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Rumor - Playstation Plus Required for Hulu on PS3
Ricardo Trejo
Reports are flying in that a Playstation Plus subscription is required to use Hulu on the PS3. After doing some detective work on the Hulu Plus site Technolizer found some hidden text in the source code that mentions that a PS Plus is necessary for PS3 user’s to access Hulu. More after the break.
On top of Technolizer’s findings, a Hulu Plus invite member has confirmed with Kotaku that yep, that hidden text in the source code is indeed present as a disclaimer below the download code found on Hulu’s site:
Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to sit right with many people, however on the opposite side of the spectrum, when looking at this from Sony’s point of view, they’re doing the exact same thing that Microsoft did with Netflix - charging a premium to get access to a service on their platform. But now that Sony has their very own subscription service they’re going to take full advantage of it, which is actually a good business pull, albeit a bait and switch after giving users a free experience with Netflix.
As more develops we’ll be sure to let you know.
