On the contrary, the PS2 most definitely could play DVDs straight out of the box. If you bought the official remote you would get improved functionality, but you didn't have to have it. And the Xbox merely required that you buy a remote, not some external peripheral.
Anyway, how bad could the licensing fees be? You can buy a DVD player for $39 bucks at Wal-Mart.
You're probably right, but from a marketing standpoint I think it's a bad move. I've known many parents who opted to buy a PS2 or Xbox for their kids after learning Gamecube couldn't play DVDs.
Now imagine hearing this statement made in your local EB Games:
"Wii won't play DVDs? Then we won't be buying a Wii, will we?"
Aside from the name being stupid and destined to be the most often mispronounced name in videogame history since "Ys: Ark of Napishtim", I can't believe it won't have DVD playback capabilities out of the box. I think not being able to play DVDs hurt the Gamecube's sales, even though neither the PS2 or Xbox were ever especially good DVD players. DVD playback is more of a perk in a game system, and it can't be that hard to implement...
Anyway, back to the name issue, I think the real mistake was coming up with a cool development name this time around. Nobody was really that disappointed when they didn't end up buying a Dolphin or an Ultra64.
Maybe they decided "Revolution" was idealogically too close to "360"?
Introducing styrofoam-consuming bacteria is all part of my master plan to get McDonalds to bring back the Mc D.L.T. Styrofoam is required to "keep the hot side hot, and the cool side cool."
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On the contrary, the PS2 most definitely could play DVDs straight out of the box. If you bought the official remote you would get improved functionality, but you didn't have to have it. And the Xbox merely required that you buy a remote, not some external peripheral.
Anyway, how bad could the licensing fees be? You can buy a DVD player for $39 bucks at Wal-Mart.
You're probably right, but from a marketing standpoint I think it's a bad move. I've known many parents who opted to buy a PS2 or Xbox for their kids after learning Gamecube couldn't play DVDs.
Now imagine hearing this statement made in your local EB Games: "Wii won't play DVDs? Then we won't be buying a Wii, will we?"
Ugh. What hath Nintendo wrought?
Aside from the name being stupid and destined to be the most often mispronounced name in videogame history since "Ys: Ark of Napishtim", I can't believe it won't have DVD playback capabilities out of the box. I think not being able to play DVDs hurt the Gamecube's sales, even though neither the PS2 or Xbox were ever especially good DVD players. DVD playback is more of a perk in a game system, and it can't be that hard to implement...
Anyway, back to the name issue, I think the real mistake was coming up with a cool development name this time around. Nobody was really that disappointed when they didn't end up buying a Dolphin or an Ultra64.
Maybe they decided "Revolution" was idealogically too close to "360"?
Introducing styrofoam-consuming bacteria is all part of my master plan to get McDonalds to bring back the Mc D.L.T. Styrofoam is required to "keep the hot side hot, and the cool side cool."