Link: https://revolutionarena.com/english/did-you-know-netflix-used-to-work-on-playstation-2-only-in-brazil/

*only in Brazil

Still have a Wii disc floating around somewhere.

lol same. It’s really only useful for nostalgia, but I’m a sucker for nostalgia.

They worked on PS2 outside of Brazil, too. They originally rented out physical media through the mail before they became a streaming service and the PS2 was perfectly capable of playing movies on DVD.

IDK if they rented games. I used a different service (RedOctane) that did, tho. I was an active subscriber when they went bankrupt; I still have the 5 DreamCast games I was renting at the time because there was nobody to send them back to. 🤣

I liked that client. Was used in my parents TV till they pulled the plug.

Im in the states and I specifically remember Netflix dvds and the ps2. I might be misremembering, but a good friend loved movies and had the subscription and DVD players were kind of more rare then. We would play those movies on the ps2 and I remember we would switch between that and grand theft auto.

I remember getting the network adapter for ps2. First console game I played online. Tony Hawk 3. And that's when I realized dialup was horrible for gaming

I still remember trying the streaming service out when it first released. Oh boy was that really bad, but super interesting to think about now.

For me it was SOCOM.

But it still isn't on the Switch and Switch 2...

It worked in the USA too. You'd get DVDs in the snail mail, play them on your PS2, and then mail them back in a prepaid envelope.

But will it be streamed instantly though?

The Wii App Store had YouTube, Hulu and Amazon apps to.

I still have them all archived on an SD card. I don’t think any still load though.

Sorry for your loss.

I have so many Netflix DVDs that never got mailed back. It really didn't seem to be a problem. They just kept sending me more.

Instantly from the disk to the TV yes

Half life, I think. It was my first "why do I need to install this extra thing to play half life?"

That was when I first installed Steam

I only had the app. The Wii was the best Netflix machine! I don't know how they made their composite video so sharp, but it was so close to composite that I was hard pressed to tell a difference when I finally got the cord.

At a Wii's network speed? Maybe at 240p.

Dreamcast was the shit. Hands down, best system.

If only Sega had understood that. 😔