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silicon on 11 January 2010
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richardhutnik said:
silicon said:
I think it goes without saying that there'll be Wii HD.

I think it's a matter of when it'll be released and how much will change between the Wii and Wii HD. Will the next Wii include new different controllers, or continue with the same Wii controller set-up and just upgrade graphics.

Also, what other possible features could it have. Nintendo will also need to compete with Natal coming out later this year, and SONY's 3D and motion control.

The potential success of each of these additional features can be argued about, but each of HD consoles are adding features, and the Wii isn't. It doesn't mean the Wii isn't fun... but the Wii needs to maintain or increase sales (same as the HD consoles) but it doesn't appear as though Nintendo has announced anything to address this yet.

If what is meant by this that Nintendo will eventually get around to releasing a system that works well in high def, that is definitely possible.  However, what Nintendo did say was that they will only release a system when it can do stuff they need it to do, that they can't do now.  This was also said to go beyond just graphics.  The graphics arms race is one with ever-diminishing returns for less and less payout.  Nintendo doesn't want to play this game, no matter how many core people here clamour for it.  And odds are these individuals won't even buy a high def Wii, because they don't like motion control.

Yeah. I did mean that Nintendo's next itteration of the Wii will likely have higher resolution.

By an HD Wii I meant the next Wii will support a higher resolution not necessarily the top of the line graphics.