Xbox 360's new Netflix Movie Parties disabled for Starz Play titles?

Ever get a sinking feeling in your stomach, like it's November 2008 all over again? Yes, just like when Sony Pictures blocked its films from Netflix on Demand for a then-fresh New Xbox Experience update, so too are the early adopters of the new Xbox Live Dashboard update seeing select films excluded from the joys of its group sharing "Movie Parties" mode. Our BFFs at Joystiq have done some preliminary testing on the issue, and it seems the common link is that all guilty videos hail from the Starz Play catalog. In other words, you can all but forget about watching Pineapple Express synchronized with your Xbox 360-toting friends and family thousands of miles away -- for now at least. With any luck, like the previous issue with Sony Pictures, this problem will eventually fix itself, and with any luck, it'll be smooth sailing by the time the Xbox Live Dashboard update is officially pushed out to the masses on August 11th. Video proof of the misdemeanor can be seen after the break.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2009 6:19AM]

Ha ha. (Nelson voice)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2009 11:03AM]

I'll repeat my comment from Engadget...

as far as I've found, there is not a single HD stream of a Starz Play movie, so I won't watch them anyway.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2009 11:22AM]

Maybe someone is doing you a favor. Subjecting yourself to the horrible video quality of the starz catalog is one thing, but a whole party of people?

Tried watching superbad the other day thinking, "it's been a year or so, they must have fixed the quality issues by now." Nope, still barely phone-quality.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2009 3:59PM]

if true, then the 'party' feature becomes worthless as the only movies worth streaming all come from the Starz catalog.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2009 7:27PM]

I felt sick on November 2008, but that was only cuz Obama fooled the country into voting him into the White House.