If the 360 supported a keyboard and mouse then you might see MMO and RTS games rising the charts.

Keyboard and mouse doesn't play well from the couch.

I keep hearing this, but it's fine for me.

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There's always these complaints. FPS games work well because the core gameplay mechanics are spot-on -- change the guns, locales and story and you're good to go, it's fun as hell and is a shoe-in for multiplayer. Plus they're relatively easy to pick up and play.

I had the same issue on the N64 when it was nothing but repetitive, boring platformers week after week. Similarly suffered through fighter fatigue.

Unfortunately a big problem with all of this is how much it costs to make a game with mass appeal. FPS games are generally a safe bet so they get the most action, adventure games have been relegated to episodic games, RPGs used to be engaging but plot has seemingly taken a backseat to gathering and stat building, they've frankly become a total bore.

I call bullshit. There wasn't any period of time where the N64 got any releases week after week.

If the Wii U takes its online seriously, MMOs are perfect for the system. All of your hotkeys and inventory would be accessible through the touchscreen. No need for mouse and keyboard.

Coming soon to WiiU: Super Mario World Online.

I keep saying some game should take advantage of the xbox/ps3 chat pad....it is perfect for hot keys..but I guess no one cares, or maybe xbox/ps3 will not let them...

That sounds like it would be a pretty good idea to me; getting an accessory out there that isn't too expensive would help a lot, although controls are probably equally a constraint for MMO's as some of the other reasons out there (another monthly fee, timely updates)

With all the different power ups over the years in the Mario series, a simplistic MMO with Mii characters that let you run around using various Mario power ups actually seems incredibly entertaining to me.

If they had a Mario MMO that was kind of like a never-ending LittleBigPlanet/Mario Galaxy I think it'd be successful enough. Add some Paper Mario / Super Mario RPG elements.

The ideal Nintendo franchise for an MMO is Pokemon.

Heck yeah.

Bring back some elements from Snap and Arena.

Pokemon is the bottom of the barrel!

My apologies to fumanstan for having an opinion and stating it as such.

You're excused.

Wii U is officially not supporting Blu-ray. Fuck.

I don't think this is surprising at all. What does Nintendo really have to gain by supporting Blu-ray playback in the console?

It would be awesome to be watching a Blu-Ray and then transfar it to the Tablet Controller when your wife comes in and wants to watch House Porn.

I certainly wouldn't have expected it anyway. This system is supposed to be on the level of what's already out, maybe a little better, isn't it? BD hasn't shown itself to be necessary for storage of today's games, save for a few exceptions, and Nintendo seems to always hold back something in their consoles.

Given that they've announced the discs will hold up to 25GB, I will bet money that the optical medium for the WiiU is single-layer Blu-ray discs that simply have a proprietary filesystem which does not conform to the Blu-ray specs. This allows them to get low-cost replication since any Blu-ray line could produce them, but frees them from licensing fees and other costs associated with supporting Blu-ray playback in the console.

Getting with the times? Getting it out of the way?

Not that I'm surprised, just thought there was a better shot for it than years past.

Plus it would provide better protection against piracy, which I'd bet is the biggest reason.

Nah, Nintendo is a business. Neither of those has anything to do with their bottom line. Their reasoning is very practical - why spend money to add a capability that nearly all of their customers who would care about it have in another component already?