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leo-j on 07 February 2010

A Wii HD

plays all wii games, and upscales them to 1080p resolution

plays DVDs and upscales them to HD resolution

priced at $249

and includes remote with built in wii motion plus



 

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LordTheNightKnight on 07 February 2010
leo-j said:
A Wii HD

plays all wii games, and upscales them to 1080p resolution

plays DVDs and upscales them to HD resolution

priced at $249

and includes remote with built in wii motion plus

Unless it makes developers flock to the Wii as they should have been, and people would still buy it in droves, it's not going to happen. They will not simply take the Wii and beef up the specs. It will be an entirely new system that has new specs.



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Wyrdness on 08 February 2010

Well Miyamoto has apparently confirmed the is some sort of hardware on the way.


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Shonen on 08 February 2010
Wyrdness said:
Well Miyamoto has apparently confirmed the is some sort of hardware on the way.


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If a new Wii was about to coming out , Nintendo miyamoto would be working on it and not on a Motion Plus game ... See its DS2



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Mr Khan on 08 February 2010
patjuan32 said:
Mr Khan said:
patjuan32 said:
Wyrdness said:
patjuan32 said:

Yes the GBA was selling well when Nintendo announced the DS. They also announced that it was a third pillar and let's not forget that the Gamecube was not selling as well as Nintendo had hoped. However this situation is different. The Wii is selling exceptionally well and so is the DS. No third pillar is needed. Nor is a successor to the DS. All Nintendo needs to do is focus on software. Once the sales of the Wii and DS begin to decline and price cuts and bundles will no longer matter then the introduction of New hardware is needed but let's not get  ahead of ourselves. The DSi XL has not been relesed in the West and that will boost the sales of the DS, as I previously stated.

Note: Nintendo also had their Online network setup and wanted to take advantage of this new technology, which was becoming a standard. The GBA could not utilize it. Therefore new Technology had to be developed. There's no new technology that requires a DS2 to make use of it.

As for consoles reaching their potential, I think Sony and Nintendo have both gotten as much potential as they could from the PSX, PS2, and the Gameboy. Eventually systems must die becasue technology has moved on and the consumers have moved on also.

The third pillar statement was a way for Nintendo to quickly back track to the GB series if the DS flopped and allowed the PSP to eat into the market share of the handheld market but as it didn't the GB series was killed off. One good reason for them announcing a handheld at this time is that it can allow the new platform to ride the DS momentum which is high even now rather then let it die down, all they need is backwards compatibility and many people will convert like with previous handhelds. You keep mentioning the DSi XL like it matters, the GB Micro wasn't even released when the DS arrived so what, they've already moved 125m DS' if they announce a new platform now I don't think it's that big a deal to them. Either way that's if the is any new hardware which I doubt.

Actually, the third pillar statement was not a way to back track if the DS failed against the PSP. Nintendo did not know that the DS was going to be successful as it has become. They thought that it would sell along side the GBA but that did not happen because the DS was a big hit. This led Nintendo to have to manufacture more and the GBA was subsequently killed off to make room for the DS.

The GBA micro cost Nintendo almost Nothing. It was just a redesigned GBA with out the backwards compatibility with the GameBoy color and the original Gameboy. The lack of backwards compatibility is why the Micro died.  The DSi XL is a big deal. It continues the DSi line of consoles and attempts to expand it's audience even more, which it will.

A new portable may not ride the success of the DS. The DS did not ride the success of the GBA. Instead the success of the DS led publishers, developers, and Nintendo to abandon the GBA and focus on the DS. Remember Nintendo could have dropped the price of the GBA to $50.00 and it would have sold extremely well but they stated that the DS was young and they did not want to undermine its market. Furthermore the DS launched with more third party software than Nintendo software and was losing to the PSP, after the PSP launched,  in sales monthly until Nintendo began to focus on developing titles for the DS. IGN even had an article a few months after the launch of the DS stating "Where are the Nintendo games." What I'm saying is that Nintendo will have to comit development resources behind this new platform. They were unable to do it with the Gameboy color and the GBA. How would they be able to do it now.

And that is a key indicator. There is currently a void of announced Nintendo titles for the DS, and it would be high time for them to transition over. I bet even the new Pokemon is going to be forwards-compatible.

You are making things up now. A Super Robot wars game has been announced, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 has been announced, The new pokemon game, and  Sonic and sega allstars racing are just a few of the annouced games. Besides Publishers and Developers announce titles all the time. There's really no specific time frame for game announcements. E3 usually has a lot of game announcements but other than that Developers and Publishers tend to wait to hype a game up shortly before it's released.

I do think you are trying to hard to find some reason for this rumor to be true. The DS is still selling incredibly well all it needs is more software. The DSI XL still has not be released in the West and will most assuredly spur DS sales higher. Why would Nintendo announce a new platform before the DSI XL has a chance to sale? It does not make sense.

Because there would be minimal overlap for the DSi XL. Another 3rd-pillar strategy with about a year of solid overlap between the platforms could work quite handily again, with early adopters not overlapping with the old folks that the XL is intended for in the first place.



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Wyrdness on 08 February 2010
Shonen said:
Wyrdness said:
Well Miyamoto has apparently confirmed the is some sort of hardware on the way.


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If a new Wii was about to coming out , Nintendo miyamoto would be working on it and not on a Motion Plus game ... See its DS2

Yeah I agree that it's pretty much a given it's not a Wii successor, I even doubt a Wii upgrade as it's not really viable and only something certain people are hoping for, unless it's an add on for the Wii which I doubt as the vitality sensor is on the way and neither it or WMP were hinted at in such a way signs are pointing to the handheld market whether a successor or new model DS. Imho this could probably coincides with the new generation of Pokemon.



Buzzi on 08 February 2010
leo-j said:
A Wii HD

plays all wii games, and upscales them to 1080p resolution

plays DVDs and upscales them to HD resolution

priced at $249

and includes remote with built in wii motion plus

Could be, but not just that.



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Kenoid on 08 February 2010

It can maybe have online multiplayabiltity? That's one thing handheld consoles lack, although yes, you can wire up with your other friend or wireless.

Try to make it like the ipod touch, wider screen.

Make sure it doesn't glare.



                                  

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jarrod on 08 February 2010
rastari said:
It says a new platform does that mean a new downloadable platform like a new wiiware or vc?

I know most people would freak out, but a DSi Virtual Console would totally make my year.