I expect Nintendo to stick with their current buisness model, match the prior console generation graphically while marketing their new innovative hardware. Nintendo knows that hardware pricing plays a huge role in dominating the market. Making a console that is cheaper then the competition while turning a profit is Nintendo's goal.
Nintendo has made profit off the Wii since day one and they aren't about to produce a console that will put them in the red or even break even. They want to produce a cheap affordable console. I suspect that Nintendo will produce a console probubly as powerful as PS3 next generation with a new Wii mote, with WM+ built in a mic and maybe a camera who knows what else they will put in the next controller.
But I'm pretty positive Nintendo has given up on graphical power. The N64 lost to the inferior PSOne and the GameCube lost to the inferior PS2, the Wii won against the superior PS3/360, the DS Beat the superior PSP! Nintendo's going to stick with the strategy that makes them the most money. The one that gamers support.
So in conclusion I expect a Wii with PS3 HD visuals, no BluRay support. I suspect the competition will likely do similiar, I suspect PS4 will be only slightly more powerful then PS3 and the next X-Box probubly in the same boat. I don't think we'll see all that huge of a boost in graphical technology come 2011. Heck Sony might stick with the PS3 and not even release a PS4!
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
