No longer will Wii users be left out of the ability to stream movies via Netflix.
Netflix will announce plans later today to add the popular gaming console to devices that can stream movies and television series on its popular on-line streaming service.
“Our growth in the last two years has been propelled in large part by our investments in streaming content and in the streaming platform,” said Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. “When the Wii application ships, it’s going to really open up a large additional opportunity.”
The report also says Wii owners will be able to subscribe at a minimum $9 monthly cost, and like Sony’s PlayStation 3, will require a Netflix DVD to be inserted into the console before playing, which will ship to owners at no additional cost.
The service will be available this spring.
But it may not be all good news for Netflix users. On this week’s Slice of SciFi, we have a story about a new agreement between Netflix and a major Hollywood studio and its impact on consumers. If you want to know more, you’ll have to tune in Thursday night to our live feed or when the show goes live Saturday morning via podcast.
W00T! Now I don’t need to convince my wife we need a Roku. (I know there is more reasons, but this was my primary reasoning.)
Today you only have two choices: a mediocre composite output is standard and an optional video component output cable. So if you want to get the best picture from the Wii you would need the component video output which will probably be enough for Netflix.