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

freebs2 on 16 June 2011
Chrizum said:
It's a bad idea to watch DVDs on your console anyway. Use your DVD player/Blue-Ray player for that!

Why? The Ps3 is one of the best media players avaliable on the market. btw. at the OP I don't care since I already have a BD player.



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Cobretti2 on 16 June 2011

i already have the other players so why do I need another? game consoles are purely for games. Why would I burn my laser out watching stuff.



 

 

radishhead on 16 June 2011

Most TVs come with DVD players now, and the lack of bluray makes sense too. Taking away uneeded functions to save costs is good in my eyes



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Silver-Tiger on 16 June 2011
Snesboy said:
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?

You really think I don't own a Wii? I have one, and mine can even play DVDs, thanks to Homebrew. And No, I was not in the group of people who said that. Thw Wii didn't need DVD playback, it had no reason to back then. But as far as we can tell, Nintendo wants to catch the hardcore crowd with the WiiU now, and that includes the mediaphiles. The WiiU also had potential to be the media center of the living room, and from the E3 presentation it looked like they planned to do that, but not including DVD or Blu-Ray playback is wasting a lot of sales to me.

For the record, I'll probably still buy the WiiU, I can't miss on any Zelda game. :D



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Pavolink on 16 June 2011
chapset said:
I don't get why wiiU must play games who doesn't have a console or phone or computer for games, wiiU should display a white screen in 3d ofcourse

A console is for gaming, not for watch movies. This's a missed oportunity, even I don't understand why they did this, but that comparision is just... dumb.



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4lc0h0l on 16 June 2011

Am I the only one thinking they are doing it because of piracy?, I think if the next xbox doesnt go fully digital, which is pretty obvious. MS will go down the same road, to avoid being pirated, of course pirates can still use the HDD, but its one less hole to worry about.



MaulerX on 16 June 2011

@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.



Aprisaiden on 16 June 2011

Seems stupid and cheap to me.... are the patents really that much? It is like what $5 for DVD and Blu-ray playback?



Kirameo on 16 June 2011

I'm mad that this stupid piece of crap wont make coffee.



 

thranx on 16 June 2011
Silver-Tiger said:
Snesboy said:
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?

You really think I don't own a Wii? I have one, and mine can even play DVDs, thanks to Homebrew. And No, I was not in the group of people who said that. Thw Wii didn't need DVD playback, it had no reason to back then. But as far as we can tell, Nintendo wants to catch the hardcore crowd with the WiiU now, and that includes the mediaphiles. The WiiU also had potential to be the media center of the living room, and from the E3 presentation it looked like they planned to do that, but not including DVD or Blu-Ray playback is wasting a lot of sales to me.

For the record, I'll probably still buy the WiiU, I can't miss on any Zelda game. :D

 

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/blu-ray-death-by-streaming/1386?tag=content;search-results-rivers

 

Why should nintendo support a dying format? In the US atleast it appears that streaming is or has become more mainstream than buying DVDs/Bluray. So they would be adding coists for everyone, so a minority can enjoy movies on dying formats. Streaming movies is all that it needs. Adding more cost through dvd or blu ray playback is not what everyone wants. So those who feel the need to watch disc based movies should invest in a disc based player, not a game console. Nintendo is smart in that they realise people are buying their console to play games and media is an added plus. But havbing media playback increase the cost will ost them their core base that cares for games and price. It seemed like it really payed off last gen.