Do Gamers Really Need HDTV? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 9, 2006 @07:36AM from the robert-deniro's-mole-has-got-to-be-ten-feet-wide dept.

Gamasutra has up an article, their latest in the 'Analyze This' series, exploring whether gamers are really clamoring for the HD era ... or if the only people looking forward to HD gaming are the game makers. All three analysts seem to think HD is very important, but with varying levels of fervency. From the article: "On the Nintendo front, Nintendo has sacrificed graphics that can be viewed by the minority for a price that can benefit the majority. So, no, I don't think that they've made a mistake in the short run. Over the long run, we'll have to see: If HDTV adoption rates accelerate, the differences between the Wii and the Xbox 360 and PS3 may become more important, and it may end up that sell-through of the Wii begins to decline. That's a couple of years away, and my crystal ball isn't quite that clear."

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The answer... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-09 07:41 · Score: 0, Funny

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Re:I've said it once... by heinousjay · 2006-10-09 08:43 · Score: 2, Funny

I can play FEAR @ 1600x1200 on my 21" CRT at HIGH, 1280x1024 @ Ultra. And, $600 for it.

One frame per second doesn't count.

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