It is in the interests of the industry for the new format to work and it is obviously a signal for the next generation of consoles. Consoles – even in the projections until 2015 – are still going to be about 50 per cent of the world’s market.
If you look at it across the whole divide of interactive entertainment, you can see the business continuing to grow, albeit in different forms, and if new formats can stimulate that then it is a good thing.
In terms of Wii U, the interesting aspect is timing and price and that has not been announced.
Everybody knows it is coming. I anticipate further price cuts on existing consoles prior to Christmas this year, and there’s room for further price cuts next year.
So Wii U needs to be very keenly priced – and in the same way that Sony is having to price Vita when the competition is smartphones and tablets. Pricing is critical in a very fragmented hardware space. So I am not sure they are going to be able to come out and hit a premium price point from the outset.
But Nintendo is smart. It is always innovative. It has demonstrated its breakthrough ability in the past, so let’s see if it can do it again. And the industry should cheer it on.
We will be doing Dirt and F1 for Wii U. - Codemasters' Rod Cousens
Thats all very well and good but I think its time they reboot the Micro Machines franchise, I loved those games!!!
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