It wouldn't have made sense for Nintendo to have made Wii HD out of the gate. Nintendo is all about affordable hardware and while some of their consoles have pushed the graphics bar (N64/GameCube) Nintendo has always made profitability its first priority. So with the new Wii technology if Nintendo also made it HD they would loose boat loads of reveniew. Nintendo was trying to create a new market not compete with Microsoft and Sony in there market. Yes I know I just made a thread about non-competition being bull but Nintendo wanted to create a niche market using Blue Ocean rather then competing with Microsoft and Sony for the existing market.
Would Wii HD have sold, if Nintendo had maintained the 279.99$ price tag they would have lost reveniew like Sony and Microsoft did. But if Nintendo raised the hardware price to the levels of MS and Sony would the casual non-gamer market have bought Wii's? If Wii was HD would so many people have adopted the Wii?
I think Wii HD is the next generation, we'll see it in 2011 when the hardware is cheaper and cost effective for Nintendo to make the jump.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
