Xbox 360 to include Netflix streaming

Microsoft in the latest promotion has dropped the price of the regular 360 to $299USD and are hoping that it’ll stifle the wound that PS3 has given them in sales quantities in the last few months. And to top it off, they’ve announced with Netflix that they’re also in on the whole streaming thing now.

What’s great is that Netflix is actually making progress with support which means that at some point, the content will eventually start flowing I assume. The terrible thing? With the Roku player, I would shell out $99USD and be done with it since i had a Netflix subscription already to watch instant streaming. But with the Xbox 360, you have to have the Netflix subscription AND a Xbox Live Gold account. That’s another $49USD annually that I didn’t want to spend, nor did I want the 360 to begin with and the value doesn’t make it any better. Now, if it was free for streaming like the Roku player, then we’d actually have something to talk about. But currently, to turn a value-added commodity from Netflix into an “obligation” since I’ve paid dues? Thanks but no thanks.