| leatherhat said: Well, it is. An HD wii would have been a big upgrade for the system this year and it would have sold a lot. |
An HD wii would be a whole new system. I know everyone (including pachter) thinks you can just slap in an HD capable graphics card, and sales will skyrocket but that is the same thing as making a Wii 2 that is backwards compatible only with the most meaningless update possible. (it would be like pulling a PS3 launch where it is a PS2 only HD)
But why just bring HD when the 3rd parties are going to ignore the 3m install base compared to the 40m install base of the X360 or PS3? There really is no reason to expect a HD wii to sell a lot as the game selection would be exactly the same only more shiny.
The next Nintendo system will be HD, that isn't a question. I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo releases a console late 2011 or early 2012 only to leave MS & Sony in the dust with their last generation motion controls and sub HD graphics (1080p this generation is a joke). They'll either be forced to cling to "old" technology and hope to extend the generation or launch a new generation of consoles and try to play catchup again.
