http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/ Engadget Comments for Reggie Fils-Aime: Wii users don't care for Netflix HD http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Your avatar gives me nightmares.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
ATI has some budget chipsets that can do HD.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jose Cansaco plays the wii?]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
What do Wii Owners know? Those things can't even play DVD's. Waste of money if you ask me (unless I was 10 years old and all I played was the kid games),]]>Jan 16th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
WOW a senior editor of a blog, that's impressive. If you bought a Wii for graphics or HD capability you obviously didn't do your research before you bought your product.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Hehehe... A Senior Editor on a Nintendo Blog. That's a pretty sweet business card. And not just anybody can start their own blog and dub themselves SENIOR EDITOR. ;)]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Ah, I have an idea who Rob is and it isn't just any blog. It was up there with IGN during its time.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 16th 2010 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
He probably meant the millions of Wii users aren't even asking for HD capabilities vs the people that don't own one asking for HD capabilities they aren't even going to buy anyways...

They went for cheap and got away with 480i]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/the crazy thing here is that Wii cost even more then X360 right now so you can ask yourself if its cheap or not!

I dont know why i even bothered to buy a wii in the first place. Maybe simply out of habit. I always buy all consoles to enjoy all exclusive titles but this time i sold my Wii since i felt like i am being cheated hard with crapy HW, no DVD player, not that many original games (sort of tired of Mario really, i want something original!!! only Zelda was appealing to me)
Another thing is that i felt like Wii was not a serious gaming console anymore. Its more for children and i guess that is a good thing since there has been a gap in that area. I would maybe buy it again (wii 2?) when my daughter grows up a bit more. I'm sure she find it more fun then PS3/X360 games at the age 5-6.
On the other hand both X360 and PS3 have similar controls and games coming soon enough so i'm afraid Wii will be loosing big time once consumers realize they are paying for a overpriced console.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Why does he have to say anything at all? The Wii isn't HD - thus it makes sense for it to not stream HD movies.

I hate Reggie. He's a douche. He personally blocked the ONLY good looking game for the Wii from coming to America because he felt Americans didn't want it. That game had English audio tracks and was about a Marine by the way. The game is completed, would cost them nothing to bring it over...but nope, douchebag mcgee reggie didn't want it.

The guy acts like he knows what gamers want. Well you know what Reggie, your system made have sold the most units, but it also gets the least play. It's the system for drinking parties, and that's it.]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
"Wii users don't care for Netflix HD"

Ya, because Wii "users" don't turn on the system. Of course you don't care about the visual quality if it's never showing anything.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/In a 1080p world with 4K on the way you're bitching about someone labelling the Wii as 480i over the obviously "game-changing" 480p?

Oh - and I hadn't realized that myspace-speak was getting popular again... ]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/ I am so sick of people saying that Wii owners don't use their systems. Speak for yourself. My children use the Wii console as often as I will let them. It is a childrens' toy primarily and a 'casual gamer' console secondarily. Nintendo has always been about younger players. YOU ARE NOT THEIR TARGET MARKET! So, why do you feel compelled to wise crack about a product that was never intended for you in the first place?]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Because instead of dumbing down a console for children, they should have made a good one and produced child friendly games.

Friend codes? I can understand to a certain extent, but give me the option of a global system where I can find out if my real friends are playing. I'd much rather my youngster playing online with his friends as opposed to that guy down the street with a sign in his yard...]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
BS. Everyone I talk to always say they haven't touched their system since the first month they had it. Many of my friends thought they would get it so they could play with their wives, and they play Wii Fit for a few weeks, and then didn't touch it. Even the Neilson data on console play time backs me up. Wii is dead last in actual play time and not even close to PS3 or 360. Look it up.]]>Jan 20th 2010 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/agreed.
How can he speak for so many people? He got a survey that we dont care about HD ?
I played Harvest Moon on my 40" Screen and it looked terrible.
Oh wait, Im supposed to buy another TV for the Wii .. alright ..]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
I get your point, but using Harvest Moon as an example is like saying you watched Sanford & Son and were disappointed with the quality.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Sanford and Son = Greatness]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Exactly.
It sounds as though Reggie has his consumer base sussed. I think we forget on here that lots of consumers don't really understand HD.

My wife and I have a HD projector, and my wife openly admits that she can't really tell a difference between the Wii (over component) and the Blu Ray player... but you know what, we didn't buy the Wii for it's HD capabilities (even though it's got mad HD skillz), we bought it for MarioKart.

Also, there's no Netflix in the UK. We get DVD's & such from LOVEFiLM.

Go Reggie & co. Just make sure the Wii 2 has some HDZ. K?]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
It's possible to care about HD and still want to play the games on the system. I still play games on my Wii, but if it had HD I'd play on it a lot more often.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Then again, if I am not interested in paying even a dedicated rental price for something there's a bit of a chance I don't care about it all that much. So whether or not it's HD or not might not be terribly relevant.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Just because Wii users bought games for other then HD quailty does not translate into they buy movies without seeing it in HD. People love watching movies in HD, they bought the Wii for different reasons. My Question is why even make a big deal about Netflix on the Wii. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
the FBI should look into this, they could be printing their own money....
]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/Jan 15th 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
The PS3? Now that's a real gaming console. The 360? That's a real gaming console and some more.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
you may have noticed one or more of the following...

a) Engadget writers/commenters =/= Everybody
b) Everyone in the developed world has a DS
c) When the Wii first came out, they sold about a bajillion units based on about 3 really fun titles.
d) Nintendo's hardware is profitable, they don't need software sales.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/the PSP Go is kind of fail and still people buy it.
Mostly cuz there are many people out there who buy stuff only cuz its "new" and the "latest" gadget in Sonys PSP line.
And every parent knows how annoying kids are so a DS or a Wii is a good way to keep then silent.
I mean, would you buy a 14 yearsold a Xbox or a Wii ?
As a parent (which Im not) I'd choose the Wii]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
The Wii is leagues ahead of the competition for the controls in a FPS.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Too bad nobody can take advantage of it. Every FPS I've played sucked. Granted, I quit looking about a year ago.

My Wii = dust collector.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
SERIOUSLY?!?!

"the FBI should look into this, they could be printing their own money...."

I don't believe that humans read these words, and gave them SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. Reading engadget comments always leaves me with the feeling that Ashton Kutcher is controlling the tubes and masterfully trolling every literate techgeek.

Cheese, please.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
joke -- something said or done to provoke laughter]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
The only other thing that I really think Nintendo messed up was their terrible online gaming system.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Yea because Mario and Yoshi need to be HD, thats like saying I bought my 1080p TV and HD PVR to watch cartoons in HD. Why can't people just take the Wii for what it it. It has never been advertised as an amazing graphics machine, it plays games that everyone loves and that your mom loves too.

If you gonna QQ about graphics open your wallet and buy a Xbox or PS3.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
Most PS3/X360 games don't run at 1080p (most don't even run at 720p if I recall) but it's nice to have the option, then you get simple games like Wipeout HD (ps3) which run 1080p60 and look effing amazing. If a developer has the ability to code a game to run on Wii hardware and output it at 720p, why not let em do it? (it would also be really nice to at least have the menus in higher resolution, blurry menus are no fun)

2nd, CARTOONS LOOK AMAZING IN HD... All the VERY best reference quality blu-ray are animated movies. Anime looks great too. Believe it or not, HD is more than just more pixels, it's also a vastly improved color gamut. You don't need to make a game like Uncharted 2 to take advantage of HD.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/I doubt you would being saying it would be nice to give to developers the option to output at whatever resolution they wanted if that bumped the price of the console up by $100-200 dollars.

Hardware upgrades don't come for free and the Wii would definitely need some to achieve this. Nintendo decided to go the affordable route with the Wii right out of the gates, unlike PS3 and 360 which started at very high price points. This in turn has made the Wii the best selling console of this generation.

]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/reggie-fils-aime-wii-users-dont-care-for-netflix-hd/
With the sales numbers for the Wii being that high, that has to cover the general public which I doubt knows the difference between composite, component, HDMI, Bluetooth, 480i, 480p, 720p, 180i,1080p, yadayadayada.

FYI, all PS3 and X360 games are required to support at least 720p. The Wii supports 480i (which is what everyone on CRT TVs have been using since forever), with 480p known as "progressive scan". Then you have the 576 equivalent for the PAL Euro regions.

"Standard def" DVD's plat at 480p, with most HD players upscaling/downscaling/whatever.

There is no way the majority of the millions of Wii owners out there knows or even gives a rat's ass about all of the above I just described. All they care about is sticking in a game disc and swinging their Wii Remotes at each other at parties or family gatherings. That's what Nintendo was banking on, and they were right.

If Nintendo caved in to everyone's whining, and said "hey, now on HD!", you know what the Wii owners are gonna ask? They are going to ask, "What is that? Does this mean I can't swing my controller around anymore?"]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:28PM