[quote name='electrictroy']Nintendo has told us the reason:
So they can sell their Revolution at $150 or $200, instead of $300, and thereby undercut the competition. Games like Mario 64 and Zelda 64 were fun at 240i. There was no reason to go higher. And their sequels will be fun at 480p. So why complain?
Answer:
Because you're still naive' enough to think graphics matter. It's NOT the graphics that make a game fun. I've seen the most beautiful games in the world, FLOP, because they were not fun.
BTW, store demos won't use game consoles. At Sears we don't use Xboxes. We use Discover HD, and IMAX videos of mouth-dropping scenery, not lowly game machines.
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Did you read what I said? I played through the 2600 era, NES era, SNES, Genesis, so on. I know graphics don't matter. In fact, I wrote an entire article on the subject:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/10/023952.php
I also know that certain games that are bound to become classics this generation haven't sold because they weren't embraced by the masses (Beyond Good and Evil). That's the new market, and Nintendo doesn't realize that. To say they won't have FPS's is ridiculous, especially considering how popular they are.
You may not like it anymore that I do, but as a HDTV owner, I know what it's like to play games in HD, and it DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE in GAMEPLAY in some games. If you've never seen it done right, then you won't understand. There might not even be 480p support on the Rev. That's just stupid. HDTV owner #'s increase everyday.
It's not going to add $100 to the console. That's a sad, PR lie. The Gamecube had at the least 480p support. It's not going to cost anymore to include 720p or 1080i. There's a reason to go higher, so they're not, yet again, a generation behind in technology (carts, no DVD/online play), and ignoring another change.
It's what the masses want. They're the ones buying stuff and they made it into a billion dollar industry, not the die-hards.
And of course your store won't have a game system hooked up NOW. The Xbox is the only console to have a few sporadic games that support anything higher than 720p. Next gen, when the TV's become affordale which they're already becoming, you'll start to see it. Some high-end EB's already have HD sets on their kiosks.