I think that is plausible. Since Wii sales are slowing down, and Nintendo is forced to cut the price of the Wii, chances are this will cause their profits to suffer. What better way to increase profits than to release a new console, in a similar fashion to the Wii, where it makes money from day 1. With TV broadcasts now digital, and HDTV prices dropping each year, an HD Wii 2 seems like the perfect fit.
Nintendo is the only company that does not need to wait to recoup loses from their hardware sales. Microsoft and Sony would be hard pressed to go against Nintendo since they are both still trying to recoup their losses. A jump start to the next generation would likely mean Nintendo would "win" the next generation as well.
If they do make the unit fully backwards compatible with the Wii, it will provide consumers with an obvious upgrade path to preserve their original game collection and move up to HD.
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