New Wii to come out in 2007

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"Sonic Solutions, leader in digital media software, today announced that Nintendo, the worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, has chosen Sonic CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator to bring high-quality DVD movie viewing to a future version of the company's Wii gaming console. Nintendo plans to release this version of Wii in the latter half of 2007."

http://www.tmcnet.com/news/it/2006/11/13/2070370.htm
 
As long as its only DVD playback that is the added feature, that's cool. I don't want or need another DVD player. If they start really changing things, that's going to be obnoxious.

I wonder it'll come stateside or just in Japan as was the last rumor that I heard.
 
[quote name='daroga']As long as its only DVD playback that is the added feature, that's cool. I don't want or need another DVD player. If they start really changing things, that's going to be obnoxious.

I wonder it'll come stateside or just in Japan as was the last rumor that I heard.[/QUOTE]

I'd give a 50-50 shot. The Panisonic Q Gamecube never made it to states, right?
 
[quote name='furyk']I'd give a 50-50 shot. The Panisonic Q Gamecube never made it to states, right?[/quote]Nope, not that I'm aware of anyway. Was that system made for the smaller Japanese household that appreciated the "all-in-one" box vs many components?

I'm just wondering what their target audience is here.
 
[quote name='daroga']Nope, not that I'm aware of anyway. Was that system made for the smaller Japanese household that appreciated the "all-in-one" box vs many components?

I'm just wondering what their target audience is here.[/quote]I would imagine it's the same. I don't really see DVD functionality being a huge system seller in the US in 2007. And I can't imagine any other added functionality that can't be handled with a firmware update on all consoles.
 
[quote name='botticus']I would imagine it's the same. I don't really see DVD functionality being a huge system seller in the US in 2007. And I can't imagine any other added functionality that can't be handled with a firmware update on all consoles.[/quote]Yeah. If they suddenly dropped an HD-DVD version of the system with HDMI, etc., that would be something to bring here. But that's about as likely as me wallking outside and realizing I can fly.
 
I think they stated this is a Japan only thing, like the Q... it is whatever, I already have a DVD player. Only thing that might be good for is you want to play it on the go, for cars it can be a all in one system although movements will be lacking.
 
i don't feel like having to buy another wii if they do all this ultra cool crap to it, sort of like a wii 1.5 or something. The dvd playback would be a really nice feature to have though.

T. Foolery
 
Damn, it seems it will feature a full updated media center, the current Wii media playback is supposed to be bad, but the new version will play all kinda computer formats and everything.
 
Yawn. Most US households already have a DVD player. It was the most successful consumer electronics launch of a product in history. Unless they add HD functionality along with it I doubt anyone over here could really care.
 
[quote name='KickYourHeadOff']Damn, it seems it will feature a full updated media center, the current Wii media playback is supposed to be bad, but the new version will play all kinda computer formats and everything.[/quote]Playable formats and all that are all software-based unless I'm mistaken. A firmware update can get any media or audio format they want decoded, if that's what you're worried about.

Playing AVIs, looking at JPGs, and whatnot are not something I plan on spending a lot of my time doing.
 
Oh, if you can update it, then it dosent matter, i heard the Wii media thing plays only quicktime.

If it plays avi you can upload movies into the 2gig card.
 
That's how to do it. I don't need another DVD player, so I don't need to worry about it. Maybe other people do. Whatever. Options are good.
 
This DVD thing just an attachment. Japan is getting a DVD player for their Wii and this is probably what its for. In less then a year, a new Wii? I dont think so.

There is no plans for a DVD player for the Wii in the US. Only in Japan.
 
I've never been a huge fan of consoles playing DVD's anyways. Although it does save you room in the ole' entertainment center.
 
[quote name='daroga']Yeah. If they suddenly dropped an HD-DVD version of the system with HDMI, etc., that would be something to bring here. But that's about as likely as me wallking outside and realizing I can fly.[/quote]
I don't think that could ever happen, since from what I understand all three of the 360's processor cores are working when it's decoding the VC1 on HD DVDs. The Wii's processor just wouldn't be powerful enough.
 
Meh, I have a 360. It plays my porn from my hard drives, I mean movies that anyone('s) would(wood) enjoy. I want a Wii that plays fucking awesome Nintendo games dammit.
 
I still don't understand why they announced this one week prior to launch. Hopefully this will just be a software thing to be downloaded / included with newer Wii units.
 
Nintendo of America’s Public Relations Manager Matt Atwood said that a price has not yet been determined, but that the DVD-enabled Wii would come at a higher price than the standard Wii console ($249) because of the “extra cost required to implement DVD playback.”
 
[quote name='iazybandit']

There is no plans for a DVD player for the Wii in the US. Only in Japan.[/quote]

Linky?
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']Nintendo of America’s Public Relations Manager Matt Atwood said that a price has not yet been determined, but that the DVD-enabled Wii would come at a higher price than the standard Wii console ($249) because of the “extra cost required to implement DVD playback.”[/quote]
Linky?
 
I am waiting for the new Wii with DVD playback and for a bug free PS3. I think I will buy both consoles in the middle of 2007...
 
im alittle anoyed at nintendo, but we will be cool, as long as they dont dont mess with the game format. Is it just me, or did the wii already use dvds, but it just couldent play dvd videos... im confused.
 
[quote name='White-Wolf']im alittle anoyed at nintendo, but we will be cool, as long as they dont dont mess with the game format. Is it just me, or did the wii already use dvds, but it just couldent play dvd videos... im confused.[/QUOTE]
The Wii discs are roughly the same thing as DVD's without the official label for them.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']Nintendo of America’s Public Relations Manager Matt Atwood said that a price has not yet been determined, but that the DVD-enabled Wii would come at a higher price than the standard Wii console ($249) because of the “extra cost required to implement DVD playback.”[/QUOTE]

I have a feeling that by the time it is released, the DVD version will be $250 and the current version will be $200.

Here's hoping that Nintendo releases the DVD software as a low-priced item on the Wii Shop Channel.

That doesn't mean I'll buy it, though. I already have too many household DVD players, not including my desktop and laptop's.
 
Nintendo is fucking stupid.

First they charge too much for the console and get rid of the "family friendly" angle. They said the Wii would have a DVD, then said it wouldn't, then said it would. There is no fucking reason why the Wii shouldn't have a DVD in the first place. DVD players can be bought for $20 for years now. Nintendo is also very very fucking dumb to release tis info before the Wii even launched!
 
[quote name='David85']Nintendo is fucking stupid.

First they charge too much for the console and get rid of the "family friendly" angle. They said the Wii would have a DVD, then said it wouldn't, then said it would. There is no fucking reason why the Wii shouldn't have a DVD in the first place. DVD players can be bought for $20 for years now. Nintendo is also very very fucking dumb to release tis info before the Wii even launched![/QUOTE]

What are you, retarded?

Everyone who wants a DVD player either has one or, as you said, can pick one up for $20. Making the Wii play DVDs forces people who already own a DVD player to pay extra for a feature they don't need. It doesn't make any sense at this point to add something to the Wii that only acts to up the price.
 
[quote name='David85']There is no fucking reason why the Wii shouldn't have a DVD in the first place.[/quote] you just said the Wii was too expensive. You'd rather it be about $275 then?

You're getting awfully upset about this. I think you need to calm down, remember it's just a game system and/or a movie format you're talking about and get a shred of perspective on this whole thing. If the Wii fails, do you have a signed contract that Nintendo can put a hit out on your family or something?
 
[quote name='David85']Nintendo is also very very fucking dumb to release tis info before the Wii even launched![/quote]

I have seen a few people use this as an excuse to delay buying a Wii, but I think those weren't potential launch customers anyway. I actually think Nintendo was smart to release this info now. It's so close to launch that those of us hyped for the Wii don't really care and just want to play TP. And how pissed would everyone get if this info came out just after they had put their money down?
 
I don't care much DVD playback or watching movie cuz i never use it. Example i had PS2 over 3 yrs. & never put movie on it. Beside i had 4 DVD players on my hand ( 2 DVDs with Recorder, Sony 5 Disc charger, Pioner 3 Disc charger
 
jesus this whole time now nintendo has been talkinhg about how they're only a videogame company and that no one wants to wacth a movie on their videogame system. And now, they do this
 
[quote name='elsnow77']jesus this whole time now nintendo has been talkinhg about how they're only a videogame company and that no one wants to wacth a movie on their videogame system. And now, they do this[/QUOTE]

Well, I don't fault them (or Microsoft with their HD-DVD add on, for that matter) because they're not FORCING consumers to pay for functionality that they may never use. A significant portion of the ridiculous price of the PS3 comes from the Blu-Ray technology, which is there primarily to help along the adoption of that format for movies (and make Sony more money). And you have no choice but to pay that price if you want to play games on the PS3.
 
Typical Nintendo move.

If all that winds up coming out from all this is DVD playback, then yes, it doesn't matter. Everyone already has a DVD player, people buying Wii's in what? 5ish days won't be negatively impacted.

My concern is that this is the tip of the iceberg for the Wii and as time goes on and Nintendo develops a large installed base with the Wii, we'll start hearing about the new Wii high definition outputs, the Wii hard drive, the Wii Lite which is the size of one DVD case rather than three, etc.

I wasn't planning on getting a Wii anytime soon regardless but I was intrigued by it. Nintendo was finally showing that it might have learned something from getting crushed the last two generations. Now they've potentially gone back to their "rerelease every console at least once" bag and pulled this out.
 
they should offer some sort of coupon, like they are doing with new pc's to get vista for free. that would be the day.

T. Foolery
 
[quote name='Halo05']Now they've potentially gone back to their "rerelease every console at least once" bag and pulled this out.[/QUOTE]

Colors for new customers (Funtastic N64) is the only thing they've done lately. The Q was in Japan only so it doesn't count here, and the last consoles with various iterations wer the SNES and NES, and those were released late into the game and didnt' add anything significant other than smaller shells. Most people wouldn't even know what the redesigns look like.

People are making too big a deal out of this. They won't change the hardware beyond, supposedly, adding DVD functionality. Nintendo knows too well that you can't divide the market into have and have-nots, 'cuz that led to things like Conker's Bad Fur Day being available to only a small subset of people, and probably worked against it.

You people are making shit up just to bitch about a console you probably weren't even that interested in to begin with.

Meanwhile we have two other competitors who actually have two different consoles with significant differences at launch.

If you're going to have a double standard, I guess you ought to throw yourself into it full steam.

There's a small - small - change that this is all software oriented, which seems to be what Sonic whoever is saying, meaning it could be a small upgrade/download in the future for (maybe) a small price, but that is huge speculation. It's also a little weird that Sonic whoever seems to be the driving force behind this announcement, not Nitnendo. I imagine if Nintendo wanted to make this announcement, they'd do it next year at E3 or later, not now.

It doesn't matter. I have a PS2 to play DVDs, and I imagine sooner or later I'm going to make a media center PC and hook it up to my TV anyway.

Now, if you're including handhelds under the console umbrella, you have a slightly better argument, cuz no one will disagree backlit SPs trounced the original GBA and that Nintendo could have implemented that tech earlier. But after that, the micro wasn't worth it and the SP2 had more brightness, but those are almost negligable. Then there's the DSLite, which I must admit tips more in the favor of "why wasn't it like this first?" than not, but I don't really care.
 
[quote name='Halo05']Typical Nintendo move.

If all that winds up coming out from all this is DVD playback, then yes, it doesn't matter. Everyone already has a DVD player, people buying Wii's in what? 5ish days won't be negatively impacted.

My concern is that this is the tip of the iceberg for the Wii and as time goes on and Nintendo develops a large installed base with the Wii, we'll start hearing about the new Wii high definition outputs, the Wii hard drive, the Wii Lite which is the size of one DVD case rather than three, etc.

I wasn't planning on getting a Wii anytime soon regardless but I was intrigued by it. Nintendo was finally showing that it might have learned something from getting crushed the last two generations. Now they've potentially gone back to their "rerelease every console at least once" bag and pulled this out.[/quote]Nothing has ever been done to change the gaming functionality of a Nintendo console; at that point it becomes a new console, not a revision. If you want to wait for the Wii Lite, you're welcome to. But the other stuff? Don't hold your breath.
 
[quote name='Strell']Colors for new customers (Funtastic N64) is the only thing they've done lately. The Q was in Japan only so it doesn't count here, and the last console iteration was the SNES and NES.

People are making too big a deal out of this. They won't change the hardware beyond, supposedly, adding DVD functionality. Nintendo knows too well that you can't divide the market into have and have-nots, 'cuz that led to things like Conker's Bad Fur Day being available to only a small subset of people, and probably worked against it.

You people are making shit up just to bitch about a console you probably weren't even that interested in to begin with.

Meanwhile we have two other competitors who actually have two different consoles with significant differenes at launch.

If you're going to have a double standard, I guess you ought to throw yourself into it full steam.[/quote]

See, that was what I was going to write, but was too lazy to express it articulately. :lol:

Bitch and moan all you want, but GBA SP and DS Lites were nothing but cosmetic changes (ie. brighter light and smaller form factor). It didn't change the hardware at all.

Personally, I don't know why Nintendo would even bother doing this. It's like adding "casette tape playback" to the N64 when all consumers moved to CDs. DVDs won't be dead for a while, but the new formats are here.
 
This is awesome news - I've been holding off on buying a DVD player so it will be nice to finally get one. Rewinding tapes is such a pain. I was in my local video store and the lady was like "Be Kind and Rewind" because I always forget about it and she said it in a really bitchy tone and I was like "Eff you jerkstore" ...well not out loud because that would have been rude and she had lipstick smeared all over her teeth and was kind of scary but tonight when I go in to return "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" I'm going to drop a little bomb called the Wii with DVD on her ass and watch her cry.
 
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