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Xbox 360 Not Hi-Def Enough?

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-you-love-me-for-who-i-am dept.

News for nerds writes "One of the features touted for Xbox 360 is its requirement for games to be 720p and 1080i HDTV resolutions, dubbed The HD Era by Microsoft. Today it's revealed and discussed in the official forum of Bizarre Creations, the Project Gotham Racing 3 developer, that in the final review build for PGR3 the in-game races are actually rendered in 1024x600 to get constant 30fps/2xAA. The game is stretched to 720p (1280x720) in the upscaler, which is faking HD at best." As always with late-night forum mutterings, imbibe with a grain of salt.

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  1. From the link... by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    By now you've already heard how Xbox 360 puts you at the center of the most powerful games on the planet--hence the "360," as in 360 degrees (geometry students will recognize that as the number of degrees in a circle).

    So that's who this is being marketed to? People who are so stupid and ignorant and uneducated that you have to explain to them what the "360" refers to? What, did we just fall out of the sky? (Meteorological students will recognize that as the big blue thing above our head when we're outside).

  2. Going around in circles? by technoextreme · · Score: 4, Funny
    So that's who this is being marketed to? People who are so stupid and ignorant and uneducated that you have to explain to them what the "360" refers to? What, did we just fall out of the sky? (Meteorological students will recognize that as the big blue thing above our head when we're outside).
    Hey remember. A revolution is nothing more than a 360. At least the Nintendo and Microsoft will not be going around in circles with their newest systems. I think I may be aproaching this discussion in a roundabout way.
    --
    Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
  3. Re:Compatability list by temporalillusion · · Score: 4, Informative

    Kinda off topic, but yup: The List

    More info here.

  4. Load Times, anyone? by fujiman · · Score: 4, Interesting
    While Sony and MS are whipping out their HD hooters for the high-res pissing contest, does anyone besides me worry that loading all that data will take forever?

    I mean, if the stupid game will barely fit on a DVD... or even worse, require Blu-Ray... where is all the talk about super-high speed memory busses and uber-fast drives with ginormous buffers?

    This is engineering, folks, and there's always a tradeoff in engineering. All that HD ain't free. And most people won't even care if it's 480p or 720i.