http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/ Engadget HD Comments for Sony Pictures celebrates NXE eve by...blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 18th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
i there is a 99% chance they come to their senses and are back on netflix before the year is over. ]]>Nov 18th 2008 10:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 18th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 18th 2008 11:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 18th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
This move by sony is them saying, watch our movies on anything except for a competing console, even if that means losing money. For what reason? So more people will watch Sony movies on the PS3 from the ps3 store? Moves like this tend to piss off consumers and will make them want to use vudu or some other service other then the PS3 store.

Sony needs to realize they took too long bringing movie rentals to the PS3, as a result Xbox gained significant market share for online rentals. This tactic will not solve their problem.



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Sony isn't doing themselves any favors by keeping the media catalog up to date. Very few movies, no current movie trailers and far fewer blu-ray trailers than one would expect for a console that they're trying to push as a media hub.]]>Nov 19th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
consumer@SPHECustomerSupport.sony.com

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but i can't blame em. if Sony cares so much, start carrying netflix!!! ]]>Nov 19th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 12:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
Sony sucks, ps3 sucks, they are so behind

Why do they care? They're already giving up on blu-ray, seeing as how they've finally jumped on the digital download bandwagon by selling their content on itunes]]>Nov 19th 2008 2:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
thats like saying they gave up on DVD because they sell movies on iTunes..........when DVD sells account for the the majority of the movie cashflow]]>Nov 19th 2008 7:56AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
Sony and Netflix probably signed a contract which had a get-out clause if movies were streamed to a "competing device". I doubt Sony is alone in this matter. I bet if you were privy to the contracts they had signed with studios, or with Microsoft you would find plenty of other clauses. For example why is Netflix "exclusively" streaming to the 360 and not the PS3? Probably because of an exclusivity clause in the MS contract.]]>Nov 19th 2008 4:35AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Does MS support BR yet? I seem to remember hearing support for windows was now available or coming soon, whats the bet if sony don't re think this bull shit decision MS will wield a big stick that will certainly hurt sony far more than what they are trying to do now with this f****d strategy.
i hope sony burns and blu ray along with it!]]>Nov 19th 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 7:59AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
..operating systems from being distributed with the Sony VAIO line.]]>Nov 19th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
Wasn't this the same company that blasted Toshiba for not coming aboard when THEY had most of the studios in their pocket for the BDA? And, do they not see that this may just drive more people to buy an Xbox 360, just to see what all this "NXE" fuss is about? Makes me somewhat ashamed to be a PS3 owner. Too bad Microsoft doesn't own any major movie studios (yet). I'd love to to see Sony's reaction if MS were to pull the same s@%t for their video rental service!

BTW, this Netflix feature must be huge; I keep getting messages from the site saying come back in two hours, which will probably not change until tomorrow, LOL.]]>Nov 19th 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Don't see a problem throwing your wieght around and screwing with your competition.
Companies don't increase profit by being the 'nice guys'.]]>Nov 19th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
So the comparison with DVD is correct. This is a tad like Sony putting in code on a DVD to prevent it from playing on an XBox or HD DVD player. Sony, of course, will not do that, not because they don't want to sabotage the '360, but because they'd almost certainly not be allowed to describe the disc as a DVD and many retailers would dump them.

This is a disappointing, and frankly childish, move on the part of Sony. I guess the XBox is looking just a tad more competitive these days, and they do want to sabotage the one serious advantage it has over the PS3 in terms of movie watching. ]]>Nov 19th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
This has nothing to do with the exclusivity clause so far as I can tell.]]>Nov 19th 2008 10:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
What you're arguing, that Sony has decided to have a hissy fit because of a temporary "being first" thing on Microsoft's part, actually makes it look even more childish.

I really seriously doubt this has anything to do with Microsoft being first out the door with Netflix HD streaming. It would be an astonishingly ridiculous triviality for Sony to throw a wobbly over. ]]>Nov 19th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
I'm not arguing that it was the right thing for them to do, but you can't deny that it was well-timed. Whether or not it's temporary or permanent, they are taking a little bit away from the 360's exclusivity.

"What you're arguing, that Sony has decided to have a hissy fit because of a temporary "being first" thing on Microsoft's part, actually makes it look even more childish."

Of course it would be a childish thing to do. Why would I care if I'm making it sound like a childish move? It's not like companies haven't done trivial, petty things before -some even more than this would be- all in the name of competition.

"I really seriously doubt this has anything to do with Microsoft being first out the door with Netflix HD streaming. It would be an astonishingly ridiculous triviality for Sony to throw a wobbly over."

I guess we'll have to wait and see. Neither one of us has any inside knowledge, so we're just making conjectures anyways. ]]>Nov 19th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
I have no desire to see either company do poorly. To the contrary; I hope they both continue to challenge each other, and I hope that pushes them to excel in their own ways.

Unfortunately, this does make the Netflix subscription that I had been considering less appealing to me.

From my point of view, the loser in this is Netflix, and I can only hope they will petition Sony to stop the embargo. More movies available to stream over Live means more potential new customers for Netflix.]]>Nov 19th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
Netflix needs to throw some extra pennies at Sony and Sony needs to get it together overall.
They have yet to truly restructure in my opinion and as their new head man has said they would and need to to compete more logically.

As I have told anyone who wants to listen, Sony has become a huge bloated Hydra that would bite one of its own heads to get a meal instead of sharing and creating corporate synergy. Case in point: The way Sony divisions have handled their Blu-Ray & entertainment properties on the PS3. With so many heads/departments/divisions trying to get a piece of the same pie, the whole of Sony has been hurt economically and intellectually.

MS may have rushed out the gate on their second gen system, causing a billion to be lost along with customer assurance, but they have worked out so much better in getting some sense of synergy to be forced out to the consumer. It may all be a fiscade by how MS handles pricing & DRM but that's the old corporate structure most go for, no?

Anyhow before anything is replied, I own all three systems, like HD Blu-ray & its potential, never tried one HD-DVD even though I believe they were programmed better, enjoy LIVE over PSN and the Wii Channels, love my Samsung A750 LCD over anything Sony has along with Mac's OS over MS' and this can go on and on.

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If you have any straw left over, perhaps you'd like to make a model of Darren Murph?]]>Nov 19th 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/

Its all corporate politics, quite your whining, you people act as if this si the only way you can watch the movies.]]>Nov 19th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/
That's like saying that MS should not provide Sony with Windows Vista, Office, etc for their VAIO laptops.

What you're saying would also apply to Samsung BD players that are supposed to also stream Netflix soon no? Sony and Samsung both make BD players...

This smells like a case of sour grapes on Sony's part simply due to the fact that MS was able to roll out an even better online experience than Sony could ever dream up. Home is a joke that promised much and has yet to deliver. Sony needs to stop the BS and not make themselves look like douchebags. It will backfire on them.]]>Nov 19th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/

Its all corporate politics, quite your whining, you people act as if this si the only way you can watch the movies.]]>Nov 19th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/ if you owned a company, why in the hell would you want to provide your content to your competition

To make money?

It's not as if Netflix is streaming any of this for free. They're paying suppliers money.

Moreover, there's nothing stopping Sony from providing access to Netflix. They choose not to. Then they throw a hissy fit when others do. If Sony wanted to "stick it to Microsoft", they'd improve the PS3, not try to damage the XBox.

It's a pathetic move from a company that only seems to know how to tear things down.]]>Nov 19th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/18/sony-pictures-celebrates-nxe-eve-by-blocking-xbox-360-netflix/Nov 19th 2008 5:52PM