Netflix on the lookout for gaming platforms engineering guru

We've heard whispers of Netflix heading to other, non-Xbox 360 game consoles before, and now adding to the susurrus is a job listing from the company for Engineering Lead - Gaming Platforms. The description calls for someone familiar with the technical hurdles of current-gen consoles for building a small team to "rapidly prototype and iterate on a variety of platforms." Whether or not this means we'll be seeing PlayStation 3 or Wii services in the near (or even distant) future is anyone's guess, but with Microsoft's version so far a streaming success, we wouldn't be surprised if the company took a few steps to increase the probability that 3 billionth delivered flick is digital.

[Via Joystiq]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 13th 2009 9:58PM]

I am not surprised. Like many exclusivity agreements on this generation of consoles, the standard period seems to be 6 months. Which is coming up soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 10:51AM]

So they will be attempting to sidestep console manufacturer's exclusive online stores & distribution, and sell downloadable content directly to users? To do this, I suppose this position will be responsible for creating software for each console to do this.

Last year I thought that Steam, Valve's superb online distribution system for PCs, was being ported to PS3 and possibly others. What ever happened to *that*?

[PeterFnet Posted Apr 14th 2009 10:36AM]

I'd be okay with this as long as it doesn't jack up my rates.

"Blah blah blah, XBOX 360 disks cost a lot, therefore we're raising your premium from $1 to this multi-tiered set of rates."