Is Hulu Coming to Xbox 360?

Keane Ng

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Is Hulu Coming to Xbox 360?



Could a Hulu-Xbox 360 partnership be announced during E3 next week? Signs on the internet are pointing to maaaybe.

With Netflix already keeping lazy Xbox 360 owners' rear ends squarely affixed to the double-cheek-shaped groove at the bottom of their sofa cushions, the idea of Hulu coming to the console seems downright dangerous.

You're telling me I can stream Desperate Housewives and all five seasons of The A-Team in addition to Kickin' It Old School without having to lift my arm? I'm never going outside again.

Don't get too excited yet, though. Hulu's only a possibility for the 360, though, judging from some tidbits floating around the internet, it could be a very likely one. Where's the proof? Well, G4 leading lady Olivia Munn recently updated her Twitter with this message [http://twitter.com/oliviamunn]: "Just finished promos for hulu/microsoft event I'm doing on june 8!"

A Hulu/Microsoft event, that's happening but a few days after E3, featuring one of gaming TV's most recognizable faces? Though the MS/Hulu partnership could have little or nothing to do with the 360, it's not that hard to put two and two together here.

Consider also, as Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5272573/is-hulu-coming-to-xbox-360] points out, that Microsoft's Shane Kim said himself last December that he was trying to cut deals with video sites like Hulu. So Shane Kim wants it to happen. Lazy fools like me want it to happen. Why shouldn't it happen?


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Trivun

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This would be a pretty good idea, except I'm in the UK so I wouldn't be able to use this, since Hulu don't stream videos here. I tried today, in fact, through Flixter and it said 'unavailable in your country'. So it wouldn't be really useful anywhere outside the US.
 

Cpt_Oblivious

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But it'd only affect you yanks.
All of us across the pond can't get Hulu in it's regular form, let alone 360.
 

sunami88

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Seriously, if it's USA-only then that tears it and I'm selling my Xbox 360. I've kinda been looking for a good enough reason to for a while, and when they announced Netflix was USA-only I just about did.
 

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Sparrow Tag said:
Keane Ng said:
Signs on the internet are pointing to maaaybe.
Thats pretty much it with E3 this year. Rumors, rumors and more rumors.
Well yeah, at least until next week WHEN THE RUMORS WILL BECOME REALITY.
 

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Trivun said:
This would be a pretty good idea, except I'm in the UK so I wouldn't be able to use this, since Hulu don't stream videos here. I tried today, in fact, through Flixter and it said 'unavailable in your country'. So it wouldn't be really useful anywhere outside the US.
Yeah thats really annoying, and Hulu seams to be of of the best and easiest places to stream TV from too...
 

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that sucks big time ,i live in canada we get screwed again this is starting to piss me off , we can't get hulu in canada even youtube blocks the tv shows uploaded to the tube we like the uk are geo-blocked
 

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Would anyone really care if this did happen? I mean really?
My favorite shows streaming in high quality through my Media/Gaming center? How would I not care? What, would you really rather they didn't do it? I know we don't know the details, hell they might even charge for it, but if they don't, why are you crapping on free tv shows?
 

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needausername said:
Trivun said:
This would be a pretty good idea, except I'm in the UK so I wouldn't be able to use this, since Hulu don't stream videos here. I tried today, in fact, through Flixter and it said 'unavailable in your country'. So it wouldn't be really useful anywhere outside the US.
Yeah thats really annoying, and Hulu seams to be of of the best and easiest places to stream TV from too...
DAMN you Megavideo, why did you have to implant a time limit on your streaming!!
 

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Wait, you'd actually watch "Kickin' it Old School"? Why? Are you a masochist? Do you love pain?


Oh how much does Jamie Kennedy suck.
 

Keane Ng

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Cliff_m85 said:
Wait, you'd actually watch "Kickin' it Old School"? Why? Are you a masochist? Do you love pain?


Oh how much does Jamie Kennedy suck.
I like awful things, and yes, I actually did watch it on Netflix.
 

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Cpt_Oblivious said:
But it'd only affect you yanks.
All of us across the pond can't get Hulu in it's regular form, let alone 360.
We don't even get it in Canada! And we are directly fucking above the states!! I hate when there are clips of shows and it Hulu. Tell me, is it really so difficult to bring it up here. Stupid Hulu.