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Streaming Video Service Coming To the Wii

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-wii-stream-jokes dept.

Gamasutra reports that Nintendo is partnering with a company called Dentsu to "distribute original streaming video programming via the Wii, with a 2009 launch confirmed in Japan, and an eye towards a later Western launch." According to a press statement, some of the videos will be free, and some will cost money. This will help to answer concerns that the Wii was lagging behind the other major consoles in video content.

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  1. Why don't wii's play dvds? by n3tcat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I mean really this seems like the most obvious feature the wii should have had by default. They are targeting the families that can't afford bigger systems, and they apparently wanted a smaller system that didnt take a ton of space.

    so by eliminating the family dvd player, they accomplish both...

    so why didn't they?