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The Revolution Will Not Be HD
Gamecube Advanced has the news that the Revolution will not support HD signals. From the article: "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." Sony and Microsoft are hanging the moon on the HD phenomenon, with both consoles supporting at least 720p or 1080i. Press the Buttons has commentary on the announcement.
While HD TVs may not now have a wide distrabution, they are very obviously the future. What Nintendo is setting themselves up for is a console that is obsolete in a couple of years when everybody starts to get HD. However brilliant their graphics are, they still can't look that good at 720x480.
In the beginning the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and is widely considered as a bad move.
This will be the first ever Nintendo console since the 8-bit era that I won't own. That's so... sad.
My TV is HD. I'm excluding the Revolution from my list of systems to by now. I had planned to buy them all. Revolution offers me nothing, since it will have an inferior display resolution.
Thanks for saving me ~$200 Nintendo! I really appreciate it.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Actually, the Revolution will be televised, but it won't be HD.
P.S. Thanks for selecting only a small, most-relevant portion of the lyrics, and cutting out all the rest, thus limiting our exposure to something which, aside from using the words "revolution" and "televised", is completely off-topic. I really appreciate it.