Easy-going Miyamoto suddenly tight-lipped about Wii HD console
- November 10, 2008 08:19 AM PST
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Shigeru Miyamoto "cannot confirm" that Nintendo is currently working on an HD version of its popular Wii console.
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While rumors persist that Nintendo is working on a new Wii console, complete with HD and some kind of new interface, the notoriously loose-lipped Shigeru Miyamoto has suddenly taken to a more conservative approach when talking about Nintendo's future plans.
Miyamoto, always good for an off-the-cuff remark or two at video games conferences each year, was uncharacteristically mum when asked about a high definition Wii offering.
Speaking to German site 3sat (translated by Nintendo Everything), Miyamoto said he could not confirm what Nintendo was doing today.
"But the fact of the matter is that technology is evolving all the time and in Japan, for example, all the analog broadcasts will be stopped and shifted into the digital broadcasting," he said. "So many things are taking place and we are working in terms of the changes of the technologies all the time."
It was a peculiar answer, to say the least, but somewhat unsurprising given Nintendo's TV-like strategy in Japan at the moment. Next year could prove interesting on the Nintendo front, no?
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- Nov 10 2008 at 08:58:53:AM PST
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I have no doubt that the next Nintendo console will offer HD... but I think we've got a few (2-3) more years to wait before it's released.
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Nintendo will offer everything plus the kitchen sink in the new console, they want to crush the competition once and for all, and to do that the console will have to be able to handle any port thrown their way. They already have the Parents on their side, along with all the younger kids--- all they need to crush MS and Sony is that 18 to 35 dem, and if the console can handle the ports, then they got it locked up... so much so that any other console will be a non issue.
They need to effectively look at everything MS and Sony did wrong and make that their strong points... Nintendo will NOT let go of the reigns this time out, and if they play their cards right MS and SOny will be little more than an annoyance
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Toneman wrote:
I have no doubt that the next Nintendo console will offer HD... but I think we've got a few (2-3) more years to wait before it's released.
of course, as usual they'll hit around the same time frame i dont expect to see Next-Gen till 2012 . Info on each console won't really start flowing till 2010
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The question people should be asking is what are MS and Sony going to do to top Nintendo? Somehow I doubt Nintendo is going to offer state of the art graphics technology in their next console, but at the same time I don't think MS and Sony will either.
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tparsons5150 wrote:
dont count on that deadmanwalking This new HD console will barely be on par with PS3/360 and will be competing with PS4 and new Xbox, so once again it will be Fun and nothing more
LOL!!! Everybody look at this. . . nuff said. LOL!!!
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tparsons5150 wrote:
dont count on that deadmanwalking This new HD console will barely be on par with PS3/360
Look you guys!! We've got ourselves an insider here!!
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Caliko wrote:
tparsons5150 wrote:
dont count on that deadmanwalking This new HD console will barely be on par with PS3/360Look you guys!! We've got ourselves an insider here!!
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nintendoes wrote:
tparsons5150 wrote:
dont count on that deadmanwalking This new HD console will barely be on par with PS3/360 and will be competing with PS4 and new Xbox, so once again it will be Fun(for Kids) and nothing moreLOL!!! Everybody look at this. . . nuff said. LOL!!!
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