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Vasu
November 14th, 2006, 00:42
In a curiously timed announcement, Sonic Solutions revealed it had been chosen by Nintendo to provide DVD movie playback on a future version of the Wii. According to the release, Nintendo plans to offer a new version of the Wii in the fall or winter of 2007. Sonic's CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator, a standard in DVD playback software, allows for anamorphic widescreen video, motion menus and alternate camera angles.

"To be involved in Nintendo's ground-breaking gaming console is extremely gratifying and a testament to the efficiency, flexibility and dependability of Sonic's technology," said Jim Taylor, senior vice president and general manager of Sonic's Advanced Technology Group. "Game consoles represent a fresh market and platform where we can introduce a new audience of potentially millions to the quality of our brand and the power of our digital media applications."

It is unknown if there is an add-on DVD player is also planned. If not, those who purchase a Wii this holiday would need to buy a brand new system next fall in order to enjoy DVDs.

With the Wii launch coming this Sunday, the announcement of an updated console shipping late next year doesn't seem very beneficial to Nintendo. But that won't stop us from lining up on launch day.

(Source: IGN) (http://wii.ign.com/articles/745/745515p1.html)

I would say not a really good moment to bring this out.
etalien
November 14th, 2006, 01:06
Don't think it's really that important, since most people already have a DVD Player...
Fanappy
November 14th, 2006, 16:46
stupid time to release it esp with the new next-gen dvd war starting with PS3's europe release and all!!! It seems a bit odd what would be good is if they put in a blu-ray/hd-dvd reader in ;)
Pedle Zelnip
November 14th, 2006, 17:53
I was surprised that the Wii didn't have DVD playback originally, given that it appeared in last generation consoles.
Vasu
November 14th, 2006, 19:00
I was surprised that the Wii didn't have DVD playback originally, given that it appeared in last generation consoles.

Well Nintendo always claimed that there consoles were for gaming only not multimedia purposes.
Chris
November 14th, 2006, 19:03
Which is why their console can browse the web. :?
Vasu
November 15th, 2006, 18:00
Beats me, there probably seeing the light now
Vasu
November 17th, 2006, 00:42
More info/update (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8225.html)

Seems the DVD playback will only count for Wii in Japan
mihimatu
November 19th, 2006, 12:53
hmm who'd pay more to have a dvd in it, when nearly everyone has a dvdplayer already :S
Rival24
November 19th, 2006, 13:09
I wouldn't, I have a Playstation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 who can do that already. Only the Xbox 360 is a serious option though because of my HDTV which likes upscaling.
Chris
November 19th, 2006, 18:17
If you're buying a Wii before buying a DVD player, you're sick in the head.
mihimatu
November 19th, 2006, 21:38
well, topic finished, dvd playback for Wii is bullshit
Pedle Zelnip
November 21st, 2006, 02:18
hmm who'd pay more to have a dvd in it, when nearly everyone has a dvdplayer already :S

I wouldn't pay more for DVD playback, but the lack of it might give me a second thought about buying it.
mihimatu
November 21st, 2006, 10:02
Lack of precision control ingame worries me more :(
Rival24
November 21st, 2006, 11:41
Where did you read that?
mihimatu
November 21st, 2006, 17:49
nah im just worrying about that, because of the pointing system in Redsteel, ur screen only starts turning when your are the side of the screen, instead of the screen sliding with your crosshair...if you know what i mean xD