
It's not often we get to report on PS3 news these days, but it seems Netflix hasn't forgotten about Sony's last-last-gen machine.
As seen on Reddit, if you boot up the Netflix app on PS3, it now says it'll "no longer be available on this device" from 2nd March, 2026.
The streaming service first came to PS3 via Blu-ray Disc in 2009, and a native app followed about a year later in the US. It was approaching 20 years of support on the console, which is pretty impressive.
It's always a shame to see services and features retire on ageing consoles, but it only makes sense as the number of people still using them grows smaller and smaller, especially now we're two generations down the line.
Sony attempted to shut down the PS Store on PS3 (and Vita) a while ago, and was forced to go back on that decision after public outcry to keep it alive.
It's still a pretty functional console, then; despite losing Netflix next month, the PS3 will at least remain the only console of its generation with a working digital store.
Are you still using Netflix on PS3? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com, via x.com]



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Nah the ps3 is still 5 years old… right? It’s 2011… right?
I will unsubscribe from Netflix since they didn't give us a warning with a reasonable amount of time to adjust.
Honestly surprised they supported it this long. I expect some new update would have meant a lot of work that just wasn't worth it. Fair play imo.
Stop saying the words 20 year old console so casually! It's only the length of time a child is born and goes through their school years. Possibly gets a job and gets married....yikes.
What makes matters worse I had done those things just before the PS3 launched.
shame ps3 was such a great media player
Honestly I'm surprised and impressed that it was still up there for so long.
I still have my PS3 Netflix Disc. Crazy to think that support for the PS3 is still going. I did fire mine up last year to play some older games though.
Now how the heck am I gonna watch Netflix? 😤
"the PS3 will at least remain the only console of its generation with a working digital store"
Sadly, i think this is gonna end too. I just tried to login to the store from my US and Asia account and both store keeps showing "the session has expired" over and over. Tomorrow i'm gonna try it again and if it still the same then i guess PS3 store is really dead...
This is Netflix already showing their plans for Warner Bros Games if the deal goes through, the writing's on the wall at this point. /s
Had to start being killed off fully I guess, but it remains the only PS console that can play CDs, DVDs & Blu-rays.
I legit forgot the ps3 had Netflix support lol.
I recently bought a Wingman XE dongle so that I could use a DS5 with full home button support on my PS3 (I have a drawer full of bad DS3's that I should get around to fixing, but ehhhhhh). Works fantastic - I was thinking about buying the Tales of Xillia remaster but remembered that I bought it years ago on PS3 and never played for more then 30 minutes, so that's been fun to play with. As well as some games have aged, others are just so rough. Drakengard 3 and RE6 are in the neighborhood of 25 FPS. Some games have aged much better - Spec Ops: The Line, Okami: HD, Resident Evil 4 HD, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - all look and play wonderful on the console still.
Want to know something crazy? The XBox 360 turned 20 this past November. We are further from the launch of the 360 now than the period of time between the release dates of the NES and XBox 360 (in NA at least).
My back hurts.
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