Netflix Streaming Rentals Coming to Nintendo Wii

Nintendo and Netflix recently announced they have reached an agreement that will allow Netflix members who are also owners of Nintendo’s Wii™ home console to instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs. Netflix says it is scheduled to go live on the Wii console this spring in the US at no additional cost to Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month, a Wii console and a broadband Internet connection.

Wii is the fastest-selling home console in history, and reaches more consumers than any other device that currently supports streaming movies from Netflix. Netflix currently has more than 11.1 million U.S. subscribers and says it plans to continue to expand the ways in which its members can watch movies and TV shows streamed directly to TVs through Netflix-ready devices.

To enable your Wii to stream content from Netflix, you'll need a Netflix instant-streaming disc which will be available at no additional cost to Netflix subscribers. The free disc looks and operates the same as a disc-based Wii game. Netflix members and Wii console owners can now reserve a free instant-streaming disc by going to www.netflix.com/Wii.

Comments

[Lindsay]

If only they could rent out games too... I would be renting them all over the place!

[Amanda]

That is AWESOME! Too bad this furthers my husband's argument about why we should get a Wii...