11th June 2005, 11:34 PM
12% of people in the US have HDTVs, and that percentage is significantly lower in Europe and Japan (though higher in Korea and some other countries). This won't hurt Nintendo much for several years at least except among a few people... who mostly already gave up on Nintendo supporting the best tech -- Gamecube doesn't either you know. So I think the additional harm this causes is limited... though if Nintendo wanted to change people's perceptions of their company and gain any ground among hardcore gamers, stuff like this blows that chance before it even began.