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Soundwave on 31 October 2009
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LordTheNightKnight said:
Soundwave said:

They haven't really used a propietary format with their consoles since the N64.

The GameCube and Wii both use DVD, they just made a few modifications to it.

Just like the XBox 1 ... technically the sytem out of the box did not play DVD Video either, you had to buy the remote control + dongle to open the DVD playback. That was the same thing Nintendo was going to do with the Wii but by 2006 it became pointless to offer it.

It's quite possible the next machine will be the same type of deal just with Blu-Ray. This time they might actually release the dongle accessorie though. 

Those were still proprietary variations. They count.

And the problem with wanting a blu-ray drive seems to be that many want it because of for the sake of the tech, not whether it will help the system. It's more because many of you want it on there to prove HD was right rather than it will help make the games better.

Not really. Nintendo can go to another vendor and get a drive for a cheaper price because it is essentially a DVD drive. 

I think actually the truth is it's a vocal minority (yes, minority) of Nintendo fans that get caught up in all this nonsense to begin with. 

HD and Blu-Ray aren't the "enemy" anymore than optical discs were evil just because Howard Lincoln said so in 1996, or that online play is bad like Nintendo tried to sell during the GameCube era. 

Higher definition graphics with increased horsepower can create better game experiences. Period. 

Would you want to play Super Mario Galaxy at half the resolution on the N64 instead of the Wii? Of course not. Even with a pointer controller, no one would want to play that version over the Wii version. The downgrade in visual fidelity would cause the game to lose a lot of its visual charm which is part of the enjoyment. 

One day (and probably relatively soon) Nintendo will release a higher end console with HD, and you will not miss your existing Wii for anything other than nostalgia, I'd gauruntee it pretty much 100%.