Nintendo considering holographic storage solution for Wii?

[Geldorn]

I can see the draw of using really high-tech stuff, but doesn't that kind of fly against what Nintendo has been doing of late?

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I mean, they have made some very innovative stuff and I give them credit for it, but none of their current properties (Wii/DS) are really high-tech in the sense of being state of the art. Motion controls are great, but the technology behind it is not exactly earth-shattering. It's the implementation that makes it great, not the hardware.

Seeing that all of the current Wii/DS stuff is like that (relatively simple technology applied in very innovative ways to get maximum bang for the buck) I fail to see why so many on this site think that they'll suddenly start delivering holographic memory next or a Wii-HD with vastly improved GFX/processing power.

Didn't they just prove they don't have to do that to still beat the competition?
Wouldn't using a high-tech solution to solve a problem only very few Wii owners actually have be a waste of resources?
And wouldn't designing an Uber HD console play straight into MS/Sony's hand, who despite being the underdogs this console race have consistently outperformed Nintendo in that area the last few years?

(apologies for the length)