| bugrimmar said: ^I agree, but the amount of investment that Sony and Microsoft are putting in this generation's consoles make it seem like they're in it for the long haul. The Wii seems like it's going to get a revamp much sooner than the rest, with Shigeru already talking about Wii HD (hinting about it). So basically, yea you're right. the winner does go on to fight with the next generation, but in this case it's different. The Wii is a totally different kind of console from the others, and it's not exactly future proof. I think that the PS3/360 have the potential to actually stay in the market longer than the Wii. |
First of all don't read too much into statements that hint at a WiiHD; you can find statements that hint at the original Wii that pre-date the GC.
Second, with regards to future proofing, the people who feel that wii's specs won't be any good in the future by and large don't think they are any good right now. Nintendo clearly does not care to appeal to that group (perhaps because during the gens that Nintendo's specs rocked that group still didn't buy Nintendo products).
Third Nintendo has a long history of being the last to launch. If Nintendo was willing to cling to gen 6 where they were in third place, why wouldn't they cling to gen 7 where they are first.
Fourth if you what to see want Nintendo does when a dated technology vaults it into first place, just look at the NES or Gameboy.
