When Nintendo dished out its final specifications for the Wii, there seemed to be one glaring omission--DVD playback. With the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 touting built-in multimedia players ...

In fact, it's best to think of the Wii U as a gigantic version of the ... although we're inclined to think that a lot of people expect a DVD player to be included in their gaming system ...

MPlayer,” a Wii port of a media player that plays commercial DVDs. There are essentially two main tasks here: installing the Homebrew Channel, and installing the DVD player. 1. Insert your SD ...

At E3 2005, Nintendo showed off its next-generation console, then code-named "Revolution." Besides being the successor to the GameCube, the machine was to be the first Nintendo console to offer ...

If you were hoping your next-generation Nintendo Wii U would double as a DVD or Blu-ray player in your living room, you're out of luck. According to Kotaku, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata just ...

How many families that are on the verge of buying a second DVD player for the kids might've picked up a Wii if it had built-in DVD functionality? “DVD players are now sold so cheaply and the ...

C'mon Nintendo, you added a digital clock to the Wii, you can do anything! Honestly, though, I'm not sure if anyone would really want this. It might be nice as a portable DVD player on trips ...

confirmed to IGN Wii today that its forthcoming Wii console will not play Hollywood DVD movies. The decision to remove the functionality was made in order to deliver the machine at a cheaper cost ...

The Premium Wii will only be available in Japan and it won’t be of the Blu-ray or HD DVD variety, but having the ability to play regular DVDs on the Wii is an add-on we wouldn’t mind having.

The 3DS also doesn't play DVDs, nor blu-rays. Etc, etc. AFAIK outside of Japan the Wii doesn't have DVD playback because they didn't want to pay the licensing fees. Honestly it doesn't bother me ...

This wasn't really going to affect me, as I have, oh, five or so DVD players already, many of which will surely output better quality than the Wii would have. And maybe Nintendo figured that out.