10th June 2005, 10:09 PM
Quote:It is accurate that at this time we will not support high-definition [on Revolution]. Nintendo's Revolution is being built with a variety of gamers' needs in mind, such as quick start-up time, high power, and ease of use for development and play. It's also compact and sleek, and has beautiful graphics in which to enjoy innovative games. Nintendo doesn't plan for the system to be HD compatible as with that comes a higher price for both the consumer and also the developer creating the game. Will it make the game better to play? With the technology being built into the Revolution, we believe the games will look brilliant and play brilliantly. This can all be done without HD.
This was from Nintendo of America. At any rate, interpret that as you will, but I'd say it's pretty cut and dry.
But, there is of course the chance that Japan means to do something different. I believe the machine itself may be designed to support it, and Nintendo may just not ever make their own games support it. No, wait, on second thought, I don't believe that. I just have no reason to really...
Anyway, there it is...
So what does this mean? To me? Nothing. To most people, nothing. To the base of people who HAVE HD TVs, and there are a lot of them, this might actually mean something.
But anyway, all that aside, stop bothering with an HD "format" and just give us big screen computer moniters with TV and game system support. What ever happened to "standardization" anyway?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)