflix keeps adding more and more movies for streaming. For example I currently have all three 'Godfather' films on my instant queue. That's not exactly crap there.

@monson21502 appreciate telling me, so now i dont have to hook everything up just to find out i cant use it, thnx

That's Great! Had to replace a disc when it kept crashing to the Xbar..hope that doesn't happen with this.

It just does everything: The Playstation 3.

@youngsexynerd, yes you do have to have it. least i think you still do. heard a while back they might let free accounts get it too. but i doubt that happened

So...I guess, before that, Netflix on PS3 was a...disc-grace? :D

ummm ive had netflix on ps3 since it came out and i dont need a disc. did canada get the jump start? also, my wifi kinda blows but it is so quick and streams the whole film before it starts.

It's about time! :D Also, the 5.1 surround sound will be nice, I'd been hoping Netflix would start implementing that soon!

dont u have to pay for xbox live to get netflix on xbox?? just wondering cuz i havnt used my xbox since i bought my ps3 an i just got netflix, an i dont want to have to pay extra to use it on xbox????

My Internet connection is so freaking slow I can't play movies on my PS3. I have Direct TV.

5.1 surround will help alot. i find my self having to turn up the v on my tv alot more while using netflix from ps3 then 360.

@Scream Idk if Netflix is different there in Canada or what, but I find every show I like, and some great movies with Netflix. If you don't like "Netflix" it isn't their fault, you just don't like movies/tv. @vicsrealms No, Xbox and Pc have Netflix/Hulu. Still no need for it.

The PS3, it really does do EVERYTHING!

this is cool, because i just subribed to netflix last night on ps3, an my disc is suppose to arrive tmorrow along with prince of persia, hmm i wish it woulda started disk free today so i could watch sum movies today, but its all good, cant wait for this new app!!!

It's already disc-less on the PS3 in Canada. Unfortunately, Netflix sucks and has a crappy selection of downloadable content.

Finally!!! Netflix is the best reason not to pay for cable tv anymore!

Can't wait! :)

What? I've been going disc-free for almost a month now, same with my brother.

Great news. The no-disc feature is nice, but the upgrades to the program are nicer, especially the new UI, which looks helluva lot more convenient than the current UI.

But I have had a netflix icon on my PS3 without a disc for a week now...

Hmm, now I may actually have a use for my PS3 instead of gathering dust.

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Woot. (actually uses Netflix on PS3)

Plus I read PS3 will be the first to stream Dolby Digital Plus 5.1!!

Netflix is getting popular, Looks like i'm gonna hop on the bandwagon soon

HELL YEAH! PS3 IS BEAST!

nice, about time.....