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The BBC's technology editor explains the reason why Nintendo gains a headstart in the home entertainment race...
Following yesterday's surprising announcement between Nintendo and the BBC, which promptly left both Microsoft and Sony stuttering on the home entertainment starting line, further details on the agreement have today come to light.
Speaking in his blog, Darren Waters Editor of the BBC News Technology has revealed that both Microsoft and Sony wanted control over the iPlayer, and as a result lost out to Nintendo in becoming the first console to offer a diverse selection of online video content.
Waters blog cites the Beeb's Erik Huggers, who claims: "If you want to get on the PlayStation or Xbox, they want control of the look, the feel and the experience; they want it done within their shop, and their shop only."
Confirming that neither the PlayStation3 or current Wii web browser support the version of Flash utilised by the iPlayer, Water's blog further states that not only are Nintendo rectifying this but also introducing a specific channel for the iPlayer on the Wii menu.
Water suggests that Sony will likely update the PS3's firmware to support the iPlayer, but is slightly more scathing when it comes to Microsoft, suggesting that the "free iPlayer service probably doesn't hold too much commercial interest for Microsoft". Of course, this is a blog with personal opinions and is in no way an official statement from the BBC.
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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
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Family necrophilia
There is no point improving the console unless they sort the games out
Added:Wed 21st Oct 2009 17:31, Post No: 342
Breaking News: Shigeru Miyamoto speculates that the next generation Wii will be more advanced.
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! :)
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.
Added:Fri 14th Aug 2009 23:13, Post No: 339
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Added:Thu 30th Jul 2009 15:18, Post No: 338
What Bing popups - are you on about MS search engine? If you're on about the textual ads, just avoid hovering your cursor above em - simple.
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Added:Thu 30th Jul 2009 15:10, Post No: 337
This site is so annoying with the stupid bing popups, they detract from me being able to read these articles...
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...
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 =)
Added:Wed 17th Jun 2009 21:03, Post No: 334
i hope wii HD dosent exist i mean seriously what good is a wii with the only new thing about it is High Def think about it...