We underestimated the appeal of the single Web site and a single service. We greatly underestimated it.
Netflix Spokesman (NY Times)
Wow… How can you underestimate that? I think the first comment on Hacker News has it right: Netflix had a solid subscriber base who was complacent with paying $15-20 per month without using the service, and they actually convinced a significant portion of that base to reconsider their subscription.
Tina and I recently considered dropping Netflix as well due to all of this complication, and we actually use it. Talk about an epic fail.
Browse Netflix on Xbox
I am so looking forward to this, especially now that I’ll be returning to Seattle and my gorgeous 46” 1080p LCD TV. Ah…