Nintendo's Satoru Iwata has announced that the Wii U won't feature DVD or Blu-ray playback, citing it as cost-prohibitive and saying people already own devices to play movies.

In response to this question, President Iwata said that "Wii U does not have the playback function of DVD and Blu-ray", and the "patent (patent) cost will occur as a reason for not carrying the ...

It looks like Nintendo will be following the same pattern as the original Wii console with their new Wii U console, and it appears that the Wii U will not come with the ability to play DVD or Blu ...

Planning to replace that aging Blu-ray player with a Wii U? Not so fast. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the gaming console won't play DVD or Blu-ray discs, due to patent licensing fees. Wii ...

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata just confirmed the Wii U won't double as a DVD or Blu-ray player, which is just fine with me. Here's why.

Click to viewUpdate: You can now hack your Wii even more easily, and you don't need to buy anything to do it. Here's how. Despite the fact that it ships with a DVD drive, for whatever godforsaken ...

Nintendo thinks you already have enough DVD players in your life, so the Wii U won’t be another one. Since its revelation at E3, more and more details have been trickling out about Nintendo’s ...

MCV Staff 15th June 2011 Development News Nintendo’s next generation console won’t come with playback capabilities for DVD or Blu-ray, Nintendo has confirmed.

I bought a Wii, which replaced my PS3 as the living room console. I knew the drive was a DVD drive, but apparently I didn't do enough research. Actually it never occurred to me that Nintendo would ...

Wii will sell in United States for $250. Sonic says the version of Wii that will support DVD playback will be available in the second half of 2007, according to Reuters.