They’re looking to make it ”more widely available” in the near future. Console usage up 74 percent from November ‘09. Still not on 360.
”Breaking the 100 million barrier is a great way to kick off 2010 and these figures show that by offering simple and varied access to BBC iPlayer people are really finding it easy to catch up with their favourite programmes at a time that suits them,” said BBC’s Erik Huggers, reports GamesIndustry.biz. iPlayer launched on PS3 in September.
The Nintendo Wii added it in November. ”I expect more people to start using the service as we continue to make it more widely available and I’m looking forward to some of the new innovations we have coming to the service later on in the year.”
The 100 million requests per month landmark was reached in November, and by December it hit 114.8 million. The consoles saw a 74 percent increase in usage. Currently the BBC won’t launch iPlayer on Xbox Live because of forced sub charges.