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Having bypassed the format with the GameCube (not including the Panasonic GameCube hybrid the Q), the Wii was intended to be Nintendo’s first console to feature support for DVD playback. The functionality was touted at E3 2005, but an attachment of some kind was said to be required.
A lot has changed sine then though, not least the change of name from the Revolution to the Wii. Last week Nintendo confirmed that planned support for DVD playback has been removed from the Wii.
“They were originally considering an external [DVD] attachment,” a Nintendo rep said of the Wii’s designers. “But because the price of DVD players has dropped so much and they have become so commonplace, Nintendo saw no need to create extra hardware options that would drive up the cost for consumers.“
Whilst undoubtedly true that DVD players are now common place in the home, other multimedia features of the Wii such as a picture viewer and internet browser make the lack of DVD playback slightly confusing.
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