Ninty follows Sony strategy of removing features. New Wii this xmas for £79.99, won't play GC games

[Mr Khan]

Mad55 said:
Damn even after taking the gc drive or whatever out will they still be making a profit with such a low price?

I would think so. To put in GC compatibility they had to make a two-size-compatible slot-loading disc drive, which is a rare part compared to everything else in the Wii (aside from its brand of NAND memory), so they could be slashing out the single most expensive component remaining in the thing

Nintendo has removed features before, just more discretely. The $99.99 GameCube had its 480p compatibility removed