I used to love Nintendo so much, back in the day, til they stopped trying to get with the times after the SNES. They're a very stubborn company and although the struck gold with the Wii, it's old "add-on peripheral tech" re-envisioned and improved then condensed into controllers that just happened to have a good price point and struck at the height of more mainstream console video gaming. The fact that they didn't want to even come with HD visuals on a system where HD visual consoles were going to be competition from the PS3 and 360 told me a lot about them yet Nintendo got VERY lucky with the Wii. Plus I believe they added to things by "not being able to meet demand", which I believe was a ploy. Just like the old adage goes, lines are good for business and once they realized that they were moving more units than possibly expected, they kept the demand strong by producing very little systems, month after month. I find it hard to believe that such "simple" tech would be hard to produce to meet demand, but what do I really know, eh? I think if they had gone with HD visuals, I, myself, may have wanted it, too, but I've been around slightly before the first video game consoles were ever produced and have owned and own several systems over the years so feel like I don't need to look at "been there, done that" graphics. I'm a progessive mind and felt like HD visuals coupled with consolidated and polished controller tech would have motivated me to own a Wii, too.
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I used to love Nintendo so much, back in the day, til they stopped trying to get with the times after the SNES. They're a very stubborn company and although the struck gold with the Wii, it's old "add-on peripheral tech" re-envisioned and improved then condensed into controllers that just happened to have a good price point and struck at the height of more mainstream console video gaming. The fact that they didn't want to even come with HD visuals on a system where HD visual consoles were going to be competition from the PS3 and 360 told me a lot about them yet Nintendo got VERY lucky with the Wii. Plus I believe they added to things by "not being able to meet demand", which I believe was a ploy. Just like the old adage goes, lines are good for business and once they realized that they were moving more units than possibly expected, they kept the demand strong by producing very little systems, month after month.
I find it hard to believe that such "simple" tech would be hard to produce to meet demand, but what do I really know, eh?
I think if they had gone with HD visuals, I, myself, may have wanted it, too, but I've been around slightly before the first video game consoles were ever produced and have owned and own several systems over the years so feel like I don't need to look at "been there, done that" graphics. I'm a progessive mind and felt like HD visuals coupled with consolidated and polished controller tech would have motivated me to own a Wii, too.
If adding HD to the Wii raised the price to $300 do you think would have priced themselves out of all the "old-foggie" sales?