Next-gen console war: The verdict by mcvuk.com

[CrashMan]

MikeB said:
@ DarkNight_DS

If you have to educate your potential buyers on what your product can do, you've already lost. Any product that requires edumacation to convince people to buy it is not going to win over the non techie crowd.

I mean "educate" in a fun, playfull and positive way.

@ RolStoppable

There won't be a Wii HD, there's really no need for one.

I think it makes sense. Soon anybody buying a TV will only have the choice between HDTV sets, when more and more people start watching TV in high definition and watch high definition movies, I think more people will start to care about high definition gaming as well.

While I do think your scenario is highly likely, I doubt it will happen in the next 4 years.  The number of people with HD sets is still pretty low.

 I would guess that the next iteration of Nintendo consoles will support 720p, MAYBE 1080i, but I'm not so sure.  Nintendo seems to be (at least to this point) vindicated on its stance of ease of development over technological prowess, and this will carry over to their next console if they remain successful.  1080p development isn't just a higher resolution, you are pretty much required to implement intricate shaders and extremely high polygon counts (relatively speaking) for that type of resolution to be realistically utilized as HD.  All of this means more development time, more development costs, and more diffuculty in development as well.