The Dink Network

I can understand the lack of DVD playback possibly cutting into the Gamecube's sales slightly (not much), but I doubt it'd have much influence during this next generation of consoles. By now, pretty much everybody has a DVD player, and I don't know many people that are as anal as I am about having as few devices hooked up as possible.

Also, proprietary discs helped minimize piracy of Gamecube games, so I can see why they'd take that route again.