Reggie: Nintendo not 'thinking seriously' about next console yet

It look to me like he's thinking "Brainnnnnnnnnnnnnns!"

I never know what to think of these statements. It could be complete PR BS until E3 and they announce a new console. Then again, I can totally see Nintendo riding the wave as long as they can...

am i the only one who thinks reggie's a really funny looking dood? almost like a cartoon character really

Wii HD confirmed for 2010!

It's going to happen but when?

Funny, Reggie, that directly contradicts what your R&D guys have said. Right after they launch a product, they immediately set about making it better.

Like he knows....he is too far down the food chain to know shit yet....

no way in hell Nintendo doesn't have the Wii successor in R&D by now....at the very least if its not past the drawing board it will be by the end of the year....

Nintendo can't possibly think that it will be able to keep the Wii in its current form going strong past next summer....the market is getting highly saturated and they are going to have to do something to keep consoles going....

I really hope they dont release a Wii HD? My launch Wii with component cables looks just fine on my 42in 1080p hdtv and 1080p projector I just got. If they announce a system at E3 it better be the Wii 2 or DS 2, no little upgrade but a full brand new system.

He needs to clarify his statement, I'm sure when they were thinking of the Wii they weren't serious.

/jk

That doesn't sound like Nintendo to me...

From what I understand, Nintendo always started work on R&D for the next big system, right after the current system was released.

When the SNES came out, they got cracking on "Project Reality", and when the N64 came out, "Dolphin".

Also, what's with this quote:
"So when people talk about high definition for the Wii console, our feedback is that that by itself will not create a brand new experience. Therefore, we're not interested."

To be frank, HD doesn't add to the experience, it merely enhances it. Today, standard definition has been spoilt by High definition, it's harder to immerse people with HD visuals. You can't shrug HD off Nintendo, not any more.

Phew, these handhelds and consoles this generation really are going to last a long time, aren't they? Its good and bad for all involved. I'm sure the recession has played a major factor.

The wii is still printing money like mad. I don't think they are worried about changing it yet.

It's funny. I read this headline: Nintendo not thinking seriously...

Because I am/was a Nintendo fan, this pretty much sums up my disappointment with their lackluster attitude toward the core gamer this generation. Plus, Reggie is so full of PR BS that I rarely learn anything from his interviews.

So says Mr. Fils Aime.

I imagine they definitely are actively working pretty damn hard on the new console, but from a marketing standpoint I don't think it'd make much sense to start doling out details to the masses. Why take focus off what you're currently doing when the next console is still aways off...

Reggie is a liar giving politician speak. The progression cycle works in the way Iwata stated it worked several years ago BEFORE Wii was launched. It's clearly visible to the public how they approach innovation.

Console introduction - next cycle is control revision with added processing power.

NES to SNES

N64 then refine to Gamecube pad.

Wii...next cycle ?????(my guess is rechargable remotes with better motion detection and a better speaker with a ... mic ! (gasp) and refined button placement as well as overall design to fit the hand better, expect it to be ergonomic.)

This was an open admission by Iwata back in 2005 in Nintendo Power, when he also said that if Wii did not sell much much better than Cube - it would be deemed a failure.

It should be a refinement in the motion controls without reinventing the wheel with more horsepower under the hood - given this is N that would mean an increase of 3MHz and maybe 10 extra megglebits of memory.

Maybe they have changed their philosophy - I doubt it, though vast amounts of bells have been known to make people go crazy and fly into light bulbs until they die.

Working with Reggies statement... Certainly one could come up with plenty of ideas that the Wii can't do and that would spark R&D into hardware.

You could start with anything (pretty much) being done on the next gen systems as something the Wii can't do - that should start plenty of hardware R&D as well as flame wars amoungst the fanbois. Advanced processing power yields more than pretty graphics.

Nintendo needs to be careful lest they lose all their old customer base by making very radical jumps in approach to games, unless they are going for complete transformation and will eventually not be viewed as a video game company in the traditional sense we think of currently.

Bollocks.

He certainly appears to be thinking seriously in that header pic. Just what he's thinking about remains to be seen.. My guess is he's thinking about bean burritos.