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If Netflix comes to Wii it will be different photo

It's a well known fact that Nintendo's online service is, shall we say, lacking. It's there, which is better than the GameCube, but it's still not anywhere near as robust as the 360 or PSN. However, they do have some cool features that don't get noticed and in Japan the Wii has video channels and some other random features. So we continue to dream that the U.S. channel line-up might get a bit more robust. Like maybe some Netflix?

It's possible of course, but Reggie Fils-Aime is staying tight lipped on the fact other than to say that if they do Netflix it will be very different from their competitors. "We have nothing to announce [as] a partnership from an online streaming standpoint," Fils-Aime said. "Should we go down that path we will do something different than our competitors."

Should they go down that path? Nintendo streaming movies confirmed! Oh no, wait. I meant to say that Nintendo will probably never bring this to the system and even if they did why would you want to watch movies without a hi-def option? Silly me, sometimes I get what I mean to say mixed up. 


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Petrie at 06/13/2009 10:19
"why would you want to watch movies without a hi-def option?"

I know it's just impossible to enjoy anything that isn't in the highest possible definition.

All those years I wasted thinking I was enjoying my standard-def entertainment, oh the shame.
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kavorka at 06/13/2009 10:24
As sarcastic as Petrie's post is, I must say-- why would you watch something on the Wii when there are hi-def options available? I'm not an audiophile or video snob really, but given any kind of an option, I'd take HD in a nanosecond. If all you own is a Wii then that's fine and dandy, but otherwise it's a useless feature.
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DanGale at 06/13/2009 10:38
HD vs SD... It doesn't really matter. As long as the quality content is there I couldn't care less. Though I can't say Netflix and the likes really appeal to me it's certainly an interesting thing to bring to the Wii. If it happens.
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manasteel88 at 06/13/2009 10:40
I don't think Nintendo of America will follow through with anything like that. Nintendo has always been slow about online and more specifically attending to the wants of Western consumers. I don't see this happening any time soon if at all.
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Jonathan Holmes at 06/13/2009 10:50
I still think the Wii has the best online service ever- The Virtual Console. For old people like me who prefer nostalgia over online socializing, the Wii wins hands down.

@ Manasteel- What do you mean by "western consumers"? The Wii is actually selling better in the West than anywhere else, with the DS not far behind.
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manasteel88 at 06/13/2009 11:05
@Holmes

True its selling like gangbusters, but the features that the American Wii and the Japanese Wii are pretty different. For instance, I could order pizza in japan on my Wii. That feature won't come over since its not a priority for Nintendo of America to bring over. Nintendo of America doesn't create any new business models so we only get what Japan decides to offer us. Have you ever wondered why all Nintendo games get released in Japan and we don't get Mother 3 or Wii no Ma or Captain Rainbow.

Nintendo cares mostly about its Japanese core and then uses NoA or NoE to market to westerners the catalog of things that Japan wants to come over.
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seaniccus at 06/13/2009 11:53
I have a standard definition TV, and as great as HD is, it's not worth the price of a new TV.

Also, you should change the title to this. "Post misleading, Razak zings console with no actual information on Netflix for Wii"
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar
GoldenGamerXero at 06/13/2009 12:26
It's shame the UK will most likely never get such a service. If Japan gets something there's a chance the US and Eupore won't but if it somehow manages to get to the US it still might not see the light of day. Thank god for emulators or I may never have played Earthbound or Super Mario RPG
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Cadtalfryn at 06/13/2009 13:09
I really don't think watching things in HD is all that great. Sure it looks a bit better but is it worth several hundred extra dollars, IMO not really.

I've never used netflicks but I think I would be more intrigued by it if I could stream it off my tv isntead of my tiny 15 inch laptop.
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Zohan at 06/13/2009 13:47
Platypus, HD is now a standard so what's wrong with taking a shot at Nintendo for staying in the "stone age" :P
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Danielzilla at 06/13/2009 13:56
"I have a standard definition TV, and as great as HD is, it's not worth the price of a new TV."

I assume you mean, "I have a shitty old TV and think it's as good as HD so I must be blind and poor."
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Jonathan Holmes at 06/13/2009 14:16
@ Manasteel- Oh, I get it now. Yes, I totally agree with you about Nintendo of America. Though they have done some stuff that's made me happy over the years, by and large they seem to care less about actual videogames and more about...

Hmmm, come to think of it, I'm not sure what they care about.
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atastysammich at 06/13/2009 14:24
"Different" as in, "family-friendly only?" That's where I'd put my money.
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lucashoal at 06/13/2009 15:23
THOSE FUCKERS
ARE ANALOGS

Shut the hell up on the SD v HD thing. Not everyone has a tv that can do HD, or an HD player, etc. So fucking what?

I'd approve of this. Doesn't matter about the definition, cuz Netflix on the Wii would be bitchin. That's the important part, not the 'quality' of picture'.
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False_Flag at 06/13/2009 16:01
It's interesting, since I've heard that in Japan the HD televisions have been around for a long time, and still Wii is the biggest console there - and launches SD channel successfully. And in many western countries, there are lots of SD televisions, because there aren't too many HD channels.

And in these days, people watch happily crappy Youtube videos all day long so I think Wii's SD channel would be great for western viewers too.
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DanGale at 06/13/2009 16:09
@Zohan

So this only counts for America but according to this HD is barely a standard. I think Nintendo can get away with it until the next console at least. Besides, the lack if HD isn't what most people complain about when it comes to the Wii. Too many people get confused with HD output and actual processing power.

And Danielzilla, there's far too much wrong with that comment. There are very few people that can actually tell you the difference between HD and SD without comparing them side by side. Most people wouldn't even notice. They're far too engrossed with what's actually happening on screen.
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