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mortono on 03 August 2010
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ChichiriMuyo said:
mortono said:
ChichiriMuyo said:

I think Nintendo sorta blew it.  Athough Pachter was always wrong, he should have been right baout the WiiHD launching in '09 and it should have had M standard, with WSR as an upgrade for people who don't care about output resolution.  With a move like that their sales wouldn't have dipped and they'd have ample support for a product that genuinely improves the experience.  We'll see after the new Zelda, I guess, since that's really going to prove whther or not its going to get support at all.


No I'm glad Pachter was wrong. Wii HD would basically be the PSP Go of console releases.

They just need more motion plus games, not high-definition graphics.

Hah.  More like the Gameboy Color - an adequate way of extending the system's life while adding enough to spur on more development.  Basically, it'd have increased the lifespan of the system so that Nintendo has the time to develop a proper successor, which may be further out than most think.

A Wii HD would have to be a direct successor. When you update graphical capabilities, content is made that is exclusive to the new system. This forces people to buy new hardware and is the definition of a "new generation". 

The question is, how interesting would it be to previous Wii owners to have a new Wii that only had the addition of HD graphics and nothing else. They didn't buy the PS3 or 360, so why would they buy a Wii HD?

And for 360 and PS3 owners, who's to say that they would suddenly be convinced to switch over to the Wii? They would most likely stick with the consoles that already have ample HD content and higher quality online support.

The install base for a 'Wii HD' would be absurdly low because of this. 3rd party developers, as easy as it would be for them to port over their HD content, would deny Nintendo support (as they did with the Gamecube and N64) and blame it on the low install base.

Don't get me wrong, Nintendo will at some point release a new console with HD graphics capabilities. But that will be the last thing on everybody's mind when it is revealed. It will have something else like 3d, motion controls, or touch controls, that sets it apart from everything else of the market.

As for the current Wii system, all Nintendo needs to do is make awesome, new motion control content and they will extend the life of their system. It also wouldn't hurt to improve their online support, the shopping channel, etc. But they don't need a Wii HD for that (a simple firmware upgrade should do).