The Wii finally gets DVD playback -- no thanks to Nintendo

[magus113]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Guys, a DVD player isn't part of the gaming experience. Nintendo wanted to make a console that appealed to the gamers without that gimmicky stuff like the ability to play DVDs. Yup, a console for the gamers...with no 3rd party support, hit or miss first party titles, and a control used mostly as a gimmick.

I do agree with him on this, but I also think that it might not work as well as a DVD player compared to it's fellow brethren consoles. Most people already have DVD players in their homes anyway, especially since they're much, much cheaper.

Plus, if the Wii has enough issues reading dual-layered DVDs (a.k.a. Brawl) then I can only imagine how much this might stress the hardware or discs that are being read for DVD players.

The only other real benefit I guess I could find from having mplayer installed on your Wii is the media from SD cards, so DivX movies can be viewed from your Wii.

Most people with a PS3/360 with TVersity or Orb however also have a means to accomplish this with streaming media.

So I think all in all this DVD playback is a little unnecessary.