Unconfirmed sources report the Nintendo Wii Blu-Ray has been sighted in the wild. According to the source, a high level Tokyo gamer, was hunting through alleyways and tiny stalls of the Akihabra electronics district and sighted the heavily modified Wii Blu-Ray game console.
With rumors of a Blu-Ray add-on for the 360 are showing up again it's logical that Nintendo would develope the technology. Tracing the origin of the modified Wii, Ucs Tech News has it from Nintendo insiders that a Blu-Ray installation is already specced out and just needs to go through the approval process. They foresee a release as soon as May 2008.
Nintendo's CEO Satoru Iwata stated in a February press release that "Nintendo is reviewing the Blu-ray technology and considering how it could enhance the Wii gaming experience." While the official word is wait and see rumors combined with the appearance of the console found in Akihabra has Wii watchers buzzing.
According to various Wii gaming blogs, the addition of a Blu-Ray drive and upgraded processor could spell trouble for Sony and the Playstation 3. The Current PowerPC-based "Broadway" processor clocked at 729 MHz is the slowest of the 3 major consoles but word has leaked that Nintendo is already in negotiation with AMD to purchase the next generation of the Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor.
Get in!! Only thing is, they would be best holding off to implement this into maybe a Wii2 instead of re-releasing the standard Wii with Blue-Ray as it just wouldn't sell
I agree. I just hope they keep releasing normal wii games and just have some of the major games have a alternate blu-ray version. I thought I read that they were putting this off until wii2, but maybe they decided to change it. The good thing is that these shouldn't be in such high demand since the casual gamers should be fine with the lower quality wii.
I think it would be more economically feasible for Ninty to simply develop a USB BluRay drive as an add-on (for movies......all those "casual gamers" will find that it's a cost effective way of entering the High Def movie market), and leave the idea of "newer processors" and "built-in BluRay" for Wii2 (which I personally hope they call Woo ).
It's all very well talking about a USB Blu-Ray drive, but USB doesn't transmit HD media, and there's no HD output from the Wii to get full benefit of the extra video potential.
No, the only way to make a HD Wii is to make a new console, which would either be like an "Elite" version at twice the price or whatever, or a new Wii 2 as already mentioned.
I would think it would be feasible to produce an "Elite" version of the console for those that desperately want Blu-Ray built in, but I don't think it would be worth Ninty's time and effort - after all, so many people have already bought a standard def console - are they really likely to go out and buy a high def one now as well?
I think they missed the High Def boat with the Wii, to be honest.
Last edited by biddenden_sue : 17-03-2008 at 11:08 AM.
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i agree with sue, i definatly think they missed the boat this time around, but they can always implement it into a Wii2 but, they have got to add something else to it aswell to make people want to upgrade to the Wii2
Good point there Sue (although the add-on could feasibly have a USB input as the main control link to the Wii's GUI whilst having a separate HDMI output on it for you to connect an adequate lead....but I digress.)
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i dont see the point of all this i would rather have online talk so i could talk to all you lot instead of the stupid EA messageing.
A very good point. I did hear somewhere that voice comms is currently under development (something about Reggie Fils-Aimes mentioning that they were fine tuning the mic/headset add on I think).
Adding voice to online and improving their current online commitment should be more of a priority really shouldn't it?
Blu-Ray Nintendo Wii sighted in Tokyo!!
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(although the add-on could feasibly have a USB input as the main control link to the Wii's GUI whilst having a separate HDMI output on it for you to connect an adequate lead....but I digress.)
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