Nintendo could be approaching big Media Firms for Wii U

[garyopa]

Big media distributors for Wii U video content.

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According to AdWeek, Nintendo is approaching numerous large media firms to provide content distribution partnerships for Wii U.

We have already seen services like Netflix available on the Wii, but those alone are far away to the PS3 and XBOX 360 media offerings.

Well, seems that is about to change on the Wii U, as Nintendo could be aproaching to other major Media distributors for video streaming content.

According to AdWeek, they are negotiating with 'numerous' media firms in order to offer sports and music content. Looks like Comcast could be one of them.



According to the sites sources Nintendo executives arranged meetings with “a select number of top content companies” during this years CES. The companies included Cable networks and Web video producers. One source even said that Nintendo had begun talks with Comcast to become a cable TV distribution. Another source did conclude that “this is very preliminary, it could go nowhere.”


If this turns out to be true, seems Nintendo is seriously trying to offer a platform not only focused on gaming, just like its competitors.

NEWS SOURCE #1: Nintendo courting media partners for new Wii (via) AdWeek (http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/nintendo-courting-media-partners-new-wii-138387?)
NEWS SOURCE #2: Nintendo is approaching big media firms for Wii U including comcast (via) MyNintendoNews (http://mynintendonews.com/2012/02/21/nintendo-is-approaching-big-media-firms-for-wii-u-including-comcast/)

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[Diztructor]

big media firms, erm does this mean nintendo are actually going to catch up and allow their consoles to be used for media entertainment, or are they going to keep been cheap and not pay licences to allow us to watch movies and listen to music on their consoles.

nintendo are so far behind, its devoted fanboys allways claim theyre the innovative console, yet theyre the only console that lacks the services that the other systems offer.

it seems they dont have the balls to take risks anymore (after the GC causing them major losses due to sh1t games, yet keep releasing sh1t games) and allways step back in the shadows and wait to see others take a idea and make it work, then nintendo copy.

but still the wii u is not going to be a system ill buy on launch, i got burned with the wii thanks to its turd controller, devs simply made the same sh1t shovel ware games and i can predict the same for the wii u, all its games are going to be based soley on the wiimote or the iFAD controller and theyll lack the great games MS and SONYs next gen will get.

teh 3DS is already disapointing lacking like any other nintendo systems, great games!!

[tech3475]

I'm more interested in if there are new design blunders like on the Wii (I learn more about computers from hacking conferences than I did in school).

Seriously, so far nothing interests me about this console.

[Mr.Do!]

big media firms, erm does this mean nintendo are actually going to catch up and allow their consoles to be used for media entertainment, or are they going to keep been cheap and not pay licences to allow us to watch movies and listen to music on their consoles.

nintendo are so far behind, its devoted fanboys allways claim theyre the innovative console, yet theyre the only console that lacks the services that the other systems offer.

it seems they dont have the balls to take risks anymore (after the GC causing them major losses due to sh1t games, yet keep releasing sh1t games) and allways step back in the shadows and wait to see others take a idea and make it work, then nintendo copy.

but still the wii u is not going to be a system ill buy on launch, i got burned with the wii thanks to its turd controller, devs simply made the same sh1t shovel ware games and i can predict the same for the wii u, all its games are going to be based soley on the wiimote or the iFAD controller and theyll lack the great games MS and SONYs next gen will get.

teh 3DS is already disapointing lacking like any other nintendo systems, great games!!

Pretty sure nintendo Profited from the gamecube not lost money.. But you seem to know more about this stuff.

We dont even know what MS and Sony are offering next gen.. So how anyone can comment on what next gen is going to bring is beyond me. I can almost bet you their controllers will be "ifad" like, and based of technology like move and kenect... Or probably even a touch screen as well.. Then what? Angry birds in space for everone..

Have fun holding your finger in the air and yelling "shoot" to play COD 15 and God Of war 1, 2, and 3 super HD motion version. lol.. Just kidding.. :-)

I personally dont find the 3ds' library all that dissapointing right now.. There are some decent games. Do you own one?

[billysastard]

i hate this, what the hell is wrong with a games console being used to play games, i already have other equipment that is designed to play all my media and whats more it costs less to replace if it breaks than a games console.