maybe, but I personaly hope someone starts a chromeing service
Anders wrote:Darkflame wrote:Its fine to upgrade a model as long as you dont change the game format. People expect a game format to last a certain amount of time.
If the DSLite was more powerfull, and took different games, people would be very angry that there old DS became useless. (as games would die out for it too quickly).
That would make it a new platform, however, despite backwards compatibility. Look at the GBA vs DS. The DS plays GBA games, but it's native format is new, which makes it a new platform and not a successor to the GBA.
Well, the DS format *is* replaceing the GBA format, so it is the successor. GBA games are fadeing out.
However, the GBA format had a very good lifespan with many many great games. So theres no real complaints.
Technology moves on.
However, you cant make a new format, a new platform, for every upgrade in technology.
Each platform has to last a certain amount of time, else you will really frustrate your userbase. You dont buy a system for 1 or 2 games, you buy it for your personal pick from, say, the next 5 years of games.
So in short, upgraded Wii in 2 years = worst possible thing for Nintendo to do.
And yes, games could be made to have different assets for different specs on the same disc but you start to lose the whole point of a console, and some big advantages to console developement.
