Microsoft debuts new Xbox experience – I have to pay more to get Netflix

So, I’m a netflix customer, and I maybe watch like one movie a month because I am busy. When I heard that I was going to be able to watch streaming videos from netflix over my xbox, I was pretty psyched. It would fit my life better than planning for the mail and waiting.

Well, after I went through the upgrade and all that. I find out I need to upgrade to a gold account to use netflix on my xbox. That’s an extra $7.99 a month on top of what I fork out for netflix already. Sorry folks, but that’s sucky. Netflix needed to build that cost into the streaming service, and recapture it from saving on postage. And microsoft needed to get netflix on board to get more people to buy their consoles because netflix has a zillion customers.

So why should I pay more? As far as I can tell, a gold membership offers me zero benefit outside the netflix. Good idea, bad execution. Xbox live needs to move netflix over to the sliver membership.

Microsoft debuts new Xbox experience – Video Game Feature – Yahoo Video Games.