[Spike]

Originally posted by Conor
I heard the original Wii was Nintendo's last project. I'd be suprised if we saw another one.

Nintendo have confirmed work has started on the Wii 2

[Scarlett.]

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has told GamesIndustry.biz that he believes a higher spec, HD-enabled "Wii 2" could be on the shelves "in a couple of years".

Pachter's comments came in response to those made by SEGA executive Scott Steinberg, who expressed concern about the long term future of Nintendo's console.

"I think that a lot of people consider the Wii a "fad", and attribute that conclusion to the type of people who have been attracted to the Wii so far," Pachter said, observing that many publishers "don't know what to do with" the new demographics of female and older gamers.

"Sega, of course, has games like Sonic that resonate well with this audience, so I'm not singling them out as having an issue, but it appears to me that these non-traditional consumers baffle most of the publishers," he continued.

"As they are unaccustomed to dealing with them this early in the cycle, they have to justify their oversight in not anticipating the strength of the Wii with this group by labelling the group as having no staying power, resulting in the labelling of the Wii as a fad."

With regard to Steinberg's suggestion that developers are reaching the limits of creative possibility when it comes to the Wii's remote control, Pachter said, "I can't begin to imagine what is on the drawing board for the Wii, but I can say that most developers I've spoken with are extemely excited about the potential for the console... I believe that we've only just scratched the surface.

"Also, Scott's analysis presupposes that we have seen the last in hardware innovation from Nintendo," he went on.

"I disagree. It's easy to envision a Wii 2 in a couple of years that runs at full HD, and has both a Wii-mote and an analog controller, so that all games can be ported to it.

"If Nintendo were to introduce such a device, it would be fully comparable to the Xbox 360 - perhaps it wouldn't have Blu-ray, so a comparison to the PS3 may be unfair - and would likely have most of the same third party content as the other two devices."

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[andyman]

Nintendo was beaten by sony and microsoft... Sony even put the last nail in sega's coffin even though the dreamcast was ok. Nintendo went back to the drawing board and went into a new market of family friendly games, it had to change tactics or face the same fate as sega! Nintendo have been around a very long time and at first they made playing cards over hundred years ago and always have changed with the times. If nintendo made a wii2 then it would sell like hot cakes.
Sony need to work on there network site (home) looks amazing and should build into a huge 3D online world.. Multi console multiplayer would be better.. PS3 players v PC players v Xbox360 players.

[Scarlett.]

I am one of the people who consider the Wii as a fad, it will wear off after a while, I know a lot of people whose Wii is just sat gathering dust now

[Callum]

Wii 2? That's taking the piss.

[andyman]

Originally posted by Chewy
I am one of the people who consider the Wii as a fad, it will wear off after a while, I know a lot of people whose Wii is just sat gathering dust now

Its more of a party console, a family console thats fun for kids plus mums and dads that hate games! Lol

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by andyman

Its more of a party console, a family console thats fun for kids plus mums and dads that hate games! Lol

Yeah, lol
Sega was more that type of Console too, but then look what happened there

[Fom]

Originally posted by Chewy
I am one of the people who consider the Wii as a fad, it will wear off after a while, I know a lot of people whose Wii is just sat gathering dust now

Yes but thats the enthusiast speaking... to me, a casual gamer who plays games once in about 2 weeks I love the wii... its fun and it is just a different thing to do. I get so bored of sitting playing a game on a normal pad. I get such a cool little buzz when I get to swing my remote about and bash people over the head with my remote.

I personally cannot WAIT to see what nintendo comes up with next, although it is a while away... they are not even half way through with their ideas for wii yet! The possibilities are endless and you can do so much more stuff on the wii than any other console.

[Spike]

Originally posted by Chewy
I am one of the people who consider the Wii as a fad, it will wear off after a while, I know a lot of people whose Wii is just sat gathering dust now

Its not a fad, it appeals to lots of people and if the Wii 2 continues to do that then its going nowhere.
Most of the peoples Wii's that are gathering dust are probably hardcore gamers who are more suited to the PS3 or Xbox360 and they aren't the target group for the Wii.

[Scarlett.]

It'd be great if they did something new though, and not just repeated what the Wii did
Nintendo are good at doing things differently

[Hugo]

I still love my Wii, they're great for playing light hearted games with the family and they are definetly the most fun. I have a 360 but I'm not a mad gamer so I don't play on it all that much and when I do its mostly sports games. Overall I prefer the Wii

[Scarlett.]

Anywho


I wonder what the next Xbox's subtitle will be?

Xbox 720 makes no sense

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Chewy
Anywho


I wonder what the next Xbox's subtitle will be?

Xbox 720 makes no sense

I doubt it'll even be called 720.

[Scarlett.]

Yeah, I hope it wont be
360 made sense as the logo is a circle
720 would have to be 2 circles lol


There was a rumour it would be Ybox XD cause of the controls

[andyman]

The NextBox... What else could it be? Lol

[Scarlett.]

lol nah cause then what would the next Nextbox be called

I think they will keep to the Xbox name and have a different subtitle
Did you know it was oiginall going to be called the "DirectXbox" XD

[andyman]

Directbox? Oh my days! Lol.

They have already used a good name for there black console.. Xbox elite.. Would have been better saving that name for a later date.

*2012 comes the xbox elite* lol.. Too late now.

[Scarlett.]

Lol yeah
Maybe the Xbox Gold XD :S

[andyman]

I feel sorry for anybody that just bought a new 40gb ps3... When the 80gb is out at the same price... And still 2 months from now sony are bringing out a 160gb for Ł339. Lol best to know what there doing before spending the cash.
A console with built in 3G mobile tech would be good... Play online games anywhere, download games anywhere...

[Scarlett.]

Lol I wish I had Xbox Live

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by Chewy
Lol I wish I had Xbox Live

I kinda find it disapointing, quite a few people have a rotten atitude and ruin the experience. Plus you gotta play to play online which I hate. It's one of the reasons I really want a ps3. FREE ONLINE PLAY!!!!!!

[Scarlett.]

Yeah, thats the main upside of the PS3 lol that and Blu Ray

[andyman]

Anybody seen that ps3 home? Its way better than xbox live.

[001steven]

yeah home looks great i agree the wii is more family type i prefer my ps3 though i think the next ps4 wil be great

[Chemicle]

I don't know, i think Microsoft will step it up a notch, and be the winning console.