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No More GameCube, Wii 2.0 On the Far Horizon
The little purple machine that could is no longer being manufactured. Hardware revisions are in store for the Nintendo Wii eventually. These announcements aren't terribly shocking, but they're still interesting admissions from Perin Kaplan, Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America. GameDaily has the interview, which also discusses Wii sales, the lull in games, new IPs, and some details on plans online. Don't worry, you won't have to buy a new Wii anytime soon. Kaplan is immediately talking about the planned Japanese version with DVD Playback capability, but does say 'Sure, absolutely' to the question of whether we'll eventually see hardware changes on the order of the DS/DS Lite.
Maybe they'll include HDMI output, like microsoft is doing for this year's revision of the X360.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
The game boy pocket was quite a few years after the original game boy, so I'll pass on that. However, people who got it had no idea there was a GB Color upcoming.
People who got a GB Advance had no idea Nintendo would release a version that not only was rechargeable but had a light in less than two years.
DS, late 2004. People had no idea that they would make a version with better brightness in early 2006.
So basically, people are getting screwed over because Nintendo releases a better version in less than 2 years, and they have no way to anticipate it. I'm a bit pissed that I had no way of knowing Nintendo would release a better Wii in a couple years instead of the usual 5 or so for consoles, and not only that, we're not even being told what new features it's going to have.
Nintendo should be telling us this stuff to start with, and letting the consumer make an informed decision.
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