No. Then it would have been $700 at launch (due to more expensive controllers) have no casual base and be driving Nintendo out of business. I still wouldn't own one.
Games would cost more and be less innovative because HD graphics make risks too prohibitive.
And even more 3rd parties would be going out of business with no cheap (Carnival) Wii games to balance out the HD game budget/losses.
Besides would HD rreally make much difference to Mario, Kirby, etc.? Not really.







