no foul play my ass...

skyline6

my friend called Microsoft Xbox Division and talked to a rep there and they said its going live at 1200 Central. Bullshit anybody?

NFLBLitze1

This sucks. I have a bunch of movies in my instant queue that were available to watch on my Xbox last night, now they're gone. Hopefully this'll get resolved soon.

PollockRoc

Yes, but consider that Microsoft's online service has zero death crystals, that'll be the service to have.

Hilo

WHEN DOES IT GO LIVE??????????
SONY SUCKS I GAVE AWAY MY PS 3

ShironR

@ShironR: I have it on my Xbox right now... idk, tho, I signed up to be one of those final beta testers and I think they released it to them earlier. It's pretty sweet, but not that much of a game changer. The most noticeable feature is that the in-game menu comes up more quickly. It's nice.

ezman

@skyline6:
Is anyone really surprised, still lame ass, this certainly doesn't earn them any points with those of us who they might be searching to convert...

Stearling

What is with all the worthless articles. This does not tell us anything.

internetzlol

Actually...all of the companies owned by Sony Pictures are no longer available for streaming on the Xbox. That includes Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, and Screen Gems among others.

Of my 58 movies on my Instant Queue, 16 of them are no longer available.

thor79

As if Sony's PS3 adventures couldn't get any more suicidal, now they want to expand the console war to other forms of media... when they're already losing!

This is as if Churchill had declared war on Russia before the US got involved in WW2. (Dodges Goodwin by a hairs-breadth.)

james.ahlschwede

@NFLBLitze1:

Dunno.. Got mine early yesterday. I'd say 4am CST (2am PST) is a safe bet.. usually everything turns up around then.

PlasmaMachine

@internetzlol: it's technology news. And considering the service is going live very soon and the parties involved are competitors dealing with a third party service.

It's like if Coca Cola stop giving Burger King sodas because Burger King is offering meals for a Pepsi party.

VakeroRokero

@internetzlol:
Heard about rivalries in tech world ?..can be a classic exmple . If you dont find it interesting , why bother ?

cheezerspread

@james.ahlschwede: Yup, Churchill waited to declare war on Russia until Germany bombed Pearl Harbor.

Barion

@undefined: @internetzlol: Gizmodo covers tech news. This is news that relates to tech. Are you seriously butthurt over content being posted here?

Also, it is suspicious that only Sony movies would be pulled, and especially conspicuous between rivals.

elocanth

@Barion: Germany?
Ah, forget it. You're rolling.

Chimaera

Wish I had a chance to try it... I have the new XBOX dashboard installed, but the Netflix thing can't contact XBOX live... of course, most LIVE features aren't working right now anyway.

thaJack

Im pretty much done with Sony. This is one reason i Will not buy a BlueRay Player. Media rights should not be dealt with like this. At least you could still listen to the Beatles on a MAC even when they were in a lawsuit. I will be contacting Netflix this afternoon to either get a cheaper subscription or get all of my money back for false advertising.

At what point will the Xbox not play DVD's that are produced or connected with Sony? Wait, that is a standard media format that they cannot control. Maybe M$ should make all Windows operating systems fail on Sony Viao CPUs. That would seem to be the same situation. Screw Sony and the piddly crap.

grubish1

@seamonkey420:
and wow my grammar sucks in the morning! hahaa

seamonkey420

makes sense to me for sony to do this. its a console war and they own studios; sony really doesn't use any ms products or servies on the ps3.

sucks though for the x360 owners, here's to hoping sony and netflix get us PS3 owners this same thing going on. :)

seamonkey420

@seamonkey420: "makes sense to me for sony to do this."

From a business perspective, yes. From a consumer perspective, no - as a consumer, I will be more loyal to the company that restricts me less.

What makes sense to me is not buying XBox or PS3 as long as my Netflix account continues to be a higher priority.

Killjoy

Sony is gonna pull the exclusive rights BS and launch Netflix on the PS3 and then claim exclusivity on Sony Studio titles. Now you have to buy there PS3 just so you can stream Superbad. Whoopty-Freakin-doo Atleast Microsoft and Netflix tried to bring something good to the 360.

DigitalReaper

call the sony pricks

SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
550 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor,
New York, NY 10022
(212) 833-8833,
Fax: (212) 833-8844
Web: www.sonyclassics.com
States of Operation:

Co-President: Michael Barker
Co-President: Tom Bernard
Senior VP, Operations: Grace Murphy
Senior VP, Acquisitions: Dylan Leiner
Senior VP, Advertising/Publicity: Carmelo Pirrone
VP, Sales: Diane Buck
VP, Sales: Tom Prassis

SONY PICTURES RELEASING
10202 W. Washington Blvd.,
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 244-4000,
Fax: (310) 244-1361
Web: www.sonypictures.com
States of Operation:

thoruen

I had a feeling that was gonna happen. So much for continuing my service.

betogonza

@internetzlol: Hey, it tells us a lot. For one, it tells us that Sony are douche bags, but we kinda knew that already.

Necroscope

Sony is just hilarious to me. It's not that what they are doing doesn't make good business sense. It's that they seem to hang themselves with the "court of public opinion" rope with everything they do.

Too funny.

axiomatic

@grubish1: Laff.. Good luck with the no Blu-ray endeavor.. Also, Sony doesn't make CPUs, therefore your logic about Windows failing on Sony Vaios is flawed. You really think MS will oust Sony Vaios of its OS because of pulled movies on Netflix? Doubt it.

grald

When will the content providers EVER learn?

Let me get your stuff legally, for a fair price, in a convenient to me manner, and you'll get my money. Netflix Watch Instantly met that need.

Make it inconvenient, expensive, or impossible to get your stuff legally, and guess what, I'll get it off the torrents. YOU LOSE, not me.

Idiots.

distortedloop

All this does is prevent me from watching Sony pictures via Netflix/Xbox. It's not like I'm going to react to this by going out and buying a Sony BlueRay player or PS3. Heck, I won't even go out and get a Sony DVD. And it's not that I'm trying to stick-it to Sony. But people just don't react that way. If Toyota stops selling Camerys right before I'm ready to buy, It's not like I'm going to decide on-the-spot to upgrade to a Lexus.
Same thing with this xbox/netflix thing. If I find myself suddenly unable to get a Sony movie from Netflix streaming, it's not like my next reaction is going to be "well, I better go out and buy it on DVD/BD."

What a petty move. Desperation is so obvious.

newgalactic

@seamonkey420: Don't hold your breath for Netflix on PS3, Sony wants you to pay for video through their markplace, they needs the cash.

RobotVampire

@RobotVampire: Huh?!
MS makes a lot of money based on their online video marketplace. Since they have an established business they stand to be more hurt than Sony by Netflix.

Techguy1138

I wonder if this isn't actually specifically a XBL issue as much a license issue with netflix.

Did all of the Sony movies also get pulled from the marketplace?

Techguy1138

@newgalactic: Exactly, it's not like I'm going to cancel XBL & my Netflix account over this. I can still watch The Office right? ;-)

I'm assuming that Netflix has some kind of licensing deal w/ the studios to stream the content so I highly doubt that this stuff will be gone forever (why would Sony remove a revenue stream over something likely wouldn't get a single person to purchase their console?) My guess is Sony wants to get increased royalties since their content "could be" streaming through a "competitor's" interface and this is their way of leveraging Netflix to increase their slice of the pie...

I feel bad for all the Netflix users who are paying the price regardless if they have a 360 or not.

highpitch_83

I think it's time MS stops licensing Windows for use on Sony PC's... And rewrites their licensing agreements to specifically prohibit the use of their software and technologies across all Sony products, regardless of their complete lack of relevance to console gaming.

I mean... Seriously... This can do nothing but hurt Sony's image as far as I'm concerned. Why shouldn't you be able to stream Sony movies via Netflix to an Xbox? If MS competitively blocked out Sony from every industry that's not directly related to console gaming, their goes their entire PC lineup at the very least.

.Trenchant.

I've got a Disney movie in my Queue that won't show up, either.

thaJack

Uh, Apple won't license their OS to run on PC's they don't build...

Why can't Sony restrict their movies?

It is simple business practices - it is not smart to help a competitor. Sony is branching into using their own PS3 to show movies, so it makes sense to try to have exclusive content.

How come you don't blame Nintendo for not licensing Mario for the XBOX or PS3? What about Halo?

Microsoft won't license their applications to all run on Linux. Bast*rds! Boycott them! Sell your XBOX because MS doesn't support Linux!!!!

goglen

@.Trenchant.: That logic is so highly flawed it is funny.

mrwumasta

@grubish1: Sounds kinda fanboyish to me. It's not like Microsoft hasn't pulled the same tactic. I am sure if they owned movie studios they would do the same shit. Also Mac is the WORST for DRM. So if you hate DRM you should not support Apple.

mrwumasta

Wow...Sony...As Red Foreman would say "Dumbass!" No worries on my part, I will just have my usual Netflix send me the Sony DVDs and I will just rip them and still play them thru the XBox via my PC.

This is just Sony's last ditch effort to suppress Xbox success and try to increase on Blu-Ray sales.

Jinxter