Netflix PS3 Movies on Demand Service Looming?

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Whilst Sony have played down speculation concerning the Netfix TV and Movies on demand service coming to their PS3 console – to the point of abjectly denying that the service will ever be made available via their PlayStation 3 – a survey presently being conducted would indicate that Netflix could indeed be PS3 bound as well as potentially set to hit other gaming consoles.

The survey, which asks participants to name their ‘favourite’ console (indicating that the Netflix service could be coming to other consoles depending on user interest), consists of the following text:

Imagine that, as an added benefit to DVDs by mail, Netflix offers its subscribers the ability to watch movies & TV episodes instantly on their TV via their PS3, choosing from a library of over 12,000 choices. There are no advertisements or trailers and movies start in as little as 30 seconds. You can fast-forward, rewind, and pause or watch again. The movies & TV episodes you watch instantly are included in your Netflix membership for no additional service fee.

To take advantage of this Netflix functionality, you will need:

• A Netflix subscription
• A Netflix Instant Streaming Disc (one-time fee of $9.99). This disc must be put into your PS3 whenever you want to instantly watch movies and TV episodes from Netflix over the Internet
• Your PS3 must be connected to the Internet

Netflix offers the following unlimited DVD plus unlimited streaming plans:

• 1 Unlimited: Rent as many DVDs as you want, 1 DVD out at a time, plus an unlimited number of movies & TV episodes that you can watch instantly on your TV via your PS3. $8.99 per month.
• 2 Unlimited: Rent as many DVDs as you want, 2 DVDs out at a time, plus an unlimited number of movies & TV episodes that you can watch instantly on your TV via your PS3. $13.99 per month.
• 3 Unlimited: Rent as many DVDs as you want, 3 DVDs out at a time, plus an unlimited number of movies & TV episodes that you can watch instantly on your TV via your PS3. $16.99 per month.

Admittedly, the above is in no way actual confirmation that Netflix will hit the PS3 or, for that matter, other gaming consoles. But in acting to gauge user interest the survey can certainly be seen as a tentative means of establishing any such service’s potential user base and, in that, it could certainly be assumed that moves are afoot with respect to establishing a strategy with view to offering Netflix TV and movie streaming via gaming consoles. Or, at the very least, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the intention is there – or why run such a survey in the first place?

We’ll keep our collective ears to the ground.

[via Gizmodo]