Wii U Won't Support DVD or Blu-ray

[Demon_Skeith]

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has confirmed that "Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities."

Speaking at a a E3 Expo Analyst Q&A session on June 8, 2011, Iwata said that the reason for the omission was that "enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies."

Wii U will instead use high-density optical discs.

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good point, but shouldn't they have done it considering what their controller does?

 

[GracefulAssassin]

If it is still like $350-400 without the Blu-Ray, I am almost sure I won't buy one.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

that controller is going to be the reason for the big price.

 

[Logan18]

Yeah, I bet the controller knocks up the price by about $200.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

I still won't get it though.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

the controller should cost about almost the same price as the DS lite when it came out.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Again, this only makes me want it less. lol