| IamAwsome said: Because pushing a media center as a console didn't work for Sony in '06 or Microsoft in '13. At this point the Wii U not having a DVD/Blu-Ray player is a non-issue. You already have one in your house somewhere. |
Actually ps3 being a bd player well to Sony thanks for them winning the format war and it really was a selling point for ps3 at first, the problem that instead of bd replacing DVDs, streaming came and is becoming dominant, with bd doing well but not reaching the omnipresence DVD had. But this is subject for another thread.
Nintendo tried to push Wii U as a media center though, as TVii was really important on their first marketing, and for that it's strange to not have bd playing capabilities if already have aa bd reader inside your system .
Nintendo seems to worry so much about piracy that they go suicidal to prevent it. There's a point when its worth building your system to be piracy proof, because really, the only thing between a new protection system and a new crack for that protection system is time.
