Next Nintendo console rumors suddenly are all over

[A Black Falcon]

etoven doesn't seem to know that the Gamecube was significantly more powerful than the PS2 is, I assume. Or that the Wii is 1.5-2 times as powerful as the Gamecube, in fact, even if few games show it because developers this generation have been really, really lazy with a lot of their Wii games.

Also, etoven, you forget that before the Wii Nintendo had always released very powerful systems. The NES was by far the most powerful console available when it released in Japan in 1983, it took years for anyone else to catch up. The SNES was the most powerful system for years as well, Neo-Geo excepted. The N64 was clearly the most powerful system of its generation. The Gamecube wasn't quite, but it was close to the Xbox in performance and well ahead of the PS2 and DC. So, in fact the Wii is an abberation, not a longtime trend. If Nintendo's next console returns to being powerful, it would simply be Nintendo getting back to what they had always done before.

And really, if they're going to be releasing a new console, I think it'd have to be HD, which means at minimum 360/PS3 levels of power... and probably beyond that , because both of those systems are older now and if you're only at their level of power, you'll have problems again when the other two release new systems. Maybe they will anyway, but at least by making it powerful they can have more of a chance. I know Nintendo says power isn't the most important thing, and I absolutely agree with that, but it does matter to many people, including most Western developers. That makes a big difference in terms of how much support the system gets; one of the major reasons why the Wii is not selling as well now as it had been is because third parties never gave it a chance because it wasn't as powerful as the PS3 or 360, so they didn't make games for it... so, when first party development slowed down, nothing was there to carry the platform.