Miyamoto defends decision not to go down HD route

[wraggster]

Via GIBiz

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has defended the company's decision not to incorporate high definition technology into the Wii - but says the console's successor will be an HD system.

Speaking at an E3 Q&A session to unveil Wii title Super Smash Bros., Miyamoto said: "If you look at the technology that's out there and the companies that Nintendo has partnerships with when creating the system, obviously if we had decided to create an HD system we could have very easily."

"But a videogame isn't just graphics. A videogame is a combination of the interface you use to interact with the game, a combination of the graphics, the sound, perhaps the network... We thought at this time going in the HD direction was leaning too much to the graphics."

Miyamoto went on to observe that the penetration rate of HDTVs is "really not that high yet," adding: "Of course I think five years down the road it would be pretty much a given that Nintendo would create an HD system, but right now the predominant television set in the world is a non-HD set."

Nintendo has continually reiterated its intention to focus on offering a console which is accessible to a broad audience, rather than one which boasts cutting-edge specifications - despite the fact that both rival systems from Microsoft and Sony will feature HD technology.

"We thought it would be better to create a system that allows you to interact with any TV set you have in your home in an entirely new, different way, and even kind of turn that into a toy for your TV that anyone can pick up, interact with and enjoy - rather than only the people who have a very high-tech, specific kind of TV set," Miyamoto said.

[Shilo]

I'm glad, cuz I don't got a HD TV!!! Just a little 19in TV in my room, and a 27in TV downstairs.

[Darksaviour69]

i think in europe, HD will not be an issue at all

[Accordion]

you know both xbox360 and PS3 can be used with a normal tv
anyway we all know the main reason is to keep the cost down, it is basically last gen hardware with a wireless version of that gametrack thing on PS2.
metal gear solid 4 takes my money, and the new Grasshopper project(kafka rules), and the new Fumito Ueda project . sorry nintendo

[stotheamuel]

damn nintendo.... next console.... yeah 4-6 years from now... when were playing virtual reality or something and it wont matter or something... nintendos great but just blah

this angers me as much as no online for the cube..