Nintendo talks HD

Shadow Flare - 63 days ago

If nintendo released wii hd and made pikmin 3, I would buy a wii. I loved pikmin. While hd is a very welcome proposal, nintendo still need to make a game I actually give a damn about

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darthv72 - 62 days 22 hours ago

based on the ati chip inside? It is certainly capable but they are limiting its potential currently. Or at least that is my interpretation of the wii graphics chip. It is rumored to be better than the original xbox which was capable of 720p on a few games.

Why can't nintendo test the performance of the existing wii by way of a fw update to expand the resolutions supported? MS was able to add a few more options to the 360 by doing that once before.

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dib8rman - 62 days 16 hours ago

Ok motion controls aside another key factor for the Wii's success is it's lack of HD, simply you find many complaints from Industry voices about how Nintendo is killing the Industry, it's because they can't make their games on the Wii and port it.

There are several agenda's within this industry right now and Simply put Wii's lack of Hard Drive space and Wii Friend Codes also it's lack of HD prevent many of them from working on the system with leading share.

To many within the industry currently the idea is HD vs Wii and they need Nintendo to go HD not Nintendo needs to go HD. If a incumbent like Nintendo changes the direction of progress, then they can't bump the revenue by charging more for games with the reasoning that it's HD content.

These companies thrive off investors and investors demand growth, if they can't grow they jack up revenue to mimic growth.

And how do you think they jack up revenue?

Maybe Nintendo will go HD next system cycle, but you can rest assured that Sony and MS will think twice about going UHD next cycle, they will want to wait until Nintendo announces what it will do, only MS may have the guts or stupidity to push out first but if they do another rush job... yea... Sony could innovate the way they always do, by pushing tech as Sony is a company based on pushing tech in new directions by making that tech better. But Sony is not a content company or should I say does not have the content Nintendo has despite its back catalog they are up there though, if they want back in they can't make any mistakes.

As for WiiHD, I'm more interested in Natal and PSmote - more so Natal I would love to know when Natal is coming out, I haven't seen a release date for Natal yet.

Does anyone have any info on when Natal is coming out?

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badz149 - 62 days 14 hours ago

dev will start making HD games similar to those on 360 and PS3 for it! and if you ask me is that a good thing - IMO not very much! Wii is unique on its own with its games because devs have to cater specifically to the different resolution and most importantly the motion controller scheme in order to appeal to the Wii owning crowd but if it is HD capable, devs will make games similar with those on 360 and PS3 because afterall, Wii also support normal controllers and porting directly the same game is cheaper! competing with 360 and PS3 for HD market is not an option for the Wii because I can feel that it will fail miserably like what happen to the GC! Ninty can sell their own franchises like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Wii Fit HD, Wii Play HD etc but that is about it all! the pattern is clear. just look at games that selling on the Wii, almost all of them are 1st party games! plus M$ and Sony will come out with their own HD version of motion controlled games thus making the market more competitive! I know, competitions are good (especially for gamers) but I prefer to have more variety with HD and non-HD, core and casual consoles on the market than having all consoles competing in the same field! just my 2 cents

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oobob - 62 days 21 hours ago

"Eventually, Nintendo will have no choice but to go to HD."

The point is that nintendo waited until HDTV was more adopted by consumers to consider adding support. As it stands less than half the people who play GoW2 do so in HD because they own old tvs. When most consumers own HDTV nintendo will have no other choice.

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TooTall19 - 62 days 20 hours ago

I believe you mean SD
Edit: nevermind I got what you mean now

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Double Toasted - 63 days ago

an HD software update...and if that doesn't work they'll bring out an HD Wii when the price of developing goes down some more for HD developing...

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n4f - 63 days ago

is that they release a software update that allow hd and all that. like that it wouldnt be a ripoff.
but we all know that it wont be like that so we will wait and see.
i personally dont care about hd( yes a got an hd tv with 360 and wii)

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dirthurts - 62 days 23 hours ago

The Wii could push an HD signal, but at what price?
Frame rate? Even less detail in texture, geometry, and draw distances?
If they simply do a software update, only games meant for HD will be HD, and those that are designed for it will have to take a cut somewhere. I personally don't feel the Wii as it is will be able to do a worthwhile HD experience.
Maybe if they release an updated version with updated hardware that would simply force all games to run in HD, but without the performance hit. That would be nice.

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EvilTwin - 62 days 22 hours ago

Yup.

When the Wii released, the cost for HD tech was prohibitively high.

But now, you can't even find an SDTV at Wal-Mart. The cost of producing an HD set has come so far down that old tube-type televisions will be obsolete in the very near future.

Likewise, HD hardware for a gaming console has come down in price, too, so it's only a matter of time before Nintendo releases an HD console.

I wouldn't be surprised for them to sneak a new console out in 2011. Remember, they launched the Wii with Zelda, which also was the Gamecube's swan song. I could see the next LoZ being the last great Wii game, and also the one to launch their new box.

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sidar - 62 days 22 hours ago

Even the PS3 is down to 300, so 2010 would be a perfect place to sell a new Nintendo console with specs like the Ps3....and sell it for 250.

And i agree, their next console will implement the same thing as Wii-motes anyway so they could actually pass those games on to the next console.

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oobob - 62 days 20 hours ago

"and comes in black"

Your fashion sense is so hardcore.

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sidar - 62 days 22 hours ago

Well HD is usually used in different context, if they use software to update their resolution output, nothing will change cept the output.

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MEGATRON D - 62 days 22 hours ago

That would be nice though. And sooner than later would be nicer.

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Quadrix - 62 days 21 hours ago

Indeed. Of course, HD by itself isn't enough. I think the real charm is how much is on the screen at once. So in a sense, the processor and RAM the system has is a bigger thing than graphics.

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Quadrix - 62 days 18 hours ago

Yeah, I'd prefer that over HD. 480p, when done right, can actually be visually satisfying

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sidar - 62 days 17 hours ago

The problem with "bigger" games is that you will need a bigger budget. Unless you are funded, you as a developer just can't make your games bigger without loosing some quality.

Time is money!!

Only if the budget allows it, a bigger game is more likely without budgering the quality to get everything done before the deadline.

HD development is expensive.

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CryWolf - 62 days 19 hours ago

I agree the Failbox need to replace or Nintendo and Sony need to join forces to destroy xbot on console sales.

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