Hulu Coming Soon to a PSN Connected PS3 Near You
Nearly a year after Hulu decided to block their content from PS3 users, the ubiquitous “people familiar with the matter” have struck again, this time letting slip details of Hulu’s plan to officially bring their often lauded video service to PS3s across the world in probably just America.
According to Bloomberg, the two parties are pretty darn close to signing their respective dotted lines that would give the currently registered 50 million PSN users access to a paid Hulu service expected to launch within the coming months. The paid service -rumored to be Hulu Plus and cost $9.95/month- will reportedly provide account holders on-demand access to a catalog of new and old TV shows from NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, TimeWarner, and Viacom on a number of devices, including the Xbox360 and Apple’s iPad.
Despite sounding like the best damned thing since sliced bread, nothing has actually been confirmed, but sources close to the matter say Sony and Hulu could come clean with their relationship as soon as next week. We’ll keep our ears to the ground on this one and be sure to give you a heads up when you can finally cancel that cable bill that’s bleeding your wallet dry.
22 Responses to “Hulu Coming Soon to a PSN Connected PS3 Near You”
why when i can watch it on my pc for nothing… or has that changed for them also.
Comcast owns most of hulu right? Doesn’t surprise me they would disable the service and then require you to pay to access it
Seriously @RonaiSanzer
Console gamers are getting fucked when it comes to free service on the PC that make the transition to consoles. Do I want to pay $10 a month to watch something on my PS3, or do I pay nothing to watch it on either my Laptop or Computer than can be link to my TV? hmmm that is such an easy choice
wow…or perhaps I can save 120 dollars a year and use my HDMI out port on my laptop and watch it on my 55in TV for FREE! But I guess a sucker is born every minute so best of luck to you.
The best case is usually to build a HTPC. Everything will work on it and you can have access to your PC apps for free instead of paying for them on a game console.
I guess you guys didn’t hear that Hulu won’t be free on PC soon either. They’re making Hulu a paid service for all platforms. By the time Hulu is on PS3 you’ll have to pay to watch it on PC too.
Very smart move.
@ATLRoAcH Thank you for mentioning that – but I’ve heard that they are removing features (and content) for FREE users, and creating a subscription service to watch anything older than 2 or 3 episodes ago… Also, more commercials for FREE viewers (not any less for paid ones, though).
So – Paid users get what has been free for a while now…
Free gets significantly LESS than what they have been getting….
What’s the silver lining? well, PS3 and iPhone/iPad support.
Beyond that, nothing special.
Pretty lame if you ask me.
I prefer Netflix over HULU for most TV shows (that I care about) – some even available next day.
@tazinlwfl
Yeah, you’re right. There will still be free content but free users won’t have a very good experience with Hulu with more commercials and a less content. I wonder if PS3 users will get access to the free content or if you have to pay just to use the app. I think Hulu should be included with PlayStation plus. In fact I guess it could be. We don’t really know all the details of this deal that hasn’t even been finalized.
Why Pay for something you can either DVR or goto the networks address ie; nbc.com, cbs.com, abc.com or fox.com and watch full episodes for free?
I will never pay for something I can get for free!
isn’t that just great, I suppose soon enough the network sites will stop showing their shows for free too…probably a deal between cable/satellite providers and these networks and companies because they are concerned that people would otherwise stop paying for TV altogether and just use their PCs connected to their TVs.
From what I’ve read, too, the network sites are going to only have a similarly limited library for free… NBC and FOX are basically backing HULU (disney’s in the mix, too, but Fox is the big dog of the thing), and they like that pay-for-more approach. ABC/Disney doesn’t mind having a more robust library for free, because they have the blockbuster shows (save for American Idol and 24) so they get significantly better ad revenue from the free service (and their ABC app on iPad is a huge hit.
So, expect Free Hulu to have a new limited service, and NBC/Fox to have the same. They may even USE hulu on their sites, instead of having it both places.
I hope this is part of Playstation Plus!
I agree! I hope it’s an app like MLB.tv and it’s free on PS+ (and for those without PS+, It be linked to a subscription maintained separately)
That is far too expensive. I can stream thousands of movies on netflix and even have 1 disc out for a buck less. Seriously, 80 percent of the stuff on hulu is probably on netflix also.
I already watch Hulu from my PS3′s XMB. Thanks Playon.tv
so , pay $10 a month to watch a tv show or 2 I missed that in a few weeks will be on in reruns ?
or to watch something I probably recorded on my drv ? since if I regularly watch a show and either want to watch it again or am going to miss an episode I’m already recording it .
no thanks .
Lately Netflix has been updating the more popular shows within a week of their airing in HD. I could be wrong but I don’t even think Hulu does HD, unless they added that since last I used them. Not only that, but there’s freaking commercials. Those better not be there if they charge. Netflix is the clear winner here. I wouldn’t pay more than 3 bucks a month for it honestly, and it’s going to fail if they charge 10 bucks a month
I hope that all of you guys have heard the Hulu been in the talks for awhile about charging all it’s member so thinking that you gonna still be able to PlayOn or whatever else your still gonna be playing for your membership or not be able to watch anything of interest.
I already have Netflix so it just doesn’t make sense to get Hulu.
Never heard of Hulu but i have Netflix and they have pretty much every single TV show on their service that I can watch on my PC and PS3 for just $8 a month.
Hulu isnt as great as it is made out to be. Not worth the bucks if you asked me.