Microsoft's Robbie Bach has said that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 still have plenty of power to offer, but Nintendo can't say that about their console (Wii). Speaking to TheProvince, Bach said;

"I think in many ways we’re still on the upside of the console lifecycle. Historically, the content cycle has been driven by graphic technology. There’s still plenty of power available in the Xbox 360, there’s still plenty of power available in the [Sony] PlayStation 3. Nintendo probably can’t say that. They may have a capacity and a power problem on the graphics side that they need to deal with. But when I look at the [overall] cycle, I think there’s still plenty of upside given what we have today."

Maybe time for the Wii HD? There's still huge speculation that Nintendo will reveal an upgrade to the console at this years GDC, or even at E3 2010 just in time for the holiday season. Either way, Microsoft and Sony are looking to take advantage of 2010 with their motion sensing peripherals.

http://connectedconsoles.com/ps3-Bach-360-PS3-have-plenty-of-power-to-offer-Nintendo-cant-say-that.cfm

I think it goes without saying that there'll be Wii HD.

I think it's a matter of when it'll be released and how much will change between the Wii and Wii HD. Will the next Wii include new different controllers, or continue with the same Wii controller set-up and just upgrade graphics.

Also, what other possible features could it have. Nintendo will also need to compete with Natal coming out later this year, and SONY's 3D and motion control.

The potential success of each of these additional features can be argued about, but each of HD consoles are adding features, and the Wii isn't. It doesn't mean the Wii isn't fun... but the Wii needs to maintain or increase sales (same as the HD consoles) but it doesn't appear as though Nintendo has announced anything to address this yet.

He.. covers Sony? OmFg Microsoft secretly bought by Sony confirmed? srsly, wheres the bashing? i cant find it.. :(

A Wii HD? Why, because some spokesman of Microsoft says there should be? A Wii HD would be an absolute disastrous business move.

Yes Nintendo's next console will probably be HD, but it won't simply be a Wii +. It will be a completely new console, with a completely new selling point, and we probably won't see it for at least another 2 years.

Do we REALLY need  a Wii HD? The only thing that 360/PS3 have over Wii are graphics. Everything else in games are last gen nothing really pushing the limits besides graphics.

I think it goes without saying that people have gone bonkers with their suspicions. What Wii HD? What competition? So far the competition is a no-subject with Sony as it doesn't even have a complete control scheme made. We keep hearing about Natal and how many companies are producing games for it and we haven't seen even one so far. We don't even know how much of the hd twin audience is interested in these inventions.

As far as Nintendo is concerned, they're miles ahead of where the other two are at this point.

a MS PR saying something "right" about the their competition? this can't be right, Sony was bought by MS confirmed.

- MS PR not bashing the PS3 : congratz ;)

- Wii power, despite being limited, is still LARGELY sufficient to make very good cinematic games (see SoTC or GoW1/2 on PS2)

Wii's got a lot left to be tapped too i imagine. Optimization on the console has been very poor (with bad-looking games that still have unstable coding and framerates in some cases), and only a few that really seem to be genuinely impossible on the GameCube in terms of tech.

better online? more features? can play DVD/Blu Ray? better 3rd party support? bigger HDD?