As of right now I can play my Netflix on my computer, on my 360, through that Netflix box thing and through my PS3. Down the road the streaming video part of the service has already been confirmed for the Wii, though thanks to the many hi-def options most gamers already have that won’t be so useful to a lot of us. The main problem with all of these things is that they can’t fit in your pocket. Netflix just isn’t portable enough — yet.
The company seems to be doing some research into getting their streaming videos onto portable devices. Last week a survey was discovered asking about Netflix on the iPhone and this week it’s the DSs turn. Kotaku found a survey conducted by Netflix that stated, “Imagine that Netflix offers its subscribers the ability to instantly watch movies and & TV episodes on their Nintendo DS. The selection available to instantly watch includes some new releases, lots of classics and TV episodes. 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 instantly watch are included in your Netflix membership at no additional fee.”
The survey then went on to explain that you would be able to control the videos you were watching (fast forward/rewind) and asked the survey taker how interested they would be in the product/service. My response to that at the moment would be “not very,” but with the DSi XL landing, and those big, sexy screens rolling in with it, that response would change pretty quickly.
New survey hints at Netflix streaming for DS [Yahoo! Tech, via Kotaku]
