Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Gaming in General | 3 comments
Pachter: Wii HD could ’seriously damage’ PS3 comeback
There have been a lot of stories floating around about how people in the industry, more specifically, analysts, telling about how Pachter the PS3 might pass the 360 in 6 years time, so on, and so forth. Now, we’ve got another statement from Pachter about how if Nintendo made a hi-def Wii, how it could fuck-up Sony’s chances about the PS3 making a comeback.
“In our view, if Nintendo can offer such a device by year-end 2010, it will be in a position to seriously damage Sony’s chances of a comeback this cycle,” claims the report. “We would expect publishers to support such a move, given that the cost of porting an Xbox 360 game to the new Wii Plus HD format would likely be lower than the cost of building a ground up Wii game (we estimate under $5 million).
“Should Nintendo be able to convince publishers like EA and Take-Two that the Wii Plus should be supported by the entire EA Sports catalog and by the next installment of Grand Theft Auto, it should be in a position to successfully convince consumers that the Wii Plus is the last console they will ever need to purchase.”
Honestly, I agree with him. If the Wii is doing this good right now, and Nintendo plans to make a Wii HD at a semi-low price, it could seriously screw up any of Sony’s plans for a PS3 comeback.
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I really just can’t see a HD Wii coming. I don’t know it doesn’t seem like something nintendo would do, but hey i denied the DSi anyways. I would much rather them focus on whats out now, and save HD for the next console. I know people say 480p is ancient but I don’t know, it never bothered me. I still play alot of games in 480i on my HDTV, When it comes down to it, i just don’t notice those things beyond the first like 20 seconds of anaylizing it. Once i’m in the game it doesn’t bother me.
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I dunno, it kind of seems like the next logical choice for the Wii, with so much success, there’s no way they’d want to put out another console, so why not an updated Wii with the ability to give HD graphics.
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i guess I can see where your coming from Oculin, but it seems like they can turn a bigger profit and have even more games out on the Wii. I don’t see next-gen consoles coming until 2011 or later, so they might as well make one now.
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