I remember those toys you would desperately want when you were a kid for Christmas and they were a blast Christmas day when you finally got them. And then a few days later they were abandoned off in some closet or corner after you realized you were dumb to fall for the marketing hype.
What exactly are people doing with their Wii? People can't possibly still be playing WiiSports.
1. Delusion - About a year ago when you believed HD-DVD was viable 2. FUD - Six months ago with stories about higher BluRay costs 3. Shock - Last month when the first wave of PS3 sales hit 4. Denial - Combo disks not being counted, PS3 games being counted, etc. 5. Sarcasm - You are here Xbox/HD-DVD fanboys 6. Bitterness - See Amiga, Dreamcast, and Xbox fanboys
Writing 720p games on the 360 hardware is bad enough due to the gimped EDRAM setup in the graphics system. You are basically faced with having to decide between going with not enough AA vs a pain in the ass tile rendering change to your graphics engine. That is why so many 360 games are plagued with jaggy graphics since so few companies want to waste their time writing a 360 specific rendering engine just to work around Microsoft's poor hardware design. One of the main reasons you hear so many developers bitching about working on the 360. And why so many 360 games end up using fake marketing shots to hide the AA/jaggy problems that plagued actual in game 360 graphics.
I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it was to pull of this publicity stunt of 1080p games on the 360. The EA and Sega teams deserve our sympathy.
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I remember those toys you would desperately want when you were a kid for Christmas and they were a blast Christmas day when you finally got them. And then a few days later they were abandoned off in some closet or corner after you realized you were dumb to fall for the marketing hype.
What exactly are people doing with their Wii? People can't possibly still be playing WiiSports.
1. Delusion - About a year ago when you believed HD-DVD was viable
2. FUD - Six months ago with stories about higher BluRay costs
3. Shock - Last month when the first wave of PS3 sales hit
4. Denial - Combo disks not being counted, PS3 games being counted, etc.
5. Sarcasm - You are here Xbox/HD-DVD fanboys
6. Bitterness - See Amiga, Dreamcast, and Xbox fanboys
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Writing 720p games on the 360 hardware is bad enough due to the gimped EDRAM setup in the graphics system. You are basically faced with having to decide between going with not enough AA vs a pain in the ass tile rendering change to your graphics engine. That is why so many 360 games are plagued with jaggy graphics since so few companies want to waste their time writing a 360 specific rendering engine just to work around Microsoft's poor hardware design. One of the main reasons you hear so many developers bitching about working on the 360. And why so many 360 games end up using fake marketing shots to hide the AA/jaggy problems that plagued actual in game 360 graphics.
I can't imagine what a pain in the ass it was to pull of this publicity stunt of 1080p games on the 360. The EA and Sega teams deserve our sympathy.