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Nintendo Wii gets Netflix streaming movies
14.01.2010
While us Irish do have Xbox 360's Live service complete with Sky Player and movie rentals, we must stand on the sidelines and watch yet again as another games console gets streaming movies from Netflix for US gamers as the Nintendo Wii joins the ranks of the 360 and Sony's PS3.
The thing is, unlike the Xbox 360, streaming movies on the Wii is not as easy as switching it on, you must first have Netflix send you a special disc that needs to be loaded each time you want to watch a film, which is actually the same deal as the PlayStation 3.
Nintendo plans to have this service available from spring 2010, and for those lucky Americans that already have a Netflix account the Wii service is free.
However, one wonders about the addition of Netflix to a console solely intended to be for the casual gamer. Without the ability to play either DVDs or Blu-ray discs, and lacking the high-definition video playback that the PS3 and Xbox 360 possess, the Wii was never meant to be a media centre and time will tell if owners want to watch their movies this way.
Photo: The Nintendo Wii
By Marie Boran
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