What do Altered Beast, Rastan, Kid Chamillion, Excite Bike, Tank, Rambo III, Mrs. PacMan, Street Fight 2, Off Road, and Burnout  all have in common? They are all video games I played as a kid. They all produce images of what a typical video game was and how I never thought one could be cooler or more advanced than I remember these. The graphics, the music, the game play, the challenges, the levels, and the stories. How could it get better than Rambo III? Well,  what if you could stream movies on your gaming consoles? It looks like the XBOX 360 will be leading the way and Netflix will be joining them. Already moving forward with this technology sometime ago, now Microsoft is looking towards the new “exclusive partnership” with Netflix to become the only console that offers Netflix Watch Instantly. It will become part of the experience for Xbox LIVE Gold members. “This exclusive partnership offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television vida XBOX 360,” Netflix said. Wow, so whats next for these consoles and who and or what will be the next big break through? It is a very interesting time for gamers right now, so don’t blink or else the transformers might just take over before you get the chance to open your eyes!

It’s already the hardest to find item this season, and for the past two seasons as well… but now Nintendo’s Wii will have even more reasons to reign supreme with the announcement that soon Nintendo will be adding video to its offering in the form of a video on demand service similar to Xbox Live.

Plans looks to be slated from some original programs to make the service, some free and and some that will be purchased. Nintendo will be teaming with advertising firm Dentsu who claimed, “Nintendo and Dentsu shall use the environment surrounding the Wii so that living rooms with Wii-ready TVs would become more of a fun area for communication among families and friends.”

With a market that already includes the PS3, and the Xbox 360 the Wii generally stands out due to it’s landmark interactive platform. With the capitalization on the video service, Nintendo looks to be taking the Wii into a more universal level that both Sony and Microsoft have already played in.