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Forums - Nintendo - Let's fabulate: The "what if" thread. What if Wii was HD?

happydolphin on 13 April 2012

Okay buddies, so here is the question. ... What IF?

What if Nintendo didn't release the CUBE 2? What if...

 

What if they released a Wii HD?

Here is the scenario. Nintendo sees HD as a possible eventuality! Something that can bring them success, more success. Yes, Wii was amazing. Wii was a revorution. No doubt. But what if it was a Nintendominorution???

What if it did HD? What if it could sport gen7 graphics? Like the cube competed against the xbots, what if the Wii was capable of supporting gen7 graphics, and offering that platform to 3rd parties, WHILE internally going after the casual audience.

Edit (Adding clarification): In this fabulation, the HD-Wii would still have motion controls, would still focus on casual gaming. It would still be able to sport SD visuals if needed.


The only difference would be that it would also offer a traditional controller (for certain companies really wanting it), something far better than the CCPro. I know the cube was supported by the Wii, I have a jap white Wii-model GC controller (smacking new). But envision something that was wireless like the Wiimote, but based off the Cube controller's design, in other words a bluetooth GC controller with minor improvements (like the shoulder buttons and c-stick going more mainstream design).

Imagine this console had a solid online infrastructure.

As for price, what if Nintendo went loss-leading and sold it at the same price as the Wii? Assume something less powerful than the 360, something in line with PS2 to Xbox weaker.

PLEASE INPUT! I want to know.



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NintendoPie on 13 April 2012

AH! Too many questions! And Engrish. XD



manuel on 13 April 2012

It would have been more expensibu and probabry not have sold so much.



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blkfish92 on 13 April 2012

That's quite the what if.



           

DarkTemplar on 13 April 2012

Well this is a good question...

Four things that may have happened:

1) Less first party titles, I mean a good Wii title takes 1.5 perhaps 2 years to develop, but a HD good title needs 2.5 perhaps 3 years of development.

2) Less PS360's consoles sold, Wii HD could have had better third party support so some of Wii owners that wanted to play games like assassins creed wouldn't had to buy a PC or HD console.

3) Some small budget projects like No More Heroes and Mad World would never have happened.

4) Less Wii's sold because Wii price tag was one of the most important things of its bussines model.



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Level1Death on 13 April 2012

What if my grandmother had balls?



 

 

 

happydolphin on 13 April 2012
Level1Death said:
What if my grandmother had balls?

Hey... Hey! Don't insult your grandmother like that! Mr Sporggg (or whatever your evil name is).

I'm looking for answers and all you are able to do is put your grandmother's balls in my face?? How insensitive.



NintendoPie on 13 April 2012

Then Nintendo wouldn't be where they're right now. The Wii propelled them from the sales failure that was the GameCube and it showed something new to the market. It just wouldn't be the same.



Joelcool7 on 14 April 2012

This depends if Nintendo still went with the Wiimote or focused on HD like MS and Sony. Nintendo was bleeding market share each generation they lost most third party support with the GameCube. Prior to the release of Wii I was on NSider and discussed this with Nintendo Of America employees and the Sages. The Nintendo employee stated Nintendo had come to the conclusion that Nintendo had roughly 16-million die hard fans. Nintendo had nearly lost half its market share each generation. I'd suspect Nintendo would lose more market share again likely down to 16-million to 24-million. Nintendo sold as the second choice to many gamers this generation. Most likely Nintendo would have split market share with Sony. Nintendo would have likely turned a slight profit but nothing like they did with Wii. If Nintendo had used the Wiimote with HD it most likely would have sold 40-mill or so stealing market share from Sony. Nintendo would have finished second or third with the Wiimote.

Nintendo needed the cheap price of a non-HD system to sell the Wii to casuals. Nintendo would have likely needed to take a loss on hardware at some point to get the 40-million+ in sales if Nintendo beat Sony they would need an improved online network as well.

Nintendo needed a cheap innovative platform to stop the steady decline in Nintendo's market share.



-JC7

"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer

 

Plezbo on 14 April 2012
happydolphin said:

Okay buddies, so here is the question. ... What IF?

What if Nintendo didn't release the CUBE 2? What if...

 

What if they released a Wii HD?

Here is the scenario. Nintendo sees HD as a possible eventuality! Something that can bring them success, more success. Yes, Wii was amazing. Wii was a revorution. No doubt. But what if it was a Nintendominorution???

What if it did HD? What if it could sport gen7 graphics? Like the cube competed against the xbots, what if the Wii was capable of supporting gen7 graphics, and offering that platform to 3rd parties, WHILE internally going after the casual audience.

 

PLEASE INPUT! I want to know.


It wouldn't have been so cheap, and so it wouldn't have had that, "anyone can afford it so why not" madness that drove its first 18 months.  It wouldn't have been able to drop in price so fast or sell so many that wii music sold more than 17 copies.   Totally different story.  Right now Nintendo would be working on a way to project the game directly into your brain.