Reggie States When Wii Successor May Come Into The Picture
Thursday, 11 Mar 2010 - 20:00PM
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the platform giant will start thinking about the development of the Wii successor, when an idea comes forward that can't be executed on the current system.
Fils-Aime was asked - in an interview with Forbes - when we'll be seeing any big jumps of innovation, replying with:
"Absolutely, we pride ourselves on the big innovative jump, typically in the area of the consumer experience. The way we approach that innovation, because we have hardware developers working side by side with software developers, is that when the software developer comes forward with an idea that can't be executed on the current platform, that's when we start thinking seriously about the next system. We're not there yet, from a Wii perspective."
The Nintendo Wii - successor to the GameCube - was launched worlwide in 2006. It has been rumoured that a HD upgrade of the system is in development. However, Reggie later stated that the company is "not interested" in both HD and 3D technology.
Posted by JShuester - Sunday 14 Mar, 2010 - 17:41PM
A lot of potential new customers of the wii are going to be left out in the cold since most people are playing games on their new HDTV's. The wii looks blurry on an HD tv. Fils Amie is in denial when he says that HD isn't needed.
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Posted by ParkTriolo - Sunday 14 Mar, 2010 - 19:58PM
What is all this BS about the Wii looking blurry on an HD-TV. Well, it doesn't look blurry on Samsung and Sony... I've seen that... pictures are very crisp. People who do nothing but complain about the Wii should stop complaining and start playing some of the many cool Wii-games in stead. Fils-Aime is actually right... when the Wii was released there was no real reason for HD and there still isn't enough of a reason to warrant HD. He is also right that HD is not big enough to release a whole new console based on that alone. Nintendo have something really cool up their sleeve, just wait and see.