If you were hoping your next-generation Nintendo Wii U would double as a DVD or Blu-ray player in your living room, you're out of luck. According to Kotaku, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata just ...

The Sony PlayStation 3 doubles as a Blu-ray player, the Xbox 360 now has a HD-DVD player add-on, and the Nintendo Wii plays... well, nothing except its own games and Gamecube's. The fact that the Wii ...

The company's CEO Satoru Iwata made that statement last week at the E3 gaming expo. He said that the playback wasn't worth adding to the platform. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

At E3 2005, Nintendo showed off its next-generation console, then code-named "Revolution." Besides being the successor to the GameCube, the machine was to be the first Nintendo console to offer the ...

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When Nintendo dished out its final specifications for the Wii, there seemed to be one glaring omission--DVD playback. With the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 touting built-in multimedia players, the Wii ...

Nintendo has taken a big gamble with their new Wii console, not only because of the motion-based control system, but because they have eschewed huge generational leaps in computational horsepower in ...

Nintendo consoles have a long history of focusing on gaming and nothing more, and the recently announced Wii U won't change that. In a Q&A on Nintendo's website, President and CEO Satoru Iwata ...

Proving the maxim Japan has it better when it comes to gadgets and games, Nintendo had promised the motherland a version of the Wii with DVD playback by the end of this year. The model has yet to ...

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has confirmed that it's upcoming Wii U games console will not support DVD/Blu-ray playback. Does it matter? Here is a Q&A from the Nintendo website: Q: Are you planning on ...

While many consumers may not care about all the high-definition tom-foolery that comes with next-generation systems, hardcore gamers want it all. They want HDMI, they want surround sound, they want ...