DVD Playback Delay for Wii Console

On it's Japanese website, Nintendo has confirmed that DVD playback now won’t be added to the Wii console this year. Plans for a DVD-enabled model of the Nintendo Wii were revealed last October and penciled-in for release in the second half of 2007 in Japan & North America. Industry-wide component shortages, which have restricted production of the standard Wii console, were cited as the reason for postponing the Premium Wii with DVD