Topic: Netflix spins off DVD rentals, adding games

[idolminds]

Blog post

Short version: Netflix is hard separating DVDs by mail and streaming. Netflix brand name will be the streaming service, and a new brand of Qwikster will handle DVDs by mail. This new Qwikster will also start offering game rentals for a fee similar to the bluray fee.

[shock]

Not sure why they did the Facebook comment response on that article.  It's just going to be people bitching in an overly dramatic way.

Anyway, I'm not a console gamer, but isn't that announcement huge?  Is it the same pricing structure as movies?  $8 to rent any game you want to is huge.  I'd never really buy games again if I was a console-er, save for some multiplayer ones.

[ren]

Nope, nevermind.

They really need to get the kinks out of their decision making process.

[K-man]

Hilarious.

[PyroMenace]

Sweet, that's good news. I actually still get DVDs from them. They do have some good stuff on steaming, but there's also a lot they don't have.

[Cobra951]

Woopsie daisy!  Haha!  Nevermind!  We're backpedaling as fast as we can.  (Fire that dumbass who thought of this!)

[idolminds]

WTF, make up your mind!

I wonder if they are still going to add games or not then.

[shock]

Lol - strangest thing ever.

[scottws]

What idiots.  I wonder what the next boneheaded move is that Netflix has up their sleeve.  They are putting together an impressive string of them.

It's kind of sad.  Netflix is a company that got where they are because they spread via word-of-mouth from happy customers.  They seem determined to eliminate whatever customer mindshare they have left, though I can't imagine why they would do that.

[Pugnate]

What a stupid name that would have been. I almost wonder if someone hacked in that message.