Monday, January 18, 2010

Nintendo launches VOD in the United States

Nintendo and Netflix announced Wednesday a partnership to offer U.S. consumers a video-on demand on the home console Nintendo Wii. Users with a Wii connected to broadband Internet and a package will Netflix and watch movies and series in streaming from the spring at no extra cost.

A disk operation similar to that of a game will be provided free of charge to holders of Netflix package (from $ 9 per month) will see the content of video on demand service, classified in various categories. The basic package allows you to rent unlimited movies streaming.

The Wii console and the last of his generation to offer video on demand, since the Xbox 360 from Microsoft already offers access to Netflix's more Zune Video Store house, while the PlayStation Store, Sony has recently open to rent and purchase movies. If the home console from Nintendo is not the media player most recommended, because function DVD player, high definition or even output digital audio and video, it is however the home console the most popular of its generation and 86% of them are placed in the lounge.


Netflix would have been wrong to deny the millions of additional prospects.

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