Sony: Xbox 720 and Wii 2 will beat PS4 to market

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jarrod said:

PS3's just under half Wii sales, though you're right it may not stay that way.  Still Wii is huge, the brand is incredibly valuable right now (as are Nintendo's brands in general)and it's successor has a lot of potential...

agree

though i think Nintendo brand would have been more stong if they coninued a single name like Playstation,XBOX,that way the brand builds on its previous foundation

if Nintendo can get potentially 50-100m more Blu-Ray players in homes worldwide with a Wii successor,

yes but so will 720,PS4

and PS3 is still going,it will be 100m by the time it comes to an end

there's something worth negotiating from both sides of the table.  I could definitely see a deal being made, especially with how close Nintendo and Panasonic are.

it would be a deal between Panasonic and Nintendo

not between BD and Nintendo

On the other hand, Nintendo doesn't get any cut from BD movies, so they may view them as competitive and not want to provide support.

Nintendo will not view them as competitive as Nintendo isn't in the physical media business

they just don't like to pay royalties.

That's chiefly why Wii doesn't have CD/DVD playback, though there were talks originally to maybe do a premium model with support (possibly similar to the Panasonic Q).

the chief reson is Nintendo doesn't want to give away more money as royalties,they will go with the cheaper option

if DVD was free with no royalties then Nintendo would have jumped on the bandwagon

and i think Wii DVD playback was added in 2007 or 2008