Report: Netflix On Consoles Leads Bandwidth Usage In America

Report: Netflix On Consoles Leads Bandwidth Usage In America

Aclay|15 years ago|Industry

Gamasutra: "Nearly 20 percent of peak hour downstream traffic in North America is used for streaming video over Netflix through a home video game console, representing the most usage of any source, according to a report.

Users accessing Netflix through a game console (currently Wii, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360) consume around 2.5 GB of bandwidth per day, the company said.

When broken down by platform, Sony's PlayStation 3 sees the most Netflix usage, at 30.57 percent of its overall downstream. The Xbox 360 follows at 24.94 percent, Windows PCs at 19.55 percent, and Nintendo's Wii at 10.75 percent."

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