Why a new set of consoles in 2010 wouldn't be good for anyone

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Impulsivity said:

    Second for Nintendo a 2010 switch doesn't make much sense.  Nintendo is selling mainly to people who want Nintendo games no matter what and slow adopter households that aren't really that into fast upgrades to HD.  Those houses will probably eventually get a 1080p TV, but not until they cost under 1000 dollars and their current TV breaks.  If anything going expensive would ruin a lot of Nintendos whole profit center model.  If they turned the Wii into a 360 hardware wise they would make 100 dollars less a console, have marginal benefits since the bad graphics on the Wii clearly aren't hurting sales and really wouldn't do much to extend their appeal.  When Nintendo had the gamecube which had graphics on par with the PS2 their system sold worse then teh Wii is now so clearly trying to compete with Sony on graphics has no point for Nintendo. 

 

You have made a terribly inaccurate assumption there.  People don't buy a Wii because they don't have a HD TV.  They buy a Wii because of the Wii Remote, the games and the fact it is sensibly priced.  To suggest there is a huge batch of peoplebuying Wii because they don't have HD TV's doesn't make any sense.  As lacking in sense is the suggestion by Sony fans that people would buy a PS3 because they bought a HD TV it still makes much more sense than your suggestion that there are huge amounts of people buying Wii because they don't have HD TVs.