15th April 2011, 4:41 PM
It's good to be skeptical, but to put it in perspective, Nintendo didn't exactly say no one cares about HD. From what I recall at the time Nintendo's position was not enough people had HD TVs to make it worth it. Now the numbers have changed and so Nintendo's position is likely going to match. As for the power of the system, it'd have to be at least as powerful as the 360/PS3 or it'd be a massive let down. More would obviously be preferable, and likely necessary.
One other thing, the internal storage of the next Nintendo system will need a massive upgrade. 512MB on the Wii is absolutely pathetic. Memory cards are better, but still not enough for today's needs. Further, the memory card support on the Wii is pretty shoddy. It took forever just to be able to load games off of it directly, and it's still got second class support since saves are still being stored on internal memory.
One other thing, the internal storage of the next Nintendo system will need a massive upgrade. 512MB on the Wii is absolutely pathetic. Memory cards are better, but still not enough for today's needs. Further, the memory card support on the Wii is pretty shoddy. It took forever just to be able to load games off of it directly, and it's still got second class support since saves are still being stored on internal memory.
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