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Nintendo Needs Wii HD or Will "Continue to Fade"

Posted on Monday, November 8 @ 14:34:27 Eastern by Anthony Severino

Industry analyst Michael Pachter says the Wii can't hang with the PS3 or 360 now that they have motion-control options.

The outspoken analyst Pach attacks Nintendo, citing their need to release a Wii HD if they want to keep up with the competition.

“You know frankly, the box isn’t as powerful and anybody who has an HDTV has to think twice about buying a Wii when they can get a 360 or PS3 for not much more.”

Pachter explains that the Wii sold an unprecedented number of consoles since it launched, and the market saturation is just "catching up on them". This comes shortly after the launch of both the PlayStation Move and Kinect for the Xbox 360, both of which pose stiff competition to the current leader in the console wars, the Nintendo Wii.

“I think Nintendo is kind of going to continue to fade unless they decide to refresh the box, and as we all know that Wii HD should be coming out next month…”

You don't need to be an industry analyst to see that unless Nintendo does indeed release new hardware, the momentum of Move and Kinect is going to bowl right over the Wii, especially since all 3 consoles are somewhat comparably priced.

Is the Wii's weak tech offering showing its age? Is the PlayStation Move and the 360's Kinect enough to steal the Wii's motion-controlled thunder? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Tags: Nintendo, Wii, HD, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Michael Pachter, Wii2

Comments

danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Ugh... Pachter....

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wildmario
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Pfft, please. Every analyst and their dog has been saying the Wii is doomed or the Wii needs HD since 2007 and Nintendo still continues to print money. Yes, the Wii has its share of problems, but slapping HD resolutions on the wii won't magically make it better. It still has weak online, laughable storage space, limited chat abilities, etc.

Besides, a "Wii HD" may not even convince current owners to switch since they will just see "Why should I have to pay more money to get the same console but with prettier pictures?" Not to mention it would piss off everyone who got a Wii and now there's an HD version of it out (Remember, you can't move your virtual console games to a new console yourself, Nintendo has to do it),

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UpAndAtThem
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I think Wii already has a strong hold on the casual game market, and that market doesn't really need HD. I wouldn't buy a Call of Duty or Metal Gear game on Wii, but the standard def cartoon look works great for things like Wii sports.

If you want an even better reason why Nintendo should NOT go HD, check out this picture (warning, once you see it you can't unsee it)
2.bp.blogspot.com/_8tYhjRqm9wo/R9wlbd1K5_I/AAAAAAAAADE/zzsfVhJxwXA/s1600-h/realmario.jpg

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Neill
Joined: Nov 2010

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
I don't think so. The Wii is very popular with both old and new gamers, and mind-boggling graphics get old after a few minutes when the gamer concentrates on the gameplay. That is what the Wii has to spare: Good gameplay.

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Rinnon
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I agree with much of what WildMario said there. The Wii's got other problems compared to being HD... bad online, low ammount of disk space, etc...

But really, what does that mean to the casual gamer? Do casual gamers CARE about HD? Do they even know what HD is? Do they know the resolution of the various levels of HD? Probably not.

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BelgianROFLs
Joined: Jun 2008

Posted: Nov 8th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I want Michael Pachter's job. I have never seen anyone else get away with the stupid speculation that this guy does as an "analyst." His stuff only falls into 2 categories, of which there is no overlap: Obvious and Uninformed. Seriously, where do I sign up?

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ryandebraal
Joined: Jul 2006

Posted: Nov 9th, 2010 at 1:27 am
Disagree. Wii just needs to sit put and push their money towards portable development. Good DS games and stellar 3DS launch titles.

This is the first time in a generation a new line of consoles aren't being released 5 years after the last.
Trying to convince people to buy a Wii HD is like convincing people to buy a BluRay player...if they were gonna hop on that train they would have done it already. I think most people are willing to wait for a new generation of consoles rather than spend half that money on gimmicks like too-little-too-late motion controls or an increase in resolution that should have been there since day 1.

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