If they release a Wii with HD support... then it won't be the same Wii, since you have to add some graphical power behind it in order to output in HD. Which, if they do that, it won't be the Wii, it'll be a Wii2, similar to the way the PS3 is pretty much a PS2, with a few extra bells and whistles and HD. Hell, we can take it all the way back to the NES...
I don't really think you can add HD and still call it the same console because the graphical power and processing power are going to be higher. Probably a lot higher, and whether Nintendo calls it an updated Wii or whatever, it'll still be a successor and not an updated Wii.
And from looking at Japan, where HD penetration is the highest, and where the Wii is kicking the PS3 and 360 to the curb (not that the Wii isn't doing that elsewhere...), I think it's safe to assume that there's not a lot of demand for HD content.
Besides, I was referring to Pachter saying Nintendo will release a HD Wii to lure core players back. As much as some extreme core users love graphics, the vast majority of gamers do not care for such things. You can look at past winning consoles and I think all but the SNES were graphically weaker than the the competition. When the NES was launched, computer gamers smeared it because of its 10 year old graphical and processing abilities.
Basically, Nintendo doesn't need HD to attract core gamers. Releasing games like WarioWare, MarioKart, Mario and Sonic, and those types of "casual" games in HD won't attract core gamers. What they need are core games... games like Brawl, SMG, Disaster, Fatal Frame, Monster Hunter 3, etc. These types of games will bring the core gamers over... not HD. And those games are coming.
But yes... the next round of consoles will all be HD... but that's another 6 years away hopefully and by then HD will be in a large portion of homes and it'll be cheaper. Whether Nintendo calls the next console Wii2 or WiiHD remains to be seen...
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If they release a Wii with HD support... then it won't be the same Wii, since you have to add some graphical power behind it in order to output in HD. Which, if they do that, it won't be the Wii, it'll be a Wii2, similar to the way the PS3 is pretty much a PS2, with a few extra bells and whistles and HD. Hell, we can take it all the way back to the NES...
I don't really think you can add HD and still call it the same console because the graphical power and processing power are going to be higher. Probably a lot higher, and whether Nintendo calls it an updated Wii or whatever, it'll still be a successor and not an updated Wii.
And from looking at Japan, where HD penetration is the highest, and where the Wii is kicking the PS3 and 360 to the curb (not that the Wii isn't doing that elsewhere...), I think it's safe to assume that there's not a lot of demand for HD content.
Besides, I was referring to Pachter saying Nintendo will release a HD Wii to lure core players back. As much as some extreme core users love graphics, the vast majority of gamers do not care for such things. You can look at past winning consoles and I think all but the SNES were graphically weaker than the the competition. When the NES was launched, computer gamers smeared it because of its 10 year old graphical and processing abilities.
Basically, Nintendo doesn't need HD to attract core gamers. Releasing games like WarioWare, MarioKart, Mario and Sonic, and those types of "casual" games in HD won't attract core gamers. What they need are core games... games like Brawl, SMG, Disaster, Fatal Frame, Monster Hunter 3, etc. These types of games will bring the core gamers over... not HD. And those games are coming.
But yes... the next round of consoles will all be HD... but that's another 6 years away hopefully and by then HD will be in a large portion of homes and it'll be cheaper. Whether Nintendo calls the next console Wii2 or WiiHD remains to be seen...