What would be so special about an HD WII?

[Mr Khan]

kitler53 said:

Mr Khan said:

leatherhat said:

They need to aim higher than the current machines if they want to stay relevant. If they are on the same level people will still pick ps3/360 for the extensive backlog of titles. 

They don't need to aim higher, but they likely will, simply because the PS360 have considerable stumbling blocks that could be easily surmounted (namely it would be easy to cheaply build a 360 with 1 GB of RAM, and suddenly have a much better 360)

Nintendo can be positioned to get everything out of this, if they play their cards right. 3rd party parity is now easy as building a device and putting it out there, given how narrow 3rd parties' profit margins are, and then Nintendo can edge them out with unique exclusives

Though with a samey console, the burden will be entirely on Nintendo's teams to put out the right kinds of games. The GameCube was samey, and with GameCube games got GameCube sales, but GameCube could have done much better with Wii games (the ones that weren't motion-intensive, even)

i don't want to put too much thought into this cause this is all just rumors and speculation at this point...but i'm failing to see who would want to buy a wii HD at this point.

so yes, the multiplats that the ps360 get could appear on this nintendo console.  i and 100ish M others already have a ps360.  wii only owners could upgrade i suppose but if i were an upgrader and the wii HD cost the same or more than the ps360 i'd go with the consoles with a gigantic back catalog instead of the one with only a few game.

which basically means nintendo has to have another "gimmick" to distinguish itself.  if the vitality sensor and the 3DS's current sales are anything to go by -- finding that gimmick that makes the entire market excited for a product isn't all that simple or assured.  can nintendo do it again?

...and if nintendo overshoots the ps360 i'm not sure publishers would follow nintendo -- not without MS and sony also joining so third parties can release multi-plats instead of exclusives.  

i just don't know ... i wouldn't want to have to make the choices nintendo has to make at this point.

I won't deny it's an uphill fight, but Nintendo can be up to the task, so long as they bring the same A-game they brought to the Wii early on, and bring it consistently. With third party parity and their ability to corner the casual market, plus powerful multi-appeal first party titles, the only legitimate threats that would stand in their way are the behemoth of Halo and the service of Xbox Live, and Xbox Live  could easily lose its advantage in a console transition, so long as Nintendo's online service is adequate enough that people can easily play with their friends (though i doubt Nintendo will be aggressive enough to make Live irrelevent, they could, because Live is dependent on the "all my friends have it so i should get it," effect, and in a console transition, that factor becomes a nonissue)