Nintendo has made clear their intent _not_ to support hi-def formats on the Revolution, whereas MS and Sony are heavily marketing the 1080i capabilities of their respective consoles. One theory for the viability of this relatively small increase in graphics power: with much fewer pixels to push, the Revolution's hardware will be able to produce framerates similar to what the Xbox360 and PS3 can do in hi-def. And on a non-HDTV, a game on all three consoles may end up looking the same.
I've seen crap reviews like this all over the place recently. Perhaps some standardized questions to answer about the OS as it is being reviewed would make the reviews more informative and comparable?
This is called price discrimination. It allows you to extract maximum profit from people (particularly those who are unwilling/unable to pay the same as the market price). Microsoft is making the simple (and correct!) assumption that people buying budget PCs are more price conscious and therefore will be more enticed by a lower priced operating system. Remember, NOBODY in the US is going to get their hands on a copy of this OS. As long as Dell is selling fully functional PCs with XP Home for $300 or less, this OS is all about foreign markets where consumers can't afford US priced PCs.
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Nintendo has made clear their intent _not_ to support hi-def formats on the Revolution, whereas MS and Sony are heavily marketing the 1080i capabilities of their respective consoles. One theory for the viability of this relatively small increase in graphics power: with much fewer pixels to push, the Revolution's hardware will be able to produce framerates similar to what the Xbox360 and PS3 can do in hi-def. And on a non-HDTV, a game on all three consoles may end up looking the same.
I've seen crap reviews like this all over the place recently. Perhaps some standardized questions to answer about the OS as it is being reviewed would make the reviews more informative and comparable?
This is called price discrimination. It allows you to extract maximum profit from people (particularly those who are unwilling/unable to pay the same as the market price). Microsoft is making the simple (and correct!) assumption that people buying budget PCs are more price conscious and therefore will be more enticed by a lower priced operating system. Remember, NOBODY in the US is going to get their hands on a copy of this OS. As long as Dell is selling fully functional PCs with XP Home for $300 or less, this OS is all about foreign markets where consumers can't afford US priced PCs.