Original downloadable video coming to Wii in 2009
Just as two WiiWare
manga services will be on the way in Japan, it seems that two
video streaming services will be competing for the Wii audience's yen as well. The latest service to be announced, though, will have two distinct advantages:
- Original content, and
- Nintendo.
The new video service, created in conjunction with ad agency
Dentsu, will launch early next year in Japan, with cartoons and other original programming. Some downloads will require payment, while others will be free, though supported by advertising. The service will launch overseas at an unspecified later date. Wait,
overseas? But that's where we live! Wow, what a delightful surprise! Looks like Colin Dixon totally
nailed that
prediction.
[Via
Joystiq]
