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  tallteen86 | April 10, 2008
  Good for the Wii, and all that.....But does the Wii have Movie downloads (360 does, and PS3 will eventually)? Does the Wii have PlayTV (European PS3s will)?
  
  Each console has stuff the others don't, to some extent....
  
  And the guy is biased, since ummmm, he works for the people the streaming service originates from >_>
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    Seeker X | April 10, 2008
    Agreed, it's pretty clear he's completely oblivious to the other consoles' media capabilities.
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  X_MANBEARPIG_X | April 10, 2008
  What a tard.
  Just looking at him proves he has no idea what he's talking about.
  Oh well.
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  Xenctuary | April 10, 2008
  You are all misunderstanding his point. What he is stating is indeed ironic. The Nintendo Wii, "a simple family gaming machine", was the first out of the three current consoles to have a wide range of on-demand streaming video. Sony and Microsoft do not yet have such a feature, despite being branded as "multimedia machines".
  
  As mentioned, if the PlayStation 3 supported Flash through its web browser, it would at least alleviate the situation a little for Sony.
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    Seeker X | April 10, 2008
    That much is understood, but it's hard to boast off "Dynamic online Video content" against the other media services the other consoles have...starting with naturally being able to play music/movies?
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      Xenctuary | April 10, 2008
      However those features are totally irrelevant to what is being discussed. That's like reviewing a television but commenting on the bad wallpaper in the room.
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        Seeker X | April 10, 2008
        I do get what you mean, a streaming service should've been one of the first things to get for a "multimedia" console.
        
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        A BBC technology journalist says the deal between Nintendo and the BBC is a huge blow to Wii rivals.

        This is blown WAY out of proportion, a huge blow??? What I've been trying to say is that they're making it seem as if neither the PS3 nor the 360 have any valuable features whatsoever.
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  Krunal | April 10, 2008
  What's the point of downloading it with a MAXIMUM storage date of 30days (after which it self deletes if it's downloaded) or 7 days if it's simply streamed (after the seventh day that it has aired, it will be unavailable for streaming). I'd much prefer the PS3 and PlayTV which has BBC1-BBC3, which means that I can pretty much download the programs onto my PS3's harddrive, which then means that I can watch the programs after however many days as I want to, and all for free (PlayTV = Freeview for the PS3, so apart from the initial cost of the box, you can download and watch whenever you want, however many times as you want).
  
  I think that trumps the 30day limit that BBCiPlayer put on their programs.
  
  The only thing that boosts BBCiPlayer is the fact that it's available for download 7 days in advance, but I often want to watch programs many times after they've aired - and this includes movies - BBCiPlayer doesn't show any movies and there's absolutely no chance of seeing a show after 37days (i.e. if you download it an hour before it's taken off, then you have 30 days to watch it before it's deleted automatically).
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  iLLmatic | April 10, 2008
  Xenctuary, I don't think thats the point at all. He obviously is promoting his own livelihood and nothing more. If it were anyone else Nintendo partnered with, he would have absolutely nothing to say about it. You're telling me that the Wii finally gets some multimedia support worth mentioning and now ALL OF A SUDDEN its making a mockery of the PS3 and XBOX 360? Don't make me laugh.
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  slumpy monkey | April 10, 2008
  I heard that they were going to do it for ps3 and 360 but dropped it after they both made too many demands.
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  Final Blade | April 10, 2008
  <sub>lol This guy clearly blowing it out of proportion. I mean seriously "mockery of 360 and PS3" When they already makes the Wii a Mockery of a next gen Console, sounds like BS.
  
  Also the Wii barely has enough Memory space to support this. This guys is off his rocker.</sub>
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  The Dave | April 13, 2008
  It's the BBC, it is physically impossible for them to blow things out of proportion or have alteria motives. How dare you all. =[
  
  Mockery was a strong word for the guy to use and certainly a stupid point to focus on in order to link to the article. The article admits that Sony and Microsoft are likely to secure deals at a later stage but the point he is making is how interesting it is that the Wii has secured this deal first. The BBC iPlayer is becoming massive in the UK for casual internet users. The same "n00bs" who all bought their kids Wiis. You guys need to stop thinking like fanboys and look at this from the perspective of the real world. Britain's most successful broadcasting company streaming video to a games console that set out to avoid the "all your mulitmedia in one box" battle. It is interesting to say the least.