| lvader said: Nintendo going back to big power hungry consoles, I don't think so. |
In this day and age, building a machine that can crank out the specs they've listed probably isn't all that expensive or power hungry. Sony had to add the r&d for the Cell and Blu-Ray into the cost but they can pump out a machine that does everything the Nintendo one is rumored to do and sell it for $299 and take a lose of less than $20 per console.
Given that Nintendo probably won't use some custom inhouse chip and won't have to invent a totally new media format, they can probably sell one for $250-$300 and be near break even.
| Original Article said: A scheme will be available in which it is possible to trade in the original Wii for a cheaper price on the new Wii 2. |
This seems unlikely. I don't know of any console or handheld that's ever done something like this. The cost for shipping all those old Wii's back to some plant would be expensive and I don't see the point unless they've figured out some way to use some of the old parts in the new system. If they did a program i'd imagine it's something like your Wii makes some unique ID code and you send that code end for a $50 rebate rather than Nintendo having to deal with shipping and disposing of like 67 million consoles.
Q3 2010 seems unlikely. It's not needed this soon. The Wii still sells close to what both of its competitors sell combined. Plus, the longer they wait the cheaper and cheaper more powerful or similar technology to what's inside the 360 and PS3 becomes.
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