Nintendo has a superstar in their hands with the Wii gaming console.
Nintendo Wii has been a bestseller ever since it was launch.
It still continues to sell in large numbers despite no price cuts since the launch date.
Rumours in the market are suggesting that a price cut could be announced in the coming days.
The cut is likely to drop the price tag of the Wii in the US market to around USD 200.
However, the console suffers from one major problem… It is not powerful enough.
Nintendo knows it well and they must be working on fixing this ‘problem’.
Industry experts believe that the company could launch a HD edition of Wii in 2011.
It would be necessary to keep up with the rival consoles.
Both Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 are much powerful consoles compared to the Wii.
They are also likely to last for more years if we consider the processing power required by future videogames.
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has suggested that Nintendo would have to make changes to the Wii to ensure its success in the coming years.
He said: “Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network terminal, a Blu-ray or DVD player, and a gaming machine. Compared to these three pillars, the (new motion) controllers are quite limited, so the impact may be small.”
They have enough time in their hands.
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