Netflix is dropping help for the PS3 this March

Regardless of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) turning 20 years outdated this yr, you is perhaps shocked to study that a number of main streaming apps nonetheless work on it, together with YouTube, Prime Video, and Netflix. That checklist, nevertheless, is about to get a bit shorter.

Because of a put up on the r/PS3 subreddit, it has been found that Netflix has quietly determined to tug the plug on its PS3 app, with the final official day of help being March 2, 2026. After that date, the Netflix app on the PS3 will cease working fully, which means you may want to make use of one other gadget if you wish to preserve streaming Netflix.

If you launch the Netflix app on the PS3, a message now seems that reads: “Sadly, Netflix will not be out there on this gadget after March 2, 2026. Go to netflix.com/compatibledevices to see a full checklist of supported units.”

Curiously, Netflix’s compatibility web page does not at the moment point out dropping PS3 help and states that the PS3 helps streaming motion pictures and TV reveals as much as 1080p, which continues to be true for now. That stated, primarily based on loads of experiences on Reddit and social media, many different customers are seeing the identical warning message on their PS3 when utilizing the Netflix app, so this shutdown seems all however inevitable in March.

Why is Netflix ending PS3 help?

It could possibly be linked to the PS3’s growing older {hardware}

On Netflix’s official Assist Middle web page explaining why some units show a “Netflix is not out there on this gadget” message, the streaming big notes that help can finish if a tool can not obtain updates or deal with new options. Given the PS3’s age and older {hardware}, that is virtually actually what’s taking place right here.

“We’re at all times working to offer a constant, high-quality, and safe Netflix expertise,” Netflix says on its Assist Middle. “If a tool can not get obligatory updates from its producer or help new options, we might finish help for it.”

Naturally, some customers who nonetheless depend on the PS3 app weren’t thrilled with the information. One Redditor commented, “That is so upsetting, I really like utilizing Netflix on my huge 32-inch Trinitron,” whereas one other added, “Noooo. PS3 was the one factor that also allowed account sharing on Netflix from two households like the nice outdated days. Such a disgrace.” Moreover, individuals who use the PS3 to look at Netflix on CRT TVs are fairly upset concerning the information, because the PS3 was one of many best methods to look at Netflix on a CRT TV due to the composite connection that earlier fashions have.

Netflix first arrived on the PS3 in 2009, however early on, it required a bodily Netflix streaming disc to make use of the service. It wasn’t till late 2010 that Netflix launched a correct, disc-free PS3 app.

All advised, that offers the Netflix app on the PS3 a 16-year run. Whereas it is clearly a bummer to see Netflix help on the PS3 come to an finish, it’s form of unbelievable that it labored for so long as it did.

Sadly, Netflix is not any stranger to ending sure companies. Not too long ago, the streaming big ended help for casting on cellular units, with the one exception being particular Chromecast units, which means if you wish to use your telephone to solid a present or film to your TV, you possibly can’t anymore, and you must use the Netflix app.

Whereas Netflix will not be out there on the PS3 quickly, you possibly can nonetheless play so many nice video games on the PS3 in 2026. In case you’re concerned with revisiting the PS3, we have coated it extensively on Pocket-lint, together with other ways to play and purchase PS3 video games. Moreover, final yr I recounted my expertise shopping for a PS3 for the primary time and what it was prefer to play it practically twenty years after its launch.