Hulu Plus on Xbox will be a 'custom experience', restricted to Xbox Live Gold members

Is it me or is like 90% of stuff you can do on the Xbox restricted to Gold Members?

I really wanted this on the PS3 :(

i think i will bee using Tversity+Hulu

So I have to wait until 2011 because they're making a controller free navigation and adding party support?? Who care's if I have to use a controller and why would I ever want to watch a TV show in a virtual online party??

Pay an extra ten bucks and still get ads on top of that, no thanks.

Hey, does this 25 million number include those outside of the U.S.? Cause the last time I checked I haven't got my Netflix, Last.fm and Zune Video. I'm not holding my breath for Hulu.

Where's my leveraged social connectivity, bitches?!

its the same thing everytime, kinda like how nickelback's songs sound like.

oh snap, i said it

did the boxee just become obsolete?

I wonder if the real delay is to allow for a Hulu port to Silverlight. Since that infrastructure already exists on Xbox for Zune and Netflix.

Or maybe it's reverse Netflix and Sony locked up a timed exclusive.

Canada?

Awesome so I'll be able to move like a mime pulling an invisible rope to navigate the menus? PS3 owners will be green with envy!

Hulu is hoping the next leap will be the leap to PROFIT.

I have a question about the controller free interface. Will Kinect be able to distinguish the 'Stop' command gesture from, let's say a sneeze for example, if it's a similiar motion? I'd hate to keep interupting my playback because someone on the couch is fidgeting around. Or worse, having to stay perfectly still.

I don't give a damn about the Kinect and its "controller free navigation" I just want to watch some Seinfeld on my Xbox.

@ Architecture

I wouldn't be so sure about NBC pulling it's content because it owns Hulu. Sony Pictures is available on XBox (i think). It's a different division and it's all about making money. If their number crunchers and lawyers see a profitable deal they would probably take it.

greedy bastards

I just want the normal Hulu service on my xbox... not this plus crap... the moment you ask me to pay is the moment I go back to torrenting.

Ok i get it, Microsoft is building a custom interface to work with Kinect so that you can hover select or something. I'm sure they will make it similar to the other applications they have currently in use on XBL, but seriously? 2011? The only update we are getting this year to XBL is ESPN, which is great an all, but why not just bundle Hulu into that update too, then when Kinect comes out, push out one to add functionality to it. Or push it out before!

We are supposed to look forward to these big yearly dashboard updates now that they don't happen twice a year any more, and this year we just get ESPN. Early 2011 will more then likely extend to E3 to have that sweet ass announcement attached to it.

sigh

So, is Hulu Plus on XBOX going to be free to Gold Members, or is it just that Gold Members will also get the "luxury" of paying $10/month to access Hulu Plus on top of their XBOX Live gold yearly subscription cost? Cause, I already pay $9/month for Netflix, can't see Hulu as being worth another $10.

why the hell are people complaining about ads!? do you they run ads on the cable t.v. you pay for? when you buy a magazine are there ads in it? when you pay to go to a sporting event are there ads plastered all over the arena? when you drive down the highway that your tax dollars pay to maintain do you see billboards every ten feet? do the city buses your taxes pay for have ads on the side? they even show ads at the movies before they show trailers..there is advertising EVERYWHERE..when will you damn fan boys get over it already!?

Awesome! Something else on Xbox that Canada can have no part of.

It sucks that it is going to take so long to get Hulu on 360, but I'm sure the UI will be much better than on any other device just like Netflix. Also the voice command and gesture control features with Hulu will be awesome. And now that they have the XBL family plan everyone in the house can use ESPN/Netflix/Hulu/Zune for movies and TV shows.

If you have an Xbox 360 and you don't have a Gold account you are either extremely cheap or completely clueless.

I appreciate that MS is making the value proposition sweeter for Gold members. I won't pay any extra for Hulu, though, regardless of format. Give me searchable Netflix in the next update and I'll move my 360 into the living room and maybe ditch the cable.

I wonder if this will work in Canada...
Cuz the normal Hulu site doesnt.

So thanks to Kinect everything is going to be delayed so a motion-friendly version of everything will be available? I might as well get a Kinect, that way I will get full value from the delays... or I could just throw my xbox out the window and not give a cr**. Something is telling me I should go for the 'middle ground' so I can continue to enjoy the great 3rd party games and secretly hate myself for being a cheap bastard with an xbox 360.

^^ That was a troll-style rant I made for fun. What I do believe though is that the xbox 360, as a gaming 'platform', will get stale quickly compared to other platforms (this is an always-connect constant-update era of consoles). They have to delay things now that they have Kinect. Sure Kinect will be a great product, but these will be challenging times for MS to release features it wants to as they will have to cater for two input methods. Core gamers may lose interest if, xbox, in it's mission to lure in the casuals, forgets that they are used to constantly receiving great updates. Hopefully they will develop a system that enables them to support both 'input types' instantly, which will allow them a regular release schedule.

i will wait and see what the line up and shows looks like before i pay 10 bucks a month netflix already has a ton of content so paying them 9 a month isn't bad but hulu idk if you can watch every season of a show then im in