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

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MaulerX said:

@Pavolink

 

I don't think  it's dumb at all. By Nintendo's own logic, why even release a console when everyone that's interested in gaming already has one? They should just become a multi-console publisher and be done with it.

With mass production, adding DVD playback would cost them about $3 per console. Adding that feature is surely not going to bankrupt them. If your the type that doesn't care for that feature (because you want your disc drive to last longer etc...), then fine, don't use it. You'll be happy. And for those of us that do want it, well, we'll be happy as well.

Nintendo's logic for creating  new console is that they want to create gaming experiences that are not possible given currently available hardware ... Given that, how does including DVD or Blu-Ray playback fit in with this philosophy/justification?