New Nintendo Console Playable at E3

I find it amusing, as well, but I find the anti-Nintendo fanboy response to these rumors even more amusing.  "What?  They aren't going to go near bankruptcy to have the latest and greatest hardware possible like MS and Sony did with their current-gen systems?  FAIL!!!!"

I mean, let's face it - Sony and Microsoft have been selling their systems at a loss for quite a long time, whereas the Wii was sold at a profit from day one.  Nintendo isn't going to go off the deep end to get the most technologically advanced hardware, especially considering how successful the Wii is.  The Sony/MS fanboys that are out there are saying that their respective companies will release a new console within a year of the Wii2's launch.  They also expect it to be significantly better than the Wii2, with a similar price point.  The fact is, this won't happen.  The reason both companies are clamoring for a 10-year lifecycle for their systems because they can't afford to make a new one right now, between the cost of their current system and the economy in general.  On top of that, 1080p is the best we're going to get for resolution on a home console for quite some time, so any desire for noticably better graphics is not going to be cost-effective any time soon.

Between the cost necessary to make a system significantly better than the PS3, the cost such a system would be at launch and the fact that neither Sony nor MS can really afford to make such a system (especially at a competetive price point), I don't see either company making a new system to compete with the Wii2 really soon.  A few years down the road?  Yeah, but by then Nintendo will have yet more tricks up their sleeve.

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