kitler53 on 01 October 2008
| shams said: Seems about right. Wii launched Xmas '06 - meaning they would have got almost 6 Xmas's out of the "old" Wii hardware. All they need to do with the Wii II: - lots of storage (crystal system, potentially terrabytes of data) - backwards compat with current controllers (definitely), also potentially reduces the cost of the device - possible NO disc drive, digital dist only - HD visuals, roughly on spec with the 360 (to make it easy for companies to port 360 games to the Wii HD) - full virtualisation (runs GC, N64, Wii, ... games) They wouldn't necessarily dump the Wii - just phase it out over 2-3 years. Price cuts, entry device, etc. One interesting thing they *could* do with the Wii HD, is release a "raw" bundle - no controller (unlikely), if it fully supports Wii controllers. This way a $249 / $199 price point is more than possible. |
6 year life cycle + support after wii2 release - sounds reasonable to me.
"raw" bundle an interesting idea. it would be kind of nice to not have to rebuy controllers but i was kind of hoping we'll see a wiimote with motion plus put together. well...i guess we really don't have to wait for the wii2 to get that. okay fine, you win - wii2 without controllers for a cheaper price point is an excellent idea.
edit: and it better have BC with all those VC games i bought or i'm going to be pissed.
