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Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: THX on November 10, 2005, 07:04:48 PM
From CNN:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/

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"One thing\'s for sure: The Revolution will not support high definition video, a marked divergence from the path Microsoft and Sony are taking. And it\'s not something the company is re-thinking, despite the fervent hopes of some hardcore gaming fans. "

Nintendo really just needs to stick to software.  Make games on PS3, 360, whatever, but it\'s lack of knowledge & resources on the hardware side will hurt the company in the end.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Evi on November 10, 2005, 07:18:01 PM
Ouch...

Will the games still be in HD?
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: THX on November 10, 2005, 09:50:47 PM
to be fair the system is so far from launch nobody know u know?
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Evi on November 10, 2005, 10:05:11 PM
Yeah...we have no fooking clue...Nintendo won\'t spill the damn beans.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: FatalXception on November 10, 2005, 10:36:52 PM
That really does suck.  I\'m upgrading shortly to a 60" or 72" high def TV, and everything I buy is going to have to step up to match, and if it can\'t I won\'t spend my money.

I can see Nintendo going the way of Sega after this generation, perhaps staying in the handheld market though.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Paul2 on November 11, 2005, 01:09:18 AM
like going into handheld markets if they lost the console battle badly and perhaps become a 3rd party developers?....hmm, honestly i do feel a bit sad if that do happen, but at the same time, i do feel like Nintendo just couldn\'t compete and should make their games on other platforms, because i would like to see their old games like Super mario 3 and Mario World being remake for next generation in 1080p....the old fashion 2-D sidescrolling but in High Def running at 60 frames per second...
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Unicron! on November 11, 2005, 03:30:53 AM
Ninrtendo stated they arent going for HD months ago.Their hardware they said will be inferior but the difference wont be much between 360/PS3 and Rev on normal TV\'s since they arent capable  at displaying high res images like HD TVs do.With other words they are hoping that normal TVs will hide the lack of graphical quality.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: FatalXception on November 11, 2005, 09:22:37 AM
But HDTVs have gotten so cheap, I can\'t imagine that in another 18-24 months this won\'t be a big issue (Augh!  Double Negative!).  You can get fairly big starter HDTVs for less than a grand, and with all the major broadcasting corporations going to HDTV, it won\'t be long before nobody is buying a regular TV anymore.  

Nintendo is hoping/counting on something that isn\'t going to happen.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: GmanJoe on November 11, 2005, 09:58:38 AM
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Originally posted by FatalXception
But HDTVs have gotten so cheap, I can\'t imagine that in another 18-24 months this won\'t be a big issue (Augh!  Double Negative!).  You can get fairly big starter HDTVs for less than a grand, and with all the major broadcasting corporations going to HDTV, it won\'t be long before nobody is buying a regular TV anymore.  

Nintendo is hoping/counting on something that isn\'t going to happen.


Cheap? Compared to the initial price of $15,000...yeah, $2000 is cheaper. But $300 used to be the going rate for tube TVs.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: THX on November 11, 2005, 10:32:40 AM
You can get an HDTV tube set for $400 at Worst Buy.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Evi on November 11, 2005, 11:49:46 AM
They have a 60+ inch 1080p HDTV for under 5 grand...and it looks damn sweet. Prices are definitely going down.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: mm on November 11, 2005, 01:35:53 PM
ouch, 5% of TV owners are sad
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Knotter8 on November 11, 2005, 01:47:19 PM
For the money it costs, I\'d rather get a PS3 + Revolution or all 3 consoles.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Titan on November 11, 2005, 02:32:04 PM
The HD wouldn\'t matter at all for me. I don\'t have an HD tv and right now can\'t afford one. For a lot of people, I don\'t think it will matter.
Title: Revolution definitely not supporting HD
Post by: Paul2 on November 11, 2005, 03:20:36 PM
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Originally posted by Titan
The HD wouldn\'t matter at all for me. I don\'t have an HD tv and right now can\'t afford one. For a lot of people, I don\'t think it will matter.

Even though I own an HDTV because my analog TV died out, I agree with what you said.  If your TV is still doing good, keep it because HDTV prices are dropping nicely and new and also improve features are always added, so like the saying goes "good things come to those who wait."