While this is a speculation, I believe that this is how Nintendo will make DVD play on Wii. Now, I think the main reason why Nintendo stated that "this will be more than firmware update" is due to the fact that they had not pay the DVD forum for its license fee. However, Nintendo also licensed a software engine to play DVD, which means that by its self, it is a DVD drive.
So basically, it's gonna be xbox again: you will have to buy the software engine, in order to either open a DVD channel, OR enable you do download a version that enables you to read DVD.
Since it's gonna be pure software, I would guess you can get it from Wii Ware shop, and paid with Wii points. the question is: would you? And how much?
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