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Dallinor on 14 March 2010
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johnlucas said:
qmoney88 said:

It may be true that sony and microsoft are releasing these well after the wii has launched, but it will be the first time that a consumer gets to experience a motion sensing based game in hd using the graphical prowess of the ps3/360, and while Im no graphic whore by any means, gameplay always wins out over looks any day, it will be interesting to see how this turns out and what kind of games they can come out with, im just saying that if something like zelda were made for the ps3/360, Id shit my pants. I know that cant happen, but a game of that calibur that we can only experience on the wii would be epic.

 

HD is dead. NXE killed it. Natal killed it. Arc killed it.
Even the proponents of the HD systems don't believe in that market philosophy anymore.
They're either losing too much money or stagnating too much to hold to that mentality.
Both Microsoft & Sony left HD to die...
...they did so because the market dictated that it be so.

Neither Natal nor Arc will stop Nintendo's Revolution. They are only converts to this industry shift Nintendo initiated.
This is Nintendo's house. And sooner or later the competitors & their cohorts will have their backs broken when the Ol' School Revolution is finished. This is the last year for this stubborn resistance. In the end, they will concede.

The 8th gen will be unlike any generation we have ever seen before it.
It will not be a power race. It will be an innovation race.
But that generation is long off from here. And you will not see it until the others finally give up this lust for horsepower.

When it's all said & done, the others will admit Nintendo's vision was the correct one all along.
John Lucas

HD is dead? Perhaps you should take a look at the front page. HD consoles have penetrated more homes then the Wii has.

There's clearly a large percentage of the market that want horsepower in their games console. As long as that segment exists, manufacturers will continue to improve on the specs of the systems to supply that demand. I agree they will also bring innovation to the table, while the market demanding HD gaming is big, the untapped market is gigantic. They've seen what Nintendo has managed to do, and will attempt to push it further, roping in all types on non-gamers and expanding the market even more.

They will probably not push the horsepower as hard this time around, knowing there are more variables, and that Nintendo will probably attempt a similar strategy again, they will need to be in a position to keep costs down. But the specs of the systems will not go backwards, or remain at a certain level. I'm not sure what you expect? The drive for stronger horsepower will almost certainly never stop.