Key Weakness of the Wii - Graphic Capabilites?

[HappySqurriel]

RolStoppable said:

horriblebastard said:

I personally believe that Nintendo had lots of reasons to not go forward with HD on the Wii

I think they didn't add HD because last generation they didn't do so well, so they needed to make a console that could be sold at a reasonable price and still make a profit, and because they were taking a risk with a new approach to controllers which may well have failed.

Nintendo didn't add HD and more processing power because they believed that customers aren't interested in cutting edge technology. The sales of the Wii prove them right.

 

I think there is a unstated qualifier that is missing from that statement though ... "Consumers aren't interested in cutting edge technology at the price"

Realistically, if you gave a consumer the option to play two identical games one that is on the Wii and the other that takes full advantage of bleeding edge PC and (odds are) that they would favour the PC game; at the same time, you offer them the option to pay $10 more for a game, $200 more for a system, and tell them that the games will be shorter and released less often and they would probably think twice about the high-end graphics.