[Rumor] Blu-Ray Wii on the way? - Page 2

Sean · 07-28-2007, 09:46 AM

In other news: Jesus is making his return. He's decided to hold the return party at Sean's house on October 23rd.

When asked for comments he replied "I just gotta play me some motherfuckin' Ace Combat, man".

Sithro · 07-28-2007, 10:52 AM

Bullshit. A DVD enabled Wii? Sure. Blu-Ray? Fuck no.

I mean Nintendo hasn't even gotten around to DVDs yet. -_-

Lyenae · 07-28-2007, 11:01 AM

The Wii's 700mhz processor doesn't have the power to play Blu-Ray discs.

Sithro · 07-28-2007, 11:04 AM

It's not even that. For one, I don't think Nintendo would even consider putting Blu-Ray on the Wii. It would cause the price to increase for one, and two; HDTV adaption is still low as hell.

Sony probably wouldn't allow it because the PS3 is touted as the only console that plays BR movies. Giving that advantage to their competition would be ridiculous.

I can't believe people are stupid enough to make this shit up and think people will believe them.

Laerazi · 07-28-2007, 11:51 AM

What would Nintendo's motive be for adding Blu-Ray, exactly?

The story sounds retarded, imo; no one stumbles into an office and observes everything he's saying. He was just standing there while they ejected the disc and put it away in a clearly labeled Blue-Ray case? Ok...

RiskyChris · 07-28-2007, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aegdaien

How hard is it for you to process that for a Wii to have a Blue-Ray player that it would need to be a completely separate re-released version of the Wii? Did you think that all this time the Wii had a Blue-Ray player and there just wasn't any firmware there to make use of it? Did Nintendo somehow outwit Sony into creating a $249 Blue-Ray player that they never advertised?

Not to mention that even if this was true and the 'engineers' were playing a movie on a Blue-Ray enabled player, it would cost >$400 to produce and defeat the only real selling point the Wii has. Blue-ray players aren't exactly cheap yet.

Common sense, people. Use it.

Nintendo is going to be re-releasing hardware as it is for a DVD-player-Wii.

Lyenae · 07-28-2007, 03:54 PM

Seeing as you can buy a progressive dvd player with component/digicoax plugs for $25 at walmart or target, i highly doubt anyone gives a fuck whether a game console that costs 10x as much can also play DVD's.

Aegdaien · 07-28-2007, 03:57 PM

That's understandable Chris since most toasters nowadays have enough processing power to play a regular DVD and DVD players are ~$30. The problem I had was how anyone could actually think that it could magically play a HD format without any significant upgrades to both the optical drive and processor. Posting rumors is alright, if there is credible evidence to support it. Posting retarded stuff like this is not.

OT: +1 for the avatar Frax.

Jenison · 07-28-2007, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyenae

The Wii's 700mhz processor doesn't have the power to play Blu-Ray discs.

No no no...
this suckers electrical...
but we need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of power to run it

Feien · 07-28-2007, 05:14 PM

I like the fact that the guy that "walked into the wrong room" lingered there enough time to see the remote, how the wii glowed, one of the guys standing up, stopping the movie, ejecting it, grabbed the box for the movie and carefully put it in, in an... oh of course, undeniable blu-ray case, while watching the screen as well and looking at the "wii watch" channel title.

I'm sure he took his shoes off too, and stole some popcorn....

RiskyChris · 07-28-2007, 05:23 PM

Let's not forget the fact that the Wii Channel interface takes like 3 fucking minutes to propagate.

Fucking Nintendo.

Lorrac · 07-28-2007, 05:54 PM

I'd say something about sony fans latching onto every pro-sony rumor even if it comes from the onion, but we don't need a next-gen-warz thread.

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Sean <Team Ice> Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Washington Posts: 5,987	In other news: Jesus is making his return. He's decided to hold the return party at Sean's house on October 23rd. When asked for comments he replied "I just gotta play me some motherfuckin' Ace Combat, man". __________________

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Aegdaien Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,311 -17 Internets	That's understandable Chris since most toasters nowadays have enough processing power to play a regular DVD and DVD players are ~$30. The problem I had was how anyone could actually think that it could magically play a HD format without any significant upgrades to both the optical drive and processor. Posting rumors is alright, if there is credible evidence to support it. Posting retarded stuff like this is not. OT: +1 for the avatar Frax. Last edited by Aegdaien; 07-28-2007 at 03:59 PM..

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07-28-2007, 11:01 AM	#18 (permalink)
Lyenae Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,664 -104 Internets	The Wii's 700mhz processor doesn't have the power to play Blu-Ray discs.

07-28-2007, 11:51 AM	#20 (permalink)
Laerazi Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 1,288 -2 Internets	What would Nintendo's motive be for adding Blu-Ray, exactly? The story sounds retarded, imo; no one stumbles into an office and observes everything he's saying. He was just standing there while they ejected the disc and put it away in a clearly labeled Blue-Ray case? Ok...

07-28-2007, 03:54 PM	#22 (permalink)
Lyenae Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,664 -104 Internets	Seeing as you can buy a progressive dvd player with component/digicoax plugs for $25 at walmart or target, i highly doubt anyone gives a fuck whether a game console that costs 10x as much can also play DVD's.

07-28-2007, 05:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
Feien Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 152 -2 Internets	I like the fact that the guy that "walked into the wrong room" lingered there enough time to see the remote, how the wii glowed, one of the guys standing up, stopping the movie, ejecting it, grabbed the box for the movie and carefully put it in, in an... oh of course, undeniable blu-ray case, while watching the screen as well and looking at the "wii watch" channel title. I'm sure he took his shoes off too, and stole some popcorn....

07-28-2007, 05:23 PM	#26 (permalink)
RiskyChris Safety Dance Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lafayette Posts: 5,702 +0 Internets	Let's not forget the fact that the Wii Channel interface takes like 3 fucking minutes to propagate. Fucking Nintendo.

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Lorrac Invaders Spaced Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: the land of 16% VAT Posts: 1,394 -4 Internets	I'd say something about sony fans latching onto every pro-sony rumor even if it comes from the onion, but we don't need a next-gen-warz thread.