Why the PS4, XBOX 720 and Wii 2 will be identical

[thekitchensink]

puffy said:

thekitchensink said:

MrBubbles said:

i think it would be good to get back to a point where are three systems are on roughly equal footing graphically. because of the wii, third party studios that have relied on multiplatform titles have essentially had to make 2 different games, one for the 360/ps3 and one for the wii(or not made one version at all).

 

Count on it--Nintendo admitted that they could never have predicted the Wii's popularity.  They needed to be profitable if they only sold 5 million systems total.  Now that they know the stratey works, they'll be able to continue their current strategy of upstreaming with their next system.

 

 

I think you underestimate Nintendo's foresight. 'Paradigm Shift', 'Revolution', 'New Standard' were thrown around a lot. 

Sure they probably had conservative estimates and even lower estimates for the public but especially with DS taking off like it did. I'm sure they knew they were onto a winner.

That said it'll be HD and probably priced at $299 - Nintendo definately priced Wii too low at launch and would have been ripe for a cut to $249 last year. Other than that, it'll continue with the ideals of the new generation market including fun pick up and play games for everyone and their own coined term: All Access Gaming

Oh, it's a given that Nintendo knew that they were on the verge of something big--the response at E3 2005 testified to that.  But the unprecedented shortages, despite sales, for the first two years of its' life (which haven't been completely alleviated everywhere), showed that they can afford to be less conservative from a technical standpoint with their next system.