Wii U won't support DVD or Blu-Ray playback... your thoughts?

[SnesTea]

Silver-Tiger said:

Snesboy said:

kurasakiichimaru said:
It's a dumb move considering some people wanted minimalism in their homes. Less is sometimes more.

Who doesn't have a DVD player nowadays? Or five?

That's not the point. What would you prefer?

1.) A DVD Player, Blu-Ray Player, A hifi system and a console,

2.) A system that does all of the above.

Not only does it save space, ressources and money, it also makes it much more comfortable to use the features. You need to install less cables and switching between DVD player function and video game function is much easier.

Nintendo is not a media company. They are a videogame company. Besides, you were probably in the same group of people that said Wii should have DVD playback and didn't buy that either. So why do you care?