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Smashchu2 on 12 June 2010
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Joelcool7 said:
Smashchu2 said:
puffy said:

Wii HiFi is possible, 3DS info is fake

People actually beleive that HiFi is "possible?"


Well keep in mind that Wii was announced in 2005 as Revolution and didn't get released for over a year before launch. Nintendo's five year life cycle ends in 2011 making it the probuble launch date for Nintendo's next console. Microsoft is over due for a console as well so expect that NextBox could be announced at this E3.

Chances are Nintendo will hint at HiFi if that is indeed the codename or actually confirm it for release in the near future. Also keep in mind Miyamoto stated that the next console would have HD support he said so back in 2006. This means the console was already deep in development.

My bet is the console will be announced briefly at the end of Nintendo's conferance. However Nintendo might hold off till next E3 as they did with 3DS as to catch consumers off gaurd. But a new home console announcement from Nintendo is more then just possible it is a 50/50 chance in my mind maybe even 60/40!

The NES lasted for 7 years guys. And then some. The SNES was a little under 6 years in Japan. The market determines the life span. There wasn't enough for the Gamecube and N64. It's not like Nintendo has some plan to only go 5 years (and why would you? If you can still ell it after 5 years, why stop?)

Second, why do people actually think a Wii HD is plauable? Wii HD (which is the same thing as HiFi) is just a Wii that is also HD. Anyone can tell you that HD has done nothing this entire generation. Yet now Nintendo is ready to just shove HD in there? The executives at Nintendo have said that the next console will be HD because HD cost will be much lower by the time they release one. But then also know people will not buy it becaquse it is HD (which HiFi is just HD). There have to do something else for people to buy it.

Nintendo will not launch a new Wii until Sony does. Why kill the Wii at 5 years when it will still be selling at 5 years? The HD twins might last that long, but the Wii will go longer. The best selling system always has the longer life span. I suspect Sony's next console in 2012, so that's when Nintendo will release another one. I doubt Sony has a console ready to go for 2011, but if they do, only then will Nintendo follow.

Odds of it being at E3 2010. Pretty low.