Hulu Snubs the PS3

Pendragon9

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BehattedWanderer said:
Sounds like Hulu's plot to take over the world doesn't involve the PS3. Sounds more like Sony's pulling some dick moves again, and people are getting fed up with dealing with their shit.
No. This isn't the reason. Sony is no worse than any other company, so Hulu is at fault here. They don't even bother to explain why they did this, so it's their wrongdoing.

But then again, I couldn't care less about Hulu.
 

BehattedWanderer

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Pendragon9 said:
BehattedWanderer said:
Sounds like Hulu's plot to take over the world doesn't involve the PS3. Sounds more like Sony's pulling some dick moves again, and people are getting fed up with dealing with their shit.
No. This isn't the reason. Sony is no worse than any other company, so Hulu is at fault here. They don't even bother to explain why they did this, so it's their wrongdoing.

But then again, I couldn't care less about Hulu.
Of course Hulu's at fault, but something tells me that they don't really need a reason to hate on Sony. But, since they haven't restricted any of the others, It does lead me to think they've got a particular bone against them specifically.
 

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Well... my computer is around 10 feet from my plastation, so i don't think the loss of hulu access on my ps3 is any kind of a disappointment to me. I only really ever watch hulu while im at work anyway.
 

MK Tha Rebel

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Don't care. I own a DVR and a nice laptop with HD screen (i STILL don't see the difference!), so using the PS3 to watch videos, let alone on Hulu (I don't use Hulu) is not gonna happen anytime soon.

Sparrow Tag said:
I would assume the reason may be with Microsoft's upcomming Hulu partnership. Then again, surely it would mean it would be blocked on the Wii internet too. But who knows?
Well, we'll know if Hulu is blocked from Wii internet. But yeah, that sounds like something Microsoft would do.
 

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Something I'm not getting, why can you not use Hulu outside the US (I live in the US) is it blocking non US ips or is there a different site (like hulu.uk or something) that all of you are going to?
 

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I have yet to try streaming videos from my browser. I figured it would be too laggy anyways, but still this kind of stinks to those that do on a regular basis.
 

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Sparrow Tag said:
I would assume the reason may be with Microsoft's upcomming Hulu partnership.
Isn't that just a rumor? I was waiting all E3 for that announcement. Needless to say I was very disappointed.

*edit Hulu has the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie now. O.M.G.
 

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You know... I don't suppose this could actually BE SONY's fault?
That last firmware update had some issues... I had a bit of a problem even CONNECTING to PSN online... maybe the firmware update did something to the browser that isn't compatible with HULU?

We'll wait and see if Sony doesn't quietly release an update that makes this 'magically go away'
 

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HyenaThePirate said:
You know... I don't suppose this could actually BE SONY's fault?
That last firmware update had some issues... I had a bit of a problem even CONNECTING to PSN online... maybe the firmware update did something to the browser that isn't compatible with HULU?

We'll wait and see if Sony doesn't quietly release an update that makes this 'magically go away'
Read the article, Hulu has specifically blocked the PS3.
 

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Ushario said:
HyenaThePirate said:
You know... I don't suppose this could actually BE SONY's fault?
That last firmware update had some issues... I had a bit of a problem even CONNECTING to PSN online... maybe the firmware update did something to the browser that isn't compatible with HULU?

We'll wait and see if Sony doesn't quietly release an update that makes this 'magically go away'
Read the article, Hulu has specifically blocked the PS3.
I did read it but I didn't read anything that was an expressed statement from Hulu that they blocked it. I only read THIS

a little experimenting by interested parties showed that the PS3 was being specifically blocked.
What part of that statement is from Hulu?
I tend to base my thoughts on confirmed facts, not speculation by "unnamed parties".
 

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That screenshot makes me wish more and more that I was young enough to watch the "A-Team".....

Oh, and this sucks I guess. Though I don't know how people are trying to blame this soley on Sony, it's Hulu's fault until we know more, and for that matter who cares? The internet browser for the PS3 doesn't work that much anyway, and as far as I know not that many people use the internet browser for the PS3 at all, I know I don't.
 

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Oh no! A service that I can't even fucking use is not available on a console I don't even fucking have! My world is falling apart!

Just buy yourselves the dvd of your favorite series and watch it! And if you don't want to spend money, go download a torrent or something.
 

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BehattedWanderer said:
Sounds like Hulu's plot to take over the world doesn't involve the PS3. Sounds more like Sony's pulling some dick moves again, and people are getting fed up with dealing with their shit.
Quite possibly. That or the Hulu bosses are evil overlords. Who knows? I suspect another 'we made our console hard to program for no good reason on purpose' thing again, to be honest.
 

Woe Is You

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Doug said:
BehattedWanderer said:
Sounds like Hulu's plot to take over the world doesn't involve the PS3. Sounds more like Sony's pulling some dick moves again, and people are getting fed up with dealing with their shit.
Quite possibly. That or the Hulu bosses are evil overlords. Who knows? I suspect another 'we made our console hard to program for no good reason on purpose' thing again, to be honest.
Well in this case it's Hulu, a site that already worked on the PS3 (and since Hulu uses Flash, you really just need a browser with Flash to use it). There's no specific platform-dependent programming in place there.

It doesn't really make any sense why they'd do something like this to me either unless this has something to do with a plan to sell service rights to the highest bidder or something like that.