And that's in under three months time!
Microsoft has released some seemingly impressive numbers regarding the usage of Netflix Instant Watch on 360 consoles. Since the service's launch in late November of 2008, over 1.5 billion minutes of video content has been streamed. Staggering, isn't it?
Well, it's less impressive when you consider the other statistic they're flaunting: Number of users. According to the Big M, the Netflix application has been downloaded by a million people to date. So, if you operate under the assumption that everyone is actually using the thing that they downloaded and factor in the number of days the service has been available (78), that works out to the average user spending about half an hour each day watching movies and TV shows. And that makes me feel a little better about the human race.
There may also be some cross-pollination going on between Instant Watch and the Video Marketplace as well. Microsoft has stated that their own video downloads are up 174% from December 2008 to January 2009.
How much time are you spending on Netflix streaming videos?
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8:20 AM on 02.05.2009
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Great service, killer app.
Good stuff! Could use more HD content though. A reason to turn on my Xbox outside of L4D and Castle Crashers!
But I still play Rock Band a hell of a lot more than I watch movies/TV. :P
It's good enough, apparently, that my dad's thinking about getting an account and canceling his Blockbuster. Which would be good except that he's going to be hogging the Xbox even more now, and it's hard enough to kick him off of left4dead as it is.
mostly because I live in a country that doesn't get the netflix-app :-(