Wii U Won't Play Blu-rays Or DVDs
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So wait... if it wont use Blu-ray (which seemed obvious to me) and DVDs... just what are they going to use?
Nintendo, do you ever learn? The lack of DVD support is why I am the only person I know (In real life) who actualy has a wii.
Essentially everyone and their dogs have something that can play a dvd, not least a dvd player.
I fail to see why this has any sort of impact on me, i have laptops, computers, dvd players and an xbox that can ALL play dvds, so i hardly need or want another one.
And dont be chatting poop about Blu-rays... i never have needed them and never will.
I've said it before, so long as it actually DOES have 1080p graphics AND a good 3rd party i will buy it anywho. Hell, a nintendo console with decent games? That sounds pretty damn good to me.
I fail to see why this has any sort of impact on me, i have laptops, computers, dvd players and an xbox that can ALL play dvds, so i hardly need or want another one.
And dont be chatting poop about Blu-rays... i never have needed them and never will.
I've said it before, so long as it actually DOES have 1080p graphics AND a good 3rd party i will buy it anywho. Hell, a nintendo console with decent games? That sounds pretty damn good to me.
I don't care that it doesn't play DVDs. Can it use Netflix like the Wii did? Because if that's the case. I don't care that it doesn't play Blu-Ray. I hate Blu-Ray (for movies). This drives down the price for the WiiU. This can only be a good thing.
Because, obviously, gaming would be better if console manufacturers continued to just do the same thing with shinier graphics. Who needs bigger audiences or multiple ways to play a game? Just give me an updated SNES controller and take my $599+I forgot said:
That is assuming the ToS doesnt allow them to brick your console for "tinkering" like with the 3DS.Sabazios said:
He has a point with the "out of touch" thing, though. Think about it. What new IP's have Nintendo released in the last 11 years that have actually been good? Even their handheld market is turning into rehashing an old product with a new gimmick to make money off of a huge cash cow.ReservoirAngel said:
I don't care about them including a DVD-player, I have plenty of those, but how much does it really cost to include that function? It's not like the console was going to cost $400 but now that they're cutting DVD-playback it'll go down to $250.
Even if it did play DVD or Blu-Ray disks, I wouldn't use it for that. Studies have shown that a regular Blu-Ray player only uses a small fraction of the power that it would take to play that same disk on a console. And as the person responsible for paying the electric bill I'd rather play movies using the lowest power device available. Plus if watching all those movies wears the player out, I still have my game console to play games on. And Blu-Ray players are cheap these days, you can get a basic one for around $100 or less.
That's a stupid reason not to get a Wii as I'm sure most if not all of the people you know already own a DVD player. If I want another DVD player to add to the ones I already have, I'll buy one. I buy consoles to play games, not to watch movies.let said:
