What seems to be something that should have arrived months and months ago is finally here for Nintendo Wii owners – Hulu Plus is now available on the Wii. On February 16th, the service was added to the Wii Shop for download with the standard monthly subscription fee to Hulu for $7.99.
As the press release states, Wii owners will now have the ability to watch Hulu Plus shows like Vampire Diaries, The Office, Modern Family, Community and more through their console. Pete Distad, VP of Marketing and Distribution at Hulu said: “We want to be everywhere, on every screen where people want to watch their favorite shows and discover new ones on their own schedule. Wii is not only one of the most important entertainment devices in the living room, but one of the most heavily anticipated and requested platforms by users and subscribers. Teaming up with Nintendo gives millions of households across the U.S. an immediate way to access some of their favorite current season shows on-demand in their living room through Hulu Plus.”
The above comment is interesting to me, because honestly I wasn’t waiting around for Wii to add the service. I added all my streaming services to my Playstation 3 a long time ago. My question is to everyone out there: If you really wanted Hulu Plus, wouldn’t you already have it through another device by now? It makes me wonder how many people out there ONLY own a Wii and therefore depend on it to serve as a device for Netflix, Hulu, etc. to be viewable on their TV. Sorry to say this to you, Hulu, but this is whole deal is really late in the game (especially considering Nintendo has announced that their new console is already on deck). So, Hulu and Nintendo, what the heck took you so long?
Hulu Plus will also be coming to Nintendo 3DS later this year, which makes me think a deal is probably already in the works for the service to be available on Nintendo’s next system. (Well, if they’re smart about it!)