New Nintendo hardware announcement inbound?

[NightDragon83]

Pavolink said:

NightDragon83 said:

Nintendo may give some *hint hint, wink wink* statements about the Wii's eventual successor at E3 or at one of the late summer/fall trade shows, but absolutely nothing concrete until early next year or the following E3.  Don't expect a new Nintendo system before Nov 2012.

 

In fact... read my lips... new Nintendo console goes on sale in Nov 2012 with an MSRP of $299, and is roughly as powerful as a 360.  Yes, I'm THAT confident that this will be the case... you heard it hear first, folks!

I think it will be more powerful than 360. But the true important "thing" about Wii succesor will not be power.

If by more powerful, you mean in the same way that the Wii is techinically "more powerful" than the GameCube, then yes, the Wii 2 (or whatever its eventually named) may indeed be more powerful than the 360, but not by any discernable means other than general tech specs.  Visually I expect Wii 2 games to be on par with current gen 360 / PS3 games, but then again, this IS Nintendo we are talking about here, and we know how much they love to skimp on the hardware to minimize cost and maximize profits, so nothing is guaranteed.

But I agree that the most important feature of their next console will not be HD visuals, but rather how they take the next step in regards to the innovative gameplay that the Wii established.