The lack of an ethernet port on the Wii is a ridiculous omission.

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dougsdad0629 said:
My point is that Nintendo supposedly went Standard Definition because they figured that not everybody has a HDTV. They should have applied the same logic here and realized that not everybody has or wants wi-fi.

They did apply the same logic, provided you actually think about the issue and not just use it to try to justify your own perspective:

	Nintendo's Cost	Price to add Wireless	Price to add Wired
Include Wireless	Internal Chip (small form factor)	$0	$10-$20
Include Wired	External Port (larger form factor)	$50-$100	$0
		Price for SDTV users to access	Price for HDTV users to access
Use SDTV Signal	Cheaper Parts Smaller Form Factor Less Heat	$0	$0
Use HDTV Signal	Expensive Parts Larger Form Factor More Heat	$300-$1000	$0

So you tell me which ones use the same logic.