Sony movies now available on Netflix 360

I called it!

I do recall back when this news was originally shown, it was said to be a “cock-block”, and Sony were portrayed as maniacal villains (sans evil laugh) for denying honest, hard-working XBox owners movies which Sony held the rights to. Oh, woe is them and all that.

What rot.

I’m glad to see that this has been sorted out, as I knew it would. I just hope that the issues in regards to UK licensing get sorted out soon enough. It’s somewhat depressing to think that things are so much more draconic over here than in the US for it to have taken so long.

Oh well, maybe we’ll get Netflix in 2012, right before we all bounce to a higher level of existence and then it won’t matter anymore.

But it was a cock-block – it’s obvious.

It served its purpose by creating a negative headline on Microsoft’s “big day”, now it equally serves its purpose by being neatly resolved quickly so that Sony Pictures can go on receiving regular cheques in the post from their competitor.

/plays Goldeneye on XBL

So;

Sony earn money on movie downloads through the 360

Sony earn money from every square title sold on the 360 as they own a part of square

Sony laughing all the way to the bank?

They would be if they were also earning money from the PS3.

Wasn’t it only Columbia movies? Wasn’t the rest of the Sony catalogue available?

Yep, if it really was a ‘cock-block’ EVERY Sony movie would have been denied.

I don’t know about that. It could still be a “cock-block” (where the hell did that expression come from?!) without being the whole Sony Pictures catalogue. I’m just saying that writing “Sony”, when you mean “Columbia Pictures, part of Sony Pictures” is a bit misleading.