| trestres said: I wonder what Nintendo's immediate response to this will be. I doubt they knew about this until today. Whenever the next interview takes place, it will be interesting to see what Reggie, Cammie or Iwata think about this, after all, it's a Wii but with HD graphics, minus the Nintendo software of course. This can only confirm that next gen, Nintendo will have to innovate a lot, simply adding HD resolution won't be enough. And that's good news if you ask me. |
Oh Nintendo has known about this, knew about it when they showed it at E3 last year. Aside from that, they knew if something they did became popular obviously others would jump on board. And if they didn't, numerous Wii Fit, Brain Training, and Wii Sports clones have shown them that now.
But I don't understand the argument. Nintendo can't get away with just putting HD resolution on a Wii, but Sony can get away with just putting a wiimote on an HD console. Seems like both would be in trouble in that case. Point being Nintendo understands that they have created something popular and the industry is going to move with them, or even try to best them (although if 3rd parties are anything to go off of it might not happen). Nintendo knows they have set the bar high and they are going to have to keep raising it, and just HD resolution with better tech specs won't do that.
I think we'll also see Sony and MS on the other side of this, that simply just adding in motion controls or whatever to an HD system won't guarantee success either. To win over fans, you have to differentiate yourself from the competition and create something people want but don't necessarily have. MS is trying this with Natal and we'll see if it pays off for them like Wii did for Nintendo.
