If the Wii was in HD.

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jefforange89 said:
If Wii were in HD, it would have sold less than the GCN.

Wii sells because it's different, and, for better or worse, not being in HD guarantees different support than the HD twins.

Devs didn't support the GCN when it was between the PS2 and Xbox in terms of power, so why would they have supported an HD Wii?

Exactly.  The last 2 gens, Nintendo focused on graphics and trying to coax support from third parties.  Instead, third parties left in droves to other systems as if they were conciously trying to alienate themselves from Nintendo, even when Nintendo built systems focused on graphics.

In other words, the Wii was built on Nintendo's ongoing understanding that better graphics and more money doesn't gain support.