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YouTube Coming To the PS3 and Wii

Posted by Soulskill on from the dogs-and-skateboards-on-your-tv dept.

Clara writes "The YouTube blog has announced that YouTube is on its way to the PlayStation 3 and Wii. From the article: 'Have you ever wanted to just sit on your couch and watch YouTube on your TV? Well, now that's possible via YouTube for Television, initially available through the Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii game consoles at www.youtube.com/tv. Currently in beta, the TV Website offers a dynamic, lean-back, 10-foot television viewing experience.' No YouTube for Xbox, however (Google must simply not have gotten around to Microsoft yet)."

13 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. Am I missing something? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can already watch youtube on those systems...

    1. Re:Am I missing something? by retyurecvb · · Score: 2, Informative

      On the Wii it stutters a tad and runs at a poor framerate, which is unfortunate. Would be better if they released a Youtube channel that works without Flash and the Opera browser running, but I don't see that happening any time soon unless the homebrew community cooks something up. I recall there being a port of mplayer to the Wii that supports Youtube streaming which ran perfectly, but it was far from user-friendly. IIRC, you had to copy/paste the URLs into a text file via your PC, so no simple TV-style video surfing.

  2. Google by ubergamer1337 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "(Google must simply not have gotten around to Microsoft yet)." And they will probably take their sweet time, too.

  3. PS3 by corychristison · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can already use YouTube on PS3 via the web browser. It works fine.

    So are they just slapping in a new theme?

    1. Re:PS3 by retyurecvb · · Score: 2, Informative

      Opera/9.00 (Nintendo Wii; U; ; 1038-58; Internet Channel/1.0; en)
      or
      Mozilla/ 5.0 (PLAYSTATION 3; 1.00)
      Pretty sure neither supports HQ or HD videos yet, the only difference I've noticed is that the former is white and more Wii-ish in design, and the latter is black and more PS3-ish in design. Still pretty cool, though.

    2. Re:PS3 by blogan · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's just Youtube, PS3 has nothing to do with it.

    3. Re:PS3 by RazorSharp · · Score: 2

      No real difference except a big button that says YOUTUBE for non-slashdotters who don't understand that WebBrowser = YouTube. Remember, most people don't know what a web browser is, as far as they're concerned the internet is IE rather than IE being an internet device.

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  4. Re:Who cares about You Tube by artor3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    PlayOn let's you watch Hulu, along with Netflix, CBS, CNN, Youtube, and ESPN on your PS3, Xbox 360 or some set-top boxes. It doesn't support the Wii yet, though they are working on that. And it only costs a one-time charge of $30. I've saved a fortune by dropping cable and just using PlayOn+Hulu and Netflix.

  5. Can't read the damned article by pasamio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google, in its infinite wisdom, keeps redirecting me to the Australian version of YouTube and the "YouTube Australia's Official Blog". I thought it might be when I was logged in, so I set my location to be the United States and still got redirected. I logged out and still keep getting the stupid Australian blog. Funnily enough it displays a nice big white area where you would expect the content of the article to be. I know, I know, this is my punishment for trying to RTFA.

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  6. Neat, but not much to write home about by WWWWolf · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those who don't want to read the article, just head to http://www.youtube.com/tv on the appropriate console browser.

    This is a slight disappointment. It's nice to have a new TV-friendly interface, but it's a little bit stretch to say "Youtube is coming to consoles". You still need the web browser, and the Internet Channel on Wii isn't free. I was expecting a separate free app that was optimised for Wii (or PS3); that would have been more efficient and probably more portable, as paradoxical as it may seem...

  7. Re:Internet Channel isn't free? by Nivoset · · Score: 2, Informative

    its 500 points now, i would have had free one, but my wii was stolen

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  8. Re:Internet Channel isn't free? by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 2, Informative
    As someone else has pointed out and what you're fumbling at: When the "beta" was released a couple of weeks after the release of Wii (in the UK at least), it was free. Subsequent updates to the Internet Channel have all been free for me for the past 2 years or so. Now I believe it costs 500 points to new users. Wikipedia confirms:

    The Internet Channel is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo.[1] On December 22, 2006, a free beta version (promoted as a "trial version") of the browser was released.[2] The final version of the browser became available on April 11, 2007 and was free to download until the last day of June; the browser now costs 500 Wii Points.
    Internet Channel @ Wikipedia

  9. Meh by ArtDent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just gave it a try on my Wii. The interface is pretty nice. But it still uses the browser, and the big issue is the suckiness of the ancient Flash plug-in. The video is extremely jittery, so even with the nicer interface, I still don't think it's worth using.

    It's kind of surprising to me that they'd invest this effort, but not bother to try to fix the big issue. I'd think a custom application, like the one on iPhone, would be a much better solution.

    Or Adobe could suck less.