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No DVD-playing Wii for holidays

Nintendo has confirmed that DVD support will be added to Wii units, but unfortunately not in time for the holiday season. The delay has been blamed on the need to secure adequate Wii unit production for the holiday season to maximize sales performance. The addition of DVD functionality has been debated ever since the Wii console debuted in December 2006, but since then no "official" support has arrived.

In November 2006, Sonic Solutions claimed that the CinePlayer CE software would be used to playback DVD-Video content on the Wii console. Back then it claimed that the DVD-capable Wii would be released in the second half of 2007. According to the Q&A section of its Japanese Wii website, Nintendo did have this timeframe in mind.



Production restraints however got in the way of adding support for DVD. Additionally, the Q&A noted that the DVD licensing fees required to add support for the format were higher than previously expected by the company. It gave no indication as to when a DVD-enabled unit will arrive. "Sorry for the inconvenience, but please be patient," Nintendo pleaded.

Source:
Reg Hardware

Written by: James Delahunty @ 12 Nov 2007 15:19

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• 26r0cK

  oh no nintendo is trying force the dvd format down our throats lol jkkk ^_^ ...this is a sweet feature. Never hurts to add in more :P

  12.11.2007 22:36 #1

• ZimHosein

  Quote:Additionally, the Q&A noted that the DVD licensing fees required to add support for the format were higher than previously expected by the company.W/ the way that the Wii is selling, holding out till after the holiday season is a smart move since they will be able to negotiate a lower licensing fee which is good for both the company and consumers IMHO.

  12.11.2007 22:47 #2

• ZippyDSM

  I am hoping the DVD enable units are easier to hack :X

  13.11.2007 00:19 #3

• marcusita

  Originally posted by ZippyDSM: I am hoping the DVD enable units are easier to hack :XThe wii is the easiest thing to hack,how much more easy do you want it.

  13.11.2007 04:08 #4

• ZippyDSM

  Originally posted by marcusita: Originally posted by ZippyDSM: I am hoping the DVD enable units are easier to hack :XThe wii is the easiest thing to hack,how much more easy do you want it.Like flashbait360 plz =^^=
  hehehehehehee
  

  For all the console/game fanboys out their.
  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown
  Oh god I can't stop laughing!!!

  13.11.2007 04:10 #5

• SProdigy

  You don't have to wait till the holidays, there is homebrew DVD player software available for modded Wii's:
  
  http://nintendo-scene.com/470
  
  So all this talk about "adding" this after the holiday season may in fact make it a channel on the Wii, rather than a hardware upgrade since the system already uses DVD format for it's games.

  13.11.2007 09:56 #6

• dpkchrome

  You will obviously void your warantee with Nintendo, but just mod the damn box for less than 100 bucks and do everything from watching DVD's to playing modded games.
  
  www.modchip.com

  13.11.2007 14:46 #7

• Markman29

  Quote:ever since the Wii console debuted in December 2006
  uhh the Wii debuted in November 2006.

  13.11.2007 20:30 #8

• lucyp

  Quote:Quote:ever since the Wii console debuted in December 2006
  uhh the Wii debuted in November 2006.The europe launch was december...

  16.11.2007 02:53 #9

• borhan9

  I think this feature will be a plus for the wii but maybe they just want to wait and make sure they have everything right. the wii is leading and would want to keep it that way.

  2.12.2007 18:34 #10