Last week, a statement on the Hulu Plus page for those who were lucky enough to get into the preview period said that “you must be a subscriber of the PlayStation Plus network” in order to use the service. However, this week Hulu has clarified that PlayStation Plus is only required for the preview period and will not be a requirement when the service launches officially this month.
The complete statement from Hulu can be read below.
With the launch of Hulu Plus there have been many rumors started and we are trying our best to remedy the situation. Specifically to your question, the Playstation Plus service is only a requirement during the preview period.
Once the preview period ends you should be able to download the Hulu Plus app but that will still require the Hulu Plus subscription.
Right now we are limiting the number of users but Hulu Plus will be launching to the public very soon so stay tuned!
Thanks, JoyStiq.
“Once the preview period ends you SHOULD be able to download the Hulu Plus app”
What happened to you WILL be able to download the app? Oh well, if you don’t need PSN+ this will be yet another strike against XBL which WILL require an XBL Gold membership in order to use Hulu.
PSN+ users will be getting a preview period to try it out for free before it goes live for everyone to use, as well as a short time to use the paid service before everyone else does. So basically after a little while, anyone who is or isn’t a PSN+ subscriber will be able to use the service, if you want to actually pay Hulu to use it. I myself will be checking out the preview for it but then I’ll just use my laptop for Hulu / other sites that you can watch the stuff for free on.
Side note: “Once the preview period ends you should be able to download the Hulu Plus app but that will still require the Hulu Plus subscription.” I think that means anyone can download the app but PSN+ users will get to use it a short time before others do, probably like a week. They probably want to play with the PSN+ users as beta testers to get kinks out before it goes live to everyone else / side bonus of getting in a bit earlier for having got PSN+.