When can we expect Wii's successor? Miyamoto: Not anytime soon...
With the Wii closing in on it's 4 year anniversary this November, one of the big questions inquiring minds are wondering is: When can we expect a Wii successor?
Before this generation the console life cycle had a 5 year life span. The proceeding console usually being announced at E3, a year before it's launch. Well E3 has come and gone. Nintendo left most gamers salivating at the mouth with announcements such as 3DS, Kirby, DKCR, Goldeneye and of course a new Zelda but, no mention of a new home console. So again I ask, when can we see a Wii 2 or Wii HD? Legendary Nintendo developer, Shigeru Miyamoto shed some light on the subject in a recent interview with Spiegel Online, a German national news site. Here is what he had to say:
Miyamoto:
“Many people still have a lot of fun with the Wii, there are still many good games out for it. But we think about a successor once a console is launched. We monitor the market closely. When the time comes, we will announce a successor. But that will not be anytime soon…I do not believe that will be our next step. One reason Wii is indeed so successful is because most people do not have any HDTV equipment and know how to appreciate what the Wii offers. The Nintendo 3DS is possible because it is a portable console and it works without 3D glasses. For the living room, consumers would need a 3-D TV and it will take some time before enough households have 3-D TVs…”
Hmm...so what can we expect? We all know that Big N is working on their next home console. What kind of horse power will the hardware have? When will it be announced? I give Nintendo approximately 2.5 years before we see the Wii's successor. which means we I predict an announcement at next years E3 in 2011. Agree or disagree? If not then when do you expect to see Nintendo's next console? Let your voices be heard...the people that make our virtual world possible. What do you think?
without sub would be even better
Like MkMiku said in a different thread, Nintendo always manages to wow people by doing the completely unexpected.
BTW, I don't think Nintendo will even announce a new home console for another 2 years or so.
Neither Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft seem to have any intentions of ending this game generation anytime soon. Sony even said that there would not be a new Playstation console for at least 8 years.
On top of that, there is the possibility that the next video game generation may be the last before video games just become virtual reality, that you plug into and play with your mind. I mean seriously, the world of video games is running low on fresh ideas. Nintendo knows that, and I think that they will let the Wii make them money for a good while to come.
So the only reason for a New console is for better graphic or 3D
Everything at inputwise can all ready be done
So say if there was a game that you could *control with you mind* you would only need a new addon not a new console.
I know thats streching it but they really dont need a new console unless they want better graphics
Just new peripherals
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