Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

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superchunk said:

A2B24R246 said:
"Media Proprietary 25GB Disc"

Arent Wii-u's game disks blurays without the licensing to playback movies??

Looking at the Wii that uses dvd-r disks andcan actually be software modded to be a dvd plaer

Dont see why they would bother themselves with an entirely new proprietary format both disks and disk reader, unnessary costs with no real benefit

Bluray dvd player with no royalty licensing for movie playback seems to make the most sensible and cost effective route for Wii-U.

From Nintendo's E3 site, "A single self-loading media bay will play 12-centimeter proprietary high-density optical discs for the new console, as well as 12-centimeter Wii optical discs."

Nintendo doesn't do licensing fees, so don't expect bluray of any form. There are plenty of other discs out there with similar features and storage that they can use that will provide them lower prices as well as probably better security (not mainstream).

Historically, Nintendo home consoles have not used true "proprietary" formats for optical disks, and opted instead for "mainstream formats" formats for the game media

GC - Mini DVDs, with some actual slight hardware changes to prevent piracy and prevent dvd playback

Wii - DVD-r, without licensing to playback dvds, although soft mod could turn it into dvd player

Wii U - (logically) Blu Ray, without licensing to playback bluray movies, although soft mod could probably turn it into bluray player

Nintendo typically tries to keep the technology as cheap as possibly not focusing on cutting edge technologies to lower costs, with exception to an innovating technology or two like motion controls or adding a glasses-free 3d screen, no reason (and history agrees with me) for them to go out of their way to develop or obtain an entirely new format, they will pay licensing fees just as they have for the past two generations.