Re: Nintendo Wii
I would have preferred it if they went the same path as Microsoft with their Xbox 360 and sold the player as an addon, thus reducing the price of the console itself.
They are able to do that because they don't plan on releasing games in the HD-DVD format, while Sony wants their ~30Gb for games. So the PS3 would be useless without the drive. However, I doubt any game studio will utilize that space.