No. They'll focus on something that matters.

No they will just keep there style.

maybe from a biased gamer's perspective, microsoft did everything perfectly. but it's is pretty much in the same boat as sony in terms of making money in the gaming division.

bolded: prove it.

"From everything I hear, Nintendo made the decision to focus less on the graphical power of the Wii out of necessity. They simply could not compete on the same playing field that Microsoft and Sony were fighting on with the limited resources they had."

I do not believe this. I believe the decision to make the Wii only slightly more powerful than the Gamecube was entirely because Nintendo saw no advantage to putting out a high-powered beast.

I think Nintendo chose the lower tech because the Wii remote and motion control was a huge risk that they didn't know would pay off.

They know it works, they dominated the market, they will definitely throw some money into the hardware this time around since odds are  weill be seeing a modification of the wii remote for the next generation, less R&D towards control and more towards the hardware and other features.

dtewi said:
No. They'll focus on something that matters.

I disagree, while graphics may not be necesarry for a great game (as shown by the excellent titles from previous generatiosn that are still amazing to play), they do matter for support, sadly. Noone can deny that one of the major reasons why the Wii is getting so few high profile games is because of hardware limitations. If the Wii had simialr power to the 360, we wouldn't see developers giving it the shaft as often as they have.

The Wii is not weaker than the original Xbox. Why was that comment even necessary here?

Xbox One has more Flops then Wii :  Look it up

The real question is will Wii HD go native 1080p.

The next Nintendo console will be HD for sure, but I bet they will still try to be the lowest priced console, at least at launch. Everybody dreams of driving a Lexus, but most of us will be happy with a Camry. Which model do you think sells the most? I think it would be a mistake to follow Sony's path of launching a super powerful machine that many can not afford.

Here's what I think will happen. Nintendo will release a console that's basically an 360/PS3 1.5. It's price point will be $200-300 and it will still turn a profit, albeit probably minimal, but a profit nonetheless. Graphically speaking, we're almost near the point where it's pointless to try and push the envelope any further. I was content with the PS2 graphics, and only "graphic-whores" will care for anything more than this generation. They'll probably stick to the same architecture they have now, but with multiple cores/threads wtfe you want to call them. That's what I'd do anyways if I were in charge of R&D for Nintendo and wanted to continue in the right direction with Wii2/Wii HD :P