I just don't see the sense in releasing a Wii with HD capabilities. Is HD going to convince your 360 or PS3 player to get a Wii? I don't think so. Will HD without Blu Ray broaden the Blue Ocean? I don't think so.
Whatever it may be called, Wii 1.5, Wii 2, WiiWin, Nintendo's next console may, more than likely, start the next generation.
I think Nintendo should invest it's cash now, as their quarterly financial statements report with a loss, in starting the next generation ASAP. If Sony follows their business model with the PS3, then they may release another $600 console further placing them on a path similar to Sega's demise. The path where technology and graphics mean everything, consumer price means nothing, therefore you have a portfolio of powerful systemss, but no one playing them in comparison to your competitors.
Lets face it, in this economy if developed nations are all averaging 10% unemployment and falling incomes, video game consoles cannot be priced more than $300. If the PS4 was released in 2012 with a $400-600 price tag, it would do worse than the PS3 did in it's first year. This I would bet on.
Do I think Sony will have the PS3 technology down to an affordable $200-300 level come holidays 2012 and holidays 2013? Without a doubt they will and they will start better by looking backward and learning from their past mistakes rather than getting fixated on the newest graphics technology, which would price a PS4 above $300.
Same goes for Microsoft except Microsoft needs to learn how to make a console without it having such a high failure rate.
