Leaked specifications list for the Project Cafe

[HappySqurriel]

manuel said:

Resident_Hazard said:

"Custom" Blu-Ray sounds like something Nintendo would do--as in, crafting their own proprietary disk (probably with Matsushita again) as they did with GameCube and Wii where they built faux-DVD technology so Nintendo wouldn't have to pay for the rights to use actual DVD's.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Except that the Gamecube's disc wasn't crafted to avoid DVD licensing fees, it was Matsushita's proposed DVD format which was rejected by the consortium; and it was likely that Nintendo picked it as a format because it had far lower latency than DVD and would be difficult to pirate (being that it wasn't a standard format). Ultimately, the amount of money they spent licensing the technology from Matsushita was probably similar to the cost of licensing DVD, so it is unlikely that was the main reason for choosing the format.

Essentially, it would be like Nintendo using a modified version of HD-DVD in their next generation system.