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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 What Nintendo is setting themselves up for is a console that is obsolete in a couple of years when everybody starts to get HD.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.
Why is it that Nintendo ignores obvious trends in gaming, only to come up with their own arrogant and ultimately useless "innovation"? It's like they relish in being the odd man out, even when it means doing away with features that would benefit their games.
-They consistently avoided CD-Roms and then DVD's, the Gamecube being the first optical media Nintendo has used. The result was that the console RPG has been virtually non-existant on Nintendo consoles since the SNES.
-When Sega and Sony started garnering support from 3rd party developers, Nintendo shut itself off in an Ivory Tower, giving support only to in-house and 2nd party developers. The result was that the N64 had a tiny selection of games.
-Nintendo is the king of gimmicky and irrelevant consoles, examples being the Virtual Boy and the DS. But when the PS2/GC/Xbox came around, they derided DVD playback in other consoles.
-TFA mentions Online Play and High-Definition as the two new features that Nintendo has shunned. But for what? The impression I get is that they are avoiding these features because they don't know how to implement them effectively- not because they have an alternate plan in mind for the future of console gaming.
It's like they cling to the Nintendo Power glory days, spiteful that these "upstart" companies MS and Sony are the ones holding all the cards.
What amazes me more than Nintendo's obstinance is the fact that they've managed to hang around and still be something of a factor in console games.
This will be the first ever Nintendo console since the 8-bit era that I won't own. That's so... sad.
I know it's off-topic, but...
There's a serious moderation problem in this thread. Viable criticisms of Nintendo's policy are inevitably being modded troll or flamebait, while knee-jerk defences are being modded insightful. Remember, the moderation system does not exist just to help you impose your views on others. Modding down all the posts that criticise Nintendo won't save the company from destruction, or even get them to send you a free console.
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
Fine. Your standards are low. Mine are not.
I won't be buying the next Nintendo console.
I spent good money on a high res display. I'm not going to pay for new content that doesn't take advantage of 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.