HappySqurriel on 24 September 2007
I don't think anyone will argue that the Wii (in terms of graphical capabilities) is a huge leap forward over the Gamecube; I don't think Nintendo ever intended it to be a graphical powerhouse either.
Personally, I suspect:
- Nintendo looked at the statistics and noticed how slow HDTV adoption is, how many people bought HDTVs for reasons other than their higher definition, and how few people even knew how to hook up HDTVs.
- Saw Microsoft and Sony's approach in the market and realized that they would be producing expensive consoles which the majority of potential users would not have the hardware to take advantage of them until late in the generation.
- Realized that the approach they were taking did not require much of a processing improvement inorder to be successful.
