Lol yeah I mean Nintendo seems steer clear of copying others even if its what people want, maybe thats a good thing, maybe not. Take DVD playback for example. I kinda see Nintys point with not having official dvd playback in its systems. In this day of age everyone should own a dvd player but having one in your gaming system means less devices, less cables, less clutter. If Nintendo doesnt support media playback on Wii U then its only a matter time before the softmodders get their mitts dirty to make it possible.
I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard the reason the Wii doesn't have an official DVD player (and likely the reason the Wii U won't have an official DVD/BluRay player) is because
Nintendo doesn't want to deal with the licensing fees. Like I said, no idea how accurate that is, but that's what I heard.