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INTEREST: Wii U Cannot Play Standard DVD, Blu-ray Discs


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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:14 pm Reply with quote
It's like Nintendo is DARING people to stay with them.
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agr964



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:20 pm Reply with quote
Dang, I was really hoping the Wii U would be my 5th DVD Player.

Seriously though, anyone buying a Wii U most likely already has a Blu-Ray/DVD player that offers superior playback quality and audio features than what the Wii U could offer anyway.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:02 am Reply with quote
The King of Harts wrote:
250 GB cap of bandwidth a month? And that's not enough?

I get 500 MB a day (I don't get monthly usage, only daily). I WISH I could get 250 GB a month.


either get Verizon or something else man that's not even possible to live by in this day by that. Hell streaming off of netflix or youtube alone for a couple of videos I watch on there could eat that cap like candy. To those that have caps, i do feel like an ass for saying this but I don't. I have local broadband internet with no cap but to be frank I don't see that staying the same way forever.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:17 am Reply with quote
Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:
The King of Harts wrote:
250 GB cap of bandwidth a month? And that's not enough?

I get 500 MB a day (I don't get monthly usage, only daily). I WISH I could get 250 GB a month.


either get Verizon or something else man that's not even possible to live by in this day by that. Hell streaming off of netflix or youtube alone for a couple of videos I watch on there could eat that cap like candy. To those that have caps, i do feel like an ass for saying this but I don't. I have local broadband internet with no cap but to be frank I don't see that staying the same way forever.


I've been capped once long ago, but nowadays, I could do 50gb in a day, and they don't care. Maybe it helps when ya know people who work there. Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:40 am Reply with quote
CannedJam wrote:
Well, to say the least, this isn't cool :/


It's vintage Nintendo. and unfortunately it's going to be the reason why this new console wont outsell the PS3 cause of the lack of DVD playback.

However this new controller is definitely A HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the crappy wii mote. If it's works well i can finally play Metroid Prime 3 as well as Other M without having to suffer from that AWFUL AWFUL wiimote.
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:22 pm Reply with quote
jr0904 wrote:
It's vintage Nintendo. and unfortunately it's going to be the reason why this new console wont outsell the PS3 cause of the lack of DVD playback.


Eh? *Looks at Wii* This does not compute. The Wii U not being an all-in-one wonder is not going to be a reason for it to be outsold by the PS3.

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However this new controller is definitely A HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the crappy wii mote. If it's works well i can finally play Metroid Prime 3 as well as Other M without having to suffer from that AWFUL AWFUL wiimote.


Classic Controller Pro ftw.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:50 pm Reply with quote
jr0904 wrote:
CannedJam wrote:
Well, to say the least, this isn't cool :/


It's vintage Nintendo. and unfortunately it's going to be the reason why this new console wont outsell the PS3 cause of the lack of DVD playback.

However this new controller is definitely A HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the crappy wii mote. If it's works well i can finally play Metroid Prime 3 as well as Other M without having to suffer from that AWFUL AWFUL wiimote.


you want to know something funny I have an import GameCube from japan that does play dvd's, yeah R2 dvd's is not a big market here but at the time that was a reason for the import. What gets me is why didn't Nintendo of America release one over here, below is what one looks like and it's more bad ass than the purple lunch box >_>
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:10 pm Reply with quote
A couple of reasons could be that Nintendo didn't technically make it, the price was $500(US) and the side view of it is ugly as sin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic_Q
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:22 pm Reply with quote
ArsenicSteel wrote:
jr0904 wrote:



However this new controller is definitely A HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the crappy wii mote. If it's works well i can finally play Metroid Prime 3 as well as Other M without having to suffer from that AWFUL AWFUL wiimote.


Classic Controller Pro ftw.


How does the Classic Controler Pro get into this? They dont work for wii mote only games like Prime 3 and Other M. Or did i miss something? cause i have the original classic controller.
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:28 pm Reply with quote
Interesting...
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WeirDiE_InC



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:36 pm Reply with quote
jr0904 wrote:
ArsenicSteel wrote:
jr0904 wrote:



However this new controller is definitely A HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the crappy wii mote. If it's works well i can finally play Metroid Prime 3 as well as Other M without having to suffer from that AWFUL AWFUL wiimote.


Classic Controller Pro ftw.


How does the Classic Controler Pro get into this? They don't work for wii mote only games like Prime 3 and Other M. Or did i miss something? cause i have the original classic controller.


Perhaps that was their plan to get people to invest in this:
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:18 pm Reply with quote
ArsenicSteel wrote:
Interesting...


I agree, since when is other M counted as a game? also the wii despite all of my bitching was/is the funniest console to mod and play roms/emulators on. I really don't see a point in bumping this anymore but on the game cube dvd being 500 dollars.. don't remind me that was 4 months of saving at part-time job in 2001.. but you also have to remember things are cheaper here console and game wise so it would have cost around 300 for that dvd game cube if they did it here but that's just speculation.

Aside from all of this I might get a Wii if and only if the 3rd party support is decent, games make the system not the hardware.
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