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[Deguello]

Netflix essentially has Nintendo covered on movies. This way they can offer it as an option and keep the costs associated with licensing disc movie playback out. Nintendo can offer movies, the cost is kept down. Win-win.

In a 2010 survey, the most common reason cited for buying a PS3 was its Blu Ray capability:

http://kotaku.com/5541239/why-are-people-buying-ps3s

Blu-Ray might have been a compelling feature in 2006. 2012? Not so much. Blu-Ray Players are $60. Go get one if you want one, if you somehow wanted one before and don't already have it.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

In a 2010 survey, the most common reason cited for buying a PS3 was its Blu Ray capability:

http://kotaku.com/5541239/why-are-people-buying-ps3s

 

[Log4Girlz]

i MIGHT BE A BIT STONED.

The madness is gripping you.

 

[Sec0nd]

In a 2010 survey, the most common reason cited for buying a PS3 was its Blu Ray capability:

http://kotaku.com/5541239/why-are-people-buying-ps3s

I bought my PS3 for the Bluray. Being able to play the Uncharted games was a bonus.

 

[Caesar III]

We bought my PS3 for the Bluray. Being able to play some great games on the system we otherwise missed out was a bonus.

fixed for us HDMI CEC works like a charm with a slim as well.


But: couldn't Nintendo sell BR Playback as an app from the eShop?

 

[BurntPork]

I've been following the B3D forum as well, thought this was interesting. Alot of what we have heard here but its nice to hear it from somewhere else.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1637040&postcount=969

Seems he heard the same thing I did... Nintendo was tweaking the HW to work more favorably with "popular" engines. In my case it was specifically Unreal Engine 4.

Lttp, but this has me thinking. If this is true, it explains why Epic seems to like it so much. Not simply the fact that it runs UE4; in fact, that's not related to my theory at all. If these middleware engines are already optimized for the hardware, it means that the best path for devs who don't have the time or money to optimize their games properly for Wii U is to use middleware. In fact, they're practically forced to. Companies like Epic and Crytek would just love a console where devs are pretty much forced to use their engines, wouldn't they?

 

[Zing]

I popped in here and see people suggesting bluray playback? Chances of this happening are approaching zero, and for good reason.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

You would be wrong. You're thinking of GameCube, and that was a whole separate device from Matsushita, the ugly-as-sin Panasonic Q.

I may be mistaken, but I thought you were talking about the 'Most beautiful console design ever brought to fruition', the Panasonic Q

 

[DrWong]

From the IDEAME thread: nicalis & 8-bit are co-dev' a game for 3DS & Wii U to be released this year. The 3DS version is already playable. Sorry I can't link cause I'm typing from my 3DS.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I may be mistaken, but I thought you were talking about the 'Most beautiful console design ever brought to fruition', the Panasonic Q

I really don't see how that could be ugly

different but not ugly as sin sheesh

 

[AzaK]

From the IDEAME thread: nicalis & 8-bit are co-dev' a game for 3DS & Wii U to be released this year. The 3DS version is already playable. Sorry I can't link cause I'm typing from my 3DS.

You sir are a god among men. Only a god could browse GAF on a 3DS.

 

[bryanee]

I may be mistaken, but I thought you were talking about the 'Most beautiful console design ever brought to fruition', the Panasonic Q

Christ I loved my Panasonic Q, I wish I didnt have to sell it a few years back. I got mine from good ole Lik Sang.

 

[Mistle]

Japanese cases and box art is always better

 

[Green Yoshi]

But WiiU won't have a bluray drive??

It has but you can't watch movies. No problem for me.

 

[D_prOdigy]

You sir are a god among men. Only a god could browse GAF on a 3DS.

I browse GAF on my 3DS when, appropriately, I'm having a shit.

 

[Nilaul]

Screw blueray, just let me play all my movies from my usb in HD.

 

[+Aliken+]

They should just make two versions one with Blu-Ray movie playback and one without.

 

[AceBandage]

They should just make two versions one with Blu-Ray movie playback and one without.

That would be awful...
Just do like with the XBox and sell the license to those that want it. Which would be a horribly small segment of the population, but hey, at least there's the option.

 

[LOCK]

So I have an OT question that I don't feel needs a new thread to be answered since you guys are all pretty knowledgeable.

There was this development studio? that got bought out by IBM? I think that had an engine trailer showing a knight I think fighting in a castle and you could see out into the battlefield.

I'm really not helping am I?

 

[D_prOdigy]

So I have an OT question that I don't feel needs a new thread to be answered since you guys are all pretty knowledgeable.

There was this development studio? that got bought out by IBM? I think that had an engine trailer showing a knight I think fighting in a castle and you could see out into the battlefield.

I'm really not helping am I?

You're thinking of Project Offset.

It was one of those weird independent games that some people are now rationalising could appear on Wii U, in the most contrived ways.

Like Hawken. I don't even know where that Hawken Wii U stuff came from.

 

[Shiggy]

So I have an OT question that I don't feel needs a new thread to be answered since you guys are all pretty knowledgeable.

There was this development studio? that got bought out by IBM? I think that had an engine trailer showing a knight I think fighting in a castle and you could see out into the battlefield.

I'm really not helping am I?

Offset Software? Project Offset? They were bought and closed by Intel.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

You sir are a god among men. Only a god could browse GAF on a 3DS.

Hi!

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

They should just make two versions one with Blu-Ray movie playback and one without.

This was the original plan for Wii btw. When the platform took off though plans for DVD-capable version due in 2007 were quietly scuttled.

 

[axisofweevils]

Another reason why Nintendo will definitely want to keep the Wii as part of the name....

Kotaku: The Wii Is Australia’s Most Trusted Gaming Brand

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/03/the-wii-is-australias-most-trusted-gaming-brand/

(Yes, I know this is old, but.....)

 

[AzaK]

Will it be possible from a physical point of view for Wii U to play BluRays at all? It's only a single layer drive isn't it? Or is the layer reading ability not a physical attribute of the drive?

 

[BurntPork]

Will it be possible from a physical point of view for Wii U to play BluRays at all? It's only a single layer drive isn't it? Or is the layer reading ability not a physical attribute of the drive?

It hasn't been 100% confirmed that the discs will only be single-layer. Also, it wouldn't save them any money to make a single-layer laser since nobody makes them. It would probably cost more, in fact. Willing to bet the final version allows dual-layer discs. There's literally no reason not to.

 

[AceBandage]

The Wii could play DVDs, so I'm sure the Wii U could play BluRays.
Just needs the license to be unlocked.

 

[gimz]

a quick poster design for my friend's school assignment

 

[Roo]

a quick poster design for my friend's school assignment

It looks cool
but I think using abstract models (a la FF logo) of Nintendo franchises with those
paint splashes could make it look even better
really noce work tho

 

[DragonSworne]

The WiiU logo is bad...

Honestly, if I didn't know the U was suppose to be a U before I saw it, I wouldn't know what it was.

Nice job on the poster, the your is a nice touch and goes a long way to show how the U in the WiiU logo should be positioned and sized.

 

[cacildo]

I may be mistaken, but I thought you were talking about the 'Most beautiful console design ever brought to fruition', the Panasonic Q

Its beautiful

 

[Shadowlink]

Is there any way to make time go faster?

 

[IdeaMan]

Nope. And as a consumer, nor do I care. You can get BD players as cheap as chips these days.

Seriously, it can be a meme, i adore this sentence

 

[DragonSworne]

Is there any way to make time go faster?

Go out and do something else.

I find that getting distracted in work, friends, etc seems to make time fly.

 

[Shadowlink]

Go out and do something else.

I find that getting distracted in work, friends, etc seems to make time fly.

I try to distract myself all the time, but time is still slow on boring days.

Spoiler

Time is going by fast actually. We're close to the end of this month.

 

[BurntPork]

Is there any way to make time go faster?

right-right-A-A-down-down

 

[Shadowlink]

right-right-A-A-down-down

Do I need gameshark?

 

[BurntPork]

It didn't work. Do I need gameshark?

Nah, just the Ocarina.

 

[Shadowlink]

Nah, just the Ocarina.

Alright! Time to order an Ocarina on Amazon. Thanks!

Spoiler

Edit: I just realized that the joke was from Zelda. :|

 

[Boogybro]

right-right-A-A-down-down

Well played.

 

[IdeaMan]

Nothing groundbreaking but cool to find WiiU references left and right.

"SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is a global manufacturer of CD/DVD/BluRay replication systems"

This from a presentation dated Mar27 2012:

Maybe the Replication Line Bluline II will be involved for the production of Wii U optical storage ? Or they could choose a Japanese company for molding & mastering equipment of course.

What a machine !

 

[Shadowlink]

The Wii U isn't using BR, but the disc space is as big as one, right? I can see MS using the same technology for their next Xbox.

 

[DragonSworne]

The Wii U isn't using BR, but the disc space is as big as one, right? I can see MS using the same technology for their next Xbox.

It's using BR, but Nintendo has it's own encoding and decoding algorithm/technique so they don't have to pay royalties for BR consortium. This means no BR movies for WiiU

 

[AceBandage]

The Wii U isn't using BR, but the disc space is as big as one, right? I can see MS using the same technology for their next Xbox.

It is BR, it's just proprietary.
Just like the Wii used DVDs.

 

[IdeaMan]

http://www.playerone.tv/news/v/936/wii_u_prenez_les_rumeurs_avec_recul.html

I told you, they copied DR "experience" lol

 

[DCKing]

It's pretty much a given Panasonic will produce the Wii U discs, just like they did with the GameCube and Wii discs. Panasonic has blu-ray tech available, and also has a line of Blu-ray discs without a Blu-ray license (for business backups and stuff) so they are more than capable of pressing Wii U discs.

 

[AceBandage]

http://www.playerone.tv/news/v/936/wii_u_prenez_les_rumeurs_avec_recul.html

I told you, they copied DR "experience" lol

XD

 

[Shadowlink]

It's using BR, but Nintendo has it's own encoding and decoding algorithm/technique so they don't have to pay royalties for BR consortium. This means no BR movies for WiiU

It is BR, it's just proprietary.
Just like the Wii used DVDs.

Ah! That's smart of them to do. Thanks guys!

 

[BurntPork]

http://www.playerone.tv/news/v/936/wii_u_prenez_les_rumeurs_avec_recul.html

I told you, they copied DR "experience" lol

Would this normally be enough to get a site banned from there?

 

[Rösti]

For comfort, here's the Singulus document linked: http://www.singulus.de/uploads/media/2012_Singulus_bpk.pdf

Also, the source is Futuresource Consulting, from where I think the related reports has to be bought: http://reports.futuresource-consulting.com/tabid/64/ItemId/74265/Default.aspx