Wii U Won't Play Blu-rays Or DVDs

[Hyperme]

And why should it play DVDs?

I mean, we're all using computers here. Last time I checked, most computers have DVD drives, and it's not difficult to go out, buy one, and install it into your PC/Mac/Whatever.

Also, I don't want to be paying for extra features that I already have access to. I mean, if in didn't push the price up by less than say, five, in would be nice to have. But still an extra feature on top of what I'd buy it for, which is playing games.

 

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

So what's their excuse for it not being able to play Blu-Rays? "Too many Blu-Ray players in your lives."? Yeah, cause a million things can play those...

 

[Jake the Snake]

Fuck you Nintendo. Your refusal to make a console that people who game would actually want to use is bewildering. What happened to you guys? You know what? Save it. I don't care. I'm done with you.

 

[Couch Radish]

In a day where DVDs are slowly being replaced by streaming, I actually think Nintendo is smart about not including a DVD player in the system.

1) It will be cheaper for the consumer and Nintendo.
2) No copyright fees to follow. If you never knew, the Gamecube had it's own disc specially made for it, to stray away from copyright laws and possible infringements.
3) Services like Netflix are slowly, but definitely surely, phasing out buying DVDs. The same could be said for gaming for services like Steam and OnLive.
4) Don't we already have enough DVD players?

 

[Koios]

Fuck you Nintendo. Your refusal to make a console that people who game would actually want to use is bewildering. What happened to you guys? You know what? Save it. I don't care. I'm done with you.

That's strange, I see a lot of gamers who want to play video games on this console. They've done a good job paving the way for hardcore third party titles, which will definitely interest people. Also, I see gamers as people who want consoles to play video games on. Gamers are people who, if they want to watch a movie, would probably do so on their laptop. Gamers don't care about watching DVDs on a console. Get over yourself.

 

[Koios]

Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while. When Nintendo recreates the Wii's success on another platform I will believe that that success was a result of anything Nintendo knowingly did as opposed to just getting lucky and being in the right place at the right time. Seeing that the 3DS is pulling subpar numbers right now I'm more inclined to continue my belief that Wii's success was more or less the result of a passing fad and the WiiU will likely wallow in mediocrity being too much for the casuals and too little too late for the core audience.

As for the numbers, Gamecube sold only 21.74 Million vs 150 Million PS2 units. Nintendo 64 sold 32.9 Million vs 102 Million PSX units.

It occurs to me that the DS was successful. With regards to the 3DS, that was a software failure, which they are working to remedy. The 3DS will likely be just as successful as the DS in the future.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Just another example of just how out of touch Nintendo actually is. Nintendo is a relic trying to survive past it's prime with the use of smoke and mirrors because they are no longer able to compete based on the quality of their overall product. The sooner they go the way of Sega the better off gaming as a whole will be.

LoL? Nintendo has probably the biggest pile of money (even if their stocks went down), then they have pushed loads of cool innovations through the door.

Wii,DS,3DS,SNES.
And the franchises oh god, the franchises.

So ***** please, they're not past their prime, trust me.
They just know how to make money =D

They aren't making money off of the 3DS' lackluster sales so that "innovation" didn't help Nintendo.

And really, putting your next gen console out 2 years before the competitions' expected releases seems stupid for the following reasons:

The Wii U has been said to be competing with current gen graphics even though it's supposed to be next gen..

The Wii U will not have the massive advantage that the original Wii had of being the cheapest console on the market. Sony and MS will definitively pull a price drop making the Wii U look really expensive to people in a crappy economy.

The Wii U also has not had the massive instant "Gotta Have It" factor the original Wii had when it got released.

These reasons are why investors are scared of putting money in Nintendo stock right now.

Why are people acting as if Nintendo knows how to print money because of the Wii's success?
Let's not forget that Nintendo's not being the front-runner on the technological front of gaming earned them getting slaughtered in sales next to the PlayStation two gens in a row, even having the newcoming Xbox beating sales of the GameCube.

The Wii isn't beating the PS3 and 360 in sales as well as others have beating Nintendo's previous consoles. So what makes you think the Wii U will beat the PS4 or the next Xbox?

Even though technology isn't everything in gaming, I assure you that the next gen Sony and MS consoles will have the edge of looking better, running better, and actually feeling new when they come out. Where as the Wii U really is what the Wii should have been in the first place.

Well of course but one question to you all.
How many years do you think is left of this console cycle?

Another 2.5 at least. They just released all the motion tech stuff last year.
Besides that's 2.5 years of major prices cuts on the PS3 and 360 that could hurt the Wii U. This exact same situation happened to the Dreamcast. Next gen console coming out way too early for it's time and geting gutted by prices drops from the PS and N64. Then when the PS2 came out the Dreamcast died horribly.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while. When Nintendo recreates the Wii's success on another platform I will believe that that success was a result of anything Nintendo knowingly did as opposed to just getting lucky and being in the right place at the right time. Seeing that the 3DS is pulling subpar numbers right now I'm more inclined to continue my belief that Wii's success was more or less the result of a passing fad and the WiiU will likely wallow in mediocrity being too much for the casuals and too little too late for the core audience.

As for the numbers, Gamecube sold only 21.74 Million vs 150 Million PS2 units. Nintendo 64 sold 32.9 Million vs 102 Million PSX units.

It occurs to me that the DS was successful. With regards to the 3DS, that was a software failure, which they are working to remedy. The 3DS will likely be just as successful as the DS in the future.

The DS was successful because Nintendo had a monopoly on the handheld gaming market for 20 years, if you look at the games that are on the DS there's nothing spectacular on it. Another reason the DS is so successful is because it carried on previously successful franchises (Pokemon, etc.)

The 3DS just costs way too much for what it does. And to be quite honest when the best software you have in the foreseeable future is remakes, (LoZ OoT &MGS3) then the supposed "better quality 3rd party support" may not be what it's cracked up to be.

 

[BrunDeign]

From a buisness perspective it makes you very foolish.

Convenience sells.

People want things simple. 3-4 disks scare them.

Bullcrap convenience sells. If the PS3 sold according to how convenient it's disks were in terms of disk space it would have beaten the Wii and the 360 handily. Instead it was in third place for the majority of this console cycle.

And people may like things simple, but if that simplicity comes at a higher cost, I'd bet that they'd go with the less expensive option.

 

[enriquetnt]

So kids wont be able to put theyr porn DVDs and quietly slip to the bathroom to watch them streaming on the controller screen?, BAD move nintendo, very bad move

 

[hyzaku]

I sometimes feel like the only one who doesn't' want another console that tries to be a media center. If you don't have a DVD player by now, how is not having the WiiU play them a big deal? Blu-Ray I can kind of see, but that tech is becoming ever more prevalent and less expensive to own. Heck, I don't know many people with an HD TV that don't have a Blu-ray player already. Why would those people want to pay more for a console to do what something else they own already does? I really don't see the point in having that extra tech there when it will in most cases not be necessary and will only server to increase production cost and the retail price as a result.

I, for one, am totally with Nintendo on this decision. I want a console not another movie player.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

We can return to the glory days of blowing things to make them work again!

 

[Adam28]

Oh well, it isn't really needed but I do have to say that I am failing to see any real incentives other than to play first party Nintendo games to buy this console which at the moment is failing to look like it part of the next generation of consoles.

Edit: This also means that Blu-rays wont be used so we can expect multiple disks, although I don't care much for having to switch disks.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

(wearing cape) ....(turns around dramaticaly) Of course!


Because as we all know, games consoles are judged on their movie playing technology, so obviously any console that can't play movies mustn't be capable of playing games on a disc.


Oh, wait...

 

[Asuka Soryu]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

We can return to the glory days of blowing things to make them work again!

Funny, considering an NES cartridge can take more abuse then a DVD/Blu-Ray. lol

 

[Endocrom]

So kids wont be able to put theyr porn DVDs and quietly slip to the bathroom to watch them streaming on the controller screen?, BAD move nintendo, very bad move

Aw man, now I don't know what to think.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

We can return to the glory days of blowing things to make them work again!

Funny, considering an NES cartridge can take more abuse then a DVD/Blu-Ray. lol

I know right You can literally kick those old cartridges down the stairs and they'll still be good.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

We can return to the glory days of blowing things to make them work again!

Funny, considering an NES cartridge can take more abuse then a DVD/Blu-Ray. lol

I know right You can literally kick those old cartridges down the stairs and they'll still be good.

I know, it was awesome. I put one of mine in the tumble dryer once and it still worked afterwards. Whatever they built those things out of, they should use it in the military.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

On the plus side, this makes the system price lower, correct?

But on the downside, even the fucking PS2 could play DVDs.

DOES THIS MEAN THE WIIU WILL USE...CARTRIDGES?

We can return to the glory days of blowing things to make them work again!

Funny, considering an NES cartridge can take more abuse then a DVD/Blu-Ray. lol

I know right You can literally kick those old cartridges down the stairs and they'll still be good.

I know, it was awesome. I put one of mine in the tumble dryer once and it still worked afterwards. Whatever they built those things out of, they should use it in the military.

Hahah, I want to add something but I don't think that comment can be improved in any way.

 

[Koios]

Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while. When Nintendo recreates the Wii's success on another platform I will believe that that success was a result of anything Nintendo knowingly did as opposed to just getting lucky and being in the right place at the right time. Seeing that the 3DS is pulling subpar numbers right now I'm more inclined to continue my belief that Wii's success was more or less the result of a passing fad and the WiiU will likely wallow in mediocrity being too much for the casuals and too little too late for the core audience.

As for the numbers, Gamecube sold only 21.74 Million vs 150 Million PS2 units. Nintendo 64 sold 32.9 Million vs 102 Million PSX units.

It occurs to me that the DS was successful. With regards to the 3DS, that was a software failure, which they are working to remedy. The 3DS will likely be just as successful as the DS in the future.

The DS was successful because Nintendo had a monopoly on the handheld gaming market for 20 years, if you look at the games that are on the DS there's nothing spectacular on it. Another reason the DS is so successful is because it carried on previously successful franchises (Pokemon, etc.)

The 3DS just costs way too much for what it does. And to be quite honest when the best software you have in the foreseeable future is remakes, (LoZ OoT &MGS3) then the supposed "better quality 3rd party support" may not be what it's cracked up to be.

There are plenty of quality DS titles, including Lux-Pain (despite horrible localization), Phoenix Wright, and The World Ends With You, to name a few.
I don't know what you're referring to with "better quality 3rd party support," but it seems like the 3rd parties are coming through for the WiiU, and I'm sure they'll come through for the 3DS.