and I said most hardcore game developer's for the PC. i was not talking about mainly console developer's only, which frankly is also less and less because 3rd party need as much as they can get. Multi-core increased the cost over all this generation hardware and the learning curve for some developer's to learn it.

as you just stated over 1 GHz right?  what are we talking here 1.5 Ghz, single 2 multiple 1.5 Ghz single core or multiple?

if they go single core the problem will still be trying to cram code made for multiple processor's running on a single core..even if they go Multiple-core they would still need the core's to perform just as good in performance than what ever the other system's are performing at. because less speed multi-core developement would not be any real benefit's over faster multiple core processor's because they are all still multiple core.

Nintendo is not greater than the market of the PC/xbox/playstation.

which most of the major 3rd party Publisher's that make game's for Windows OS are PC developer's more PC game's have been ported to the Xbox360 and the PS3

the 3rd party developer's would be leaving a ton of money on the table if what you would like to happen. Which like I said Nintendo will have no real advantage next generation other than coming out first and get a timed exclusive if anything due to many 3rd party Exclusive's are overwith this generation and most likely from now on. Nintendo would have to pony up some cash or support to get their exclusive.

the exact same boat that Sony  an  Microsoft will be in next generation.

Developers leaving money on the table, or not, depends entirely on how the market actually plays out.  Again, I'm arguing Nintendo's strategy likely hinges on preempting the competition to drive an insurmountable userbase advantage.  Basically they'll do the PS2 strategy, which is exactly what they're doing with 3DS also.  Of course looking at how they handled Wii and even DS mainly, it's pretty clear developers don't have that great a track record with "leaving money on the table".  Thankfully, the 3DS commitments implies they can learn from their mistakes though. ;)

And I'd expect Nintendo next CPU to be multicore, speedy and efficient.  And from IBM.  Something similar to Xenos (but higher specced) would not surprise me in the least.

even if they launch first many of the game's will go multi-platform unless you pay, or help with production or buy the developer. something Nintendo does not do that often, help with development maybe..but payout's most likey no.

even if they get the jump on both the xbox3 or playstation 4 they will get timed exclusives. pretty much what Microsoft and Sony got this generation. because no single platform is not worth the rest of the market without incentive.

which it's going to upto Nintendo to poney up the incentive what ever that may be.

Totally agree. The N3DS, was the show. And that's is.

Again, it depends entirely on how the market plays out.  If Wii2 manages an early PS2-like huge lead, Nintendo will get a ton of defacto exclusive content (like PS2 did).  If the market simply fractures like PS3/360, we'll see 99% multiplatform R&D (again, like PS360).

3DS is basically taking a PS2-like approach, I expect Wii2 will as well.  It might work out, it might not, but I think that's very much the direction we're headed...

based on current trend's that's most likely never going to happen because 3rd party exclusives are less and less likely unless you incentive them.

it's I think a pipe dream of old to get that complete 3rd party exclusivity anymore simply because it's not worth to just go one platfor unless their's an incentive.Even if you have the largest market share among the game console's the other's still have plenty of install base you would have to pass anyway. which still would take atleast a year or two. which by that time they may have released one new system of their own. consider this

say dintendo does release early..say 2011 there is still more Wii's on the market than that Wii replacement. now what will it offer over the current Wii?

if you notice there will not be much but higher graphic's and maybe a better online structure.

what price point will it be at $300.00 pretty much inline with both the xbox360 or the PS3 the Nintendo product's are not going to get a sizable jump in the technology front over these already on the market with out costing the consumer more money. Nintendo has alway's went the LOW end. if they went the High end it would be exciting to say the least. but i very much doubt it.

that still leaves the :

PC

the XBOX360

Playstation 3

an nintendo's very own Wii all still on the shelf.

the 3RD party developer's are not going to leave the previous generation system's out in the cold for only one system esp. since the other's have healty sale's.

but lets say for sake of argument

the Wii replacement will be worth more than the current Wii, but not as much as the xbox360 or the PS3 because the hardware is expensive ands even now in order to be near the tech. it's going to cost Nintendo some money .

the Wii is still selling fantastic.

the point is were almost at sturation point for total system's in the market Retail space is so small. so this say take's over the space of the PSP..right.

So now sony has little to no space for their PSP. that still does not take away from the fact that the Wii will still be taking up quite a bit of space of it's own.

no one is going to walk into Walmart and see only Nintendo system's esp. when both the xbox360 and the PS3 are haveing strong sale's. the Wii's replacement I would say is not going to be released next year. i doubt even in 2012 also.

the time of the single one system dominance is pretty much over. in game console's Microsoft is a very strong system slaes on the market and now sony has built the PS3's lossed market share back some of what it lost. it still lost quite a bit but that's a whole other topic.

yea it will win the cell phone market. the 3ds will sell millions more

I'd say Wii 2 is prime for 2012

I'd also say it will be $300. Initially, the Wii could have sold at $300 and not lost a single sale. Momentum and demand was so high at the time that online retailers were selling it for an upwards of $350. As long as Nintendo provides content that they feel warrants the price, it is not a problem.

Like that means anything. If asked, they'll say that even a second before they're authorized to announce PSP2

LEAVE DREAMCAST ALONE!!!!

....she was awesome.. like a hot girl for 2 hours... and then she went away....