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It's been a long time coming, but the Playstation 3 is finally getting streaming Netflix support. Netflix's Watch Instantly library has been available on the Xbox 360 (and the Roku Player, and a handful of HDTVs and Blu-ray players) for quite some time, and next month the service will be available on the PS3.

Strangely, the service won't be available through a firmware update of the system, like other Netflix-supported devices. Instead, users can reserve a free Blu-ray disc that accesses the Watch Instantly library through BD-Live. This raises the question of Netflix support in any Blu-ray Disc player via a Blu-ray disc and BD-Live. Sadly, the PS3 disc will probably be PS3-only, and simply won't work in other devices.

Users can order their PS3 Netflix disc here. The discs are planned to ship later this year.

— Will Greenwald

[Source: Playstation Blog via Kotaku]