Satoru Iwata: President at Nintendo of Japan

What will the next-generation of consoles will bring to the table and what new features will they provide?

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently spoke of the inevitable successor to the Wii, admitting that a resolution-increase alone would not be enough to out-sell its Microsoft and Sony competitors.

“If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition — just making it compatible with high resolution — will get players throughout the world to buy it, I would of course say, ‘Do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new… If there were no rival makers in the world, I’d could give examples of the things that we are considering. However, for competitive reasons, I cannot give specifics today on the what or when of the things we’re considering.”

There is no sign of a release date for any of the next-generation consoles; but rest assured the “Wii 2″ will pack quite a punch.

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