They still are

One of his better articles in a while. It is and has always been suspicious always hearing analysts and publishers alike talking about Wii HD. I don't think I've ever seen a market leader who is still number one in console sales by a large margin over its competitors almost brow beat into doing something as nonsensical as to cut off their fanbase simply to upgrade visual quality? That doesn't seem to matter to the majority of Wii owners.

Main big name franchises would and DO sell great on Wii. That's just industry talk. A flop on Wii is Wii's audience fault a flop on the other consoles is because the game just wasn't any good. I'd love to see how well a spin off dead space rail shooter would sell on an HD console. I'm so glad NMH is coming to HD consoles I'm leaning toward it being a GTA:CW situation all over again.

If the Wii had failed wouldn't Nintendo move strictly to handheld systems. We won't see Zelda or Mario on the hd twins but exclusively on the ds. With the ds install base they wouldn't need to move their IPs to the hd systems because people wounldn't pass on a ds zelda titles because there wouldn't be any flagship titles to wait for.

I don't like that idea at all.

...and will continute to be.

Enough of the fanboy banter.

So you're excited because an underappreciated game might flop when given another chance to find a new audience? What is wrong with you?

As third parties shut out the Wii a ton of new gamers will shut out third parties. Most new gamers will not know or care who these developers are and will only recognize Nintendo games as quality.

As the gaming media shuts out the Wii a ton of new gamers will shut out the gaming media. Most new gamers will not know or care what these "professionals" have to say.


This is only if any of this stuff is really true. I'm still unconvinced and doubtful that the industry is really trying to get rid of Nintendo as a hardware company. However, if they are, and they don't succeed, they'll only be shooting themselves in the foot as these new gamers become core.

ARE YOU SAYING THEY PLAYED IT SAFE WITH WII!!!????

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH BALLS IT MUST'VE REQUIRED TO LAUNCH A CONSOLE *THAT* DIFFERENT!?

They didn't have much choice in the home console market. they were a year late and have been losing market share for 2 prior generations playing along with the competition.

So yes, wii was a risk, but it was do or die.

I'm talking post Wii launch. Many publications and sites have criticized nintendo for just sitting there and collecting cash while they are really not doing much with it. Nintendo said they trippled their R&D...and vitality sensor is what they came up with? Hmm...

R&D does tend to take a long time to bear fruit. Patience is necessary.