Microsoft announced a new partnership that will allow Xbox 360 owners to access Amazon’s massive selection of streaming video content from their gaming consoles.
With
an Xbox Live Gold account ($60 annually) and an Amazon Prime membership
($79 per year), Xbox 360 users can hop on the console’s free Amazon
Instant Video app and access more than 17,000 streaming movies and TV
shows.
Buying and renting videos on demand is currently not
supported from the Xbox 360 app itself, users without an Amazon Prime
membership can purchase one of the 100,000-plus streaming movies and TV
shows by visiting Amazon.com/instantvideo.
Once purchased, the videos appear instantly on the Xbox 360 app’s Watch List.
