Pachter "Nintendo simply has to go the HD way"
Ahhh... My good friend and game industry truth-sayer Michael Pachter speaks again. The man continues to amaze me, I know analysts can seem a little... let's say 'slow', but Michael is the master of slow and not in the tortoise kinda way. Here is a snippet from a post on
GameIndustry.biz:
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has said that he's certain a high definition version of Nintendo's Wii home console will be released. Nintendo needs to recapture the market for core gamers and overcome the image it's cultivated as a console for parents and children, said the analyst, speaking to AFP.
"Nintendo has to overcome that," said Pachter of the lack of hardcore titles in development for the Wii from third-party publishers. "A Wii HD would really position Nintendo well, which is why I'm absolutely convinced there is a Wii HD coming. "Businesswise, they can't have people saying that their machine is a toy for my mom," he added.
While I won't go so far as to say that there is no Wii HD coming, Mr Pachter is once again missing the point of the Wii -and- totally ignoring the facts. Nintendo owns nearly half of the console market and shows not signs of slowing down. They have opened up what was thought to be a niche market (casual gamers) and proved that it is huge. As a bonus, they have given their long-time fans refreshing new ways of gaming (If you haven't already, you've -got- to try Mario Kart's control scheme). Nintendo doesn't need HD. Period. Sure, we'd like it, and we'd like some more storage space as well, but in the end, Nintendo has put forward a very successful strategy that doesn't require top of the line graphics to keep going strong.
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