The Wii U plays games that run on a proprietary 25 GB format. As Kotaku previously reported, thatās the same size as Blu-ray discs. But donāt think that means the Wii U will run Blu-ray discs. Heck, it wonāt even run DVDs.
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āWii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities,ā said Iwata.
According to the Nintendo honcho, āThe reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didnāt warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.ā
Nintendoās current console, the Wii, does not permit DVD movie playback.
Presentation ā 2011 E3 Expo Analyst Q & A Session [Nintendo]
