Netflix on PS3 ready to download on some consoles, service starts Oct. 18th

You can’t really use it for anything for two more days, as Netflix will tell you “this product is not currently available in your location,” but if you turn on your PlayStation 3, you might notice the disc-less, 1080p and 5.1 surround sound version of the instant movie streaming service is already available to download. The above install screen popped up on our console without even requiring a trip to the PlayStation Store, which suggests that 1.) Sony has decided that this is a big deal and 2.) should an evil force ever wrest control from the Japanese manufacturer, they’d have some pretty rad propaganda pushing power. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Netflix on PS3 ready to download on some consoles, service starts Oct. 18th originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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