Nintendo Wii U Will Have No DVD or Blu-ray Playback

Were you excited when Nintendo announced its new game console, the Nintendo Wii U? Did you hope to have something more than playing games and owning an awesome controller that features a display? Wished that it could do something the original Wii couldn't, like play DVDs? This will probably be not much of a surprise for many though, especially if you're a fan of Nintendo, but the company has decided to make it clear that the console will not be capable of playing DVDs, neither will it play back Blu-ray discs.

Of course, it's not all such a bad thing, with lesser features, it means that the company can put its new gaming console at a more competitive price range. If it's any consolation, the original Wii couldn't playback DVDs either, the feature was left out for North American Wii consoles.

"The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies." - Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo.

Well, in a way, Nintendo is right, I already have a Blu-ray player that is capable of playing DVDs as well, my PlayStation can do that just as well, why will I need a Wii U? Then again just in case you didn't already have a DVD player, I'm sure it wouldn't be long before someone comes out with a solution would it? Will this affect your decision into buying the new Nintendo game console when it comes out?
source: 2DayBlog.com