When using a DVD-RAM disc with a compatible DVD drive, your Wii U can format and communicate with the disc – from there, it's a simple case of transferring a digital game over and playing it as ...

Even when it was released in 2006, Nintendo’s Wii games were already looking a little past it, stuck as they were in the muddy depths of standard-definition resolution and on relatively old ...

How to read old DVD-RAM discs with a new Mac. (Hint: It'll cost you something.) ...

When I had one side of my DVD-RAM disk full and Retrospect asked for more media, Retrospect would not recognize a mounted DVD-RAM disk. Backup Sets will not span multiple DVD-RAM disks.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata just confirmed the Wii U won't double as a DVD or Blu-ray player, which is just fine with me. Here's why.

The console will automatically suck it into the Wii U console; the software should show up in the Disc Channel in about 5 seconds for a Wii U disc (they have faster data-read-speeds) and 15 ...

Nintendo: Wii U won't have DVD, Blu-ray playback The company's CEO Satoru Iwata made that statement last week at the E3 gaming expo. He said that the playback wasn't worth adding to the platform.

When the Wii U was unveiled at this year's E3, Nintendo said that games will be delivered on a proprietary high-density optical disc format similar in size to a DVD.

Not only is today bringing disc-free Netflix streaming support to Sony's PlayStation 3, as we've known since last week, but Nintendo announced this morning that its Wii has also now done away with ...