Nintendo holding off till 2015, is that even possible?

[Raze]

Qays said:

I honestly don't understand what Nintendo hopes to achieve by launching a new, more powerful Wii. Core gamers aren't going to buy it because of how awful the first Wii's core library has been, and the blue ocean crowd isn't going to buy it because they don't care about graphics. The only people I can see buying it are the "Nintendo core"; the people who will buy a system just to access the newest iterations of Mario and Zelda - in other words, the people who bought the Gamecube. And that should be a terrifying thought for Nintendo.

You have to realize that the Wii's Library was lacking because it wasnt HD. If it was HD, all the multiplat HD games (PS3/360 games) would have been available on the Wii as well. So, with a HD Wii (though Im sure they'll go full on with a new technology next gen) would be competitive with the HD library. If done right, it would allow people to have all the 3rd party HD games that all the systems get, plus HD renditions of Nintendo franchises.

I will agree that the casuals will not go out and buy the next Nintendo system in droves like they did with the Wii, but for a different reason. The economic collapse puts video games as luxury items. No money= no luxury items. Until the economy is fixed and people are gainfully employed, the casual market will be very limited from here out.