No Bluray/DVDs for U

[DBloke]

Sorry guys, but on the plus side DVD players are cheap as heck and Bluray players are dropping in price faster than a desperate hooker.

Are you planning on making the Wii U more of a home entertainment console by including Blu-ray or DVD drives, or is it going to be more like the Wii, and just be more of a pure gaming console?

Iwata:

Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities.

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.

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[Envy]

I thought this was pretty much confirmed from the beginning.

Either way I didn't expect it and I'm not bothered by it.

 

[anthonybest1]

Once again i can see there point so i don't care, i have a blu-ray player in my room anyway(not that i use it)