Wii's 2 year resistance

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RolStoppable said:

vizunary said:

I think the Wii too should have HD support. The cost consideration gets less and less by the day, plus a larger install base entering the next generation will help fuel something more ambitious than the Wii(in terms of hardware) with little or no cost increase to the customer. In, what are wii(silly pun, I love those) guessing, 3-5yrs? the HD consideration should be very important. One thing that MANY people fail to realize is that HD market saturation is happening faster than any other market advance, whether it was b&w to color, over-the-air to cable, 8mm film to VHS, VHS to DVD, NONE of these can compare with the percentage of people that are upgrading from SD to HD.

What many people fail to realize is that japan has the highest rate of HDTVs in households, yet it is the Wii's strongest market. What makes you think that people that own or purchase HDTVs will only want to buy consoles that support HD?

QFT.

 Japan has much higher HD adoption than both EU and USA and still it is the main consol this gen. The thing is this HD-tv = HD content. Much of the reason why me and my friends buys a HD-tv is that it is flat and big.

Looking how well Wii is selling for the moment I can't understand why it would suddently stop selling because of HD addoption rate increase. I mean look at the advertisment for Wii Sport and ask yourself what they are selling on, is it great graphics or just people having fun?