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'Future' Wii To Feature DVD Playback - Confirmed News

'Future' Wii To Feature DVD Playback - Confirmed News

Nintendo confirms a deal that will see DVD playback added to new versions of Wii from the end of 2007...

By Jon Wilcox
Posted: 13/11/2006

Nintendo's Wii is just days away from its debut in North America, and already the company is looking into the future. Sonic Solutions, a provider of DVD playback software, has today confirmed that it's Sonic CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator application has been selected for use in newer versions of Wii, which will go on release in the later half of 2007.

In a somewhat confusing move from the Big N, today's announcement seems to go against their desire to make Wii a pure gaming platform, and not a multimedia hub like Xbox 360 and PlayStation3. "To be involved in Nintendo's ground-breaking gaming console is extremely gratifying and a testament to the efficiency, flexibility and dependability of Sonic's technology," said Jim Taylor, senior vice president and general manager of Sonic's Advanced Technology Group. "Game consoles represent a fresh market and platform where we can introduce a new audience of potentially millions to the quality of our brand and the power of our digital media applications." So what next for Nintendo, an HD-DVD/Blu-Ray version of Wii for 2008???

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	By: h7pe Added:Thu 29th Oct 2009 21:03, Post No: 343 It doesn't matter how good the Wii console is, all the games are rubbish. family bowling Family fishing Family execise Family necrophilia There is no point improving the console unless they sort the games out
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 21st Oct 2009 17:31, Post No: 342 Breaking News: Shigeru Miyamoto speculates that the next generation Wii will be more advanced.
	By: Anonymous Added:Sat 17th Oct 2009 16:06, Post No: 341 Yeah, apparently Ninty are working on a new console with graphics to match PS3/60, and motion controllers/games are being created by PS3/60, so its all gonna be good in the end eh! :)
	By: Anonymous Added:Fri 16th Oct 2009 10:58, Post No: 340 I really would like to see a Nintendo console with HD support. It's the standard, they really do need to catch up.
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	By: SegaBoy Added:Thu 30th Jul 2009 12:26, Post No: 336 Just outputting to HD won't be enough - there will have to be increases to the Wii's GPU and memory to make the visuals look sufficiently better. the Wii HD is just a pipedream invented by an anlyst that doesn't actually get that many things right...
	By: Arc1991 Added:Sun 12th Jul 2009 23:25, Post No: 335 post 334 the good thing will be there will be better graphics? its the only system now to not have HD (or blu-ray but technicaly tht is still HD) it means we dont have to see the characters fuzzy anymore its better on the eyes =)
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