fun speculation -7 Ways Nintendo can Dominate the West with its New Console

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gumby_trucker said:

Galaki said:

If you meant Netflix and the likes, then I agree.

It's the physical playbacks, such as DVD and blu-ray that I disagree with.

Anyone that wanted a DVD play already have one.

This is something Nintendo actually mentioned last gen. I remember a quote saying they thought one reason for the runaway success of the PS2 was its timing with the mainstream adoption of DVD home video.

Seeing as HDTV adoption has only become widespread enough for Nintendo recently, perhaps they are looking to replicate this pattern with a console that plays Blu-Ray. (this is according to the rumor that it'll have a blu-ray drive).

From their point of view, the PS3 was released too early to offer this to the majority of consumers, which didn't have HDTVs yet, so it could still be a legitimate selling point.

The public actually wanted DVD. They don't want HD movies, when the movies don't get any better.

Netflix caught on faster than blu-ray has. They already have 22% of North American internet traffic, as of November last year.