Unhealthy information for PlayStation 3 house owners hoping to look at Love is Blind on their CRT: Netflix is discontinuing the streaming app from Sony’s legacy console a month from now.
A Reddit post from a CRT-enthusiast group shared the announcement seen on the PS3 Netflix app, which reads: “Sadly, Netflix will not be accessible on this system after March 2, 2026.”
Streaming providers phasing out help for older gadgets should not be a shock, however what’s placing about this shutdown is how lengthy the PS3 Netflix app was functioning. Netflix launched for PS3 in late 2009–but as a result of an exclusivity deal that the streaming large had with Xbox, the service was solely accessible by a disc that the corporate despatched within the mail. It took till later in 2010 for Netflix on PS3 to go disc-free with a downloadable app. Netflix had the same association for the Wii, however that app was discontinued in 2018.
Watching Netflix in your gaming console was a novel function within the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii period, with Netflix’s streaming service simply beginning to take off within the late 2000s. On the 360, customers may even watch exhibits and films collectively in Xbox Events, however Netflix and Microsoft eliminated the function in 2011.
At the moment, there are numerous methods to look at Netflix and different streaming providers, with Sony’s PS4 and PS5 totally supporting the applying. On the Microsoft aspect, Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S even have a Netflix app–technically, you possibly can nonetheless entry Netflix on the 360, in case you did not delete the app earlier than the 360 retailer closed. In the meantime, Netflix is completely absent from Nintendo platforms after help for the service ended on the Wii U and 3DS in 2021.
Finally, most customers will probably be watching their exhibits and films on their sensible TVs or streaming sticks, however there are all the time these cussed people on the market who love utilizing outdated gadgets as their Netflix machines. Godspeed to these individuals.