Topic: Website Aims to Change Nintendo's HD Policy

[RABicle]

I hear that if you have widescreen then you can see her on the side of EVERY SCENE!

[nemo_83]

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Nintendo's tight liped attitude is to blame here. They won't tell us what we gain from losing HD."

That's a very good point.  It doesn't help that we gained nothing from the Cube's big omission.  Sure Nintendo supposedly saved money by not going online but we sure as hell didn't benefit at all from that.  So without some sort of clearer explanation for us fans it's fair to assume this is the same thing: we lose a feature so that Nintendo saves money.  Of course we might not actually gain anything from this.  I think it's very likely that it is just Nintendo being el cheapo again.  But if the fans don't gain anything Nintendo shouldn't do it in the first place.  At least with cartridges on the N64 there was some noticeable advantage since we didn't have to deal with load times.

Surly they are going to give something back with the Revolution by saving money on HD.  I wish they would package in a small hard drive.  I would find that more valuable to gameplay than HDtv.  But it seems that early adopters and many hardcore gamers are concerned with this resolution issue and it could hurt Nintendo in console sales.  I share the want for true wide screen support at least.  Even If I don't buy a new tv until late in the REV life cycle; I will then have a reason to play through my games again if it supports the newer technology.  And I don't want to see this simple issue be Nintendo's downfall next generation.  I keep asking myself if this HD news means that the revolutionary aspect is perhaps involved with the display.  Remember at one point they were pushing the idea of a screen for the GameCube.  Then again it is more likely the revolution is in the controller, and though there are only a handful of candidates for the technology; there are many different ways it could be implemented into a controller.  

Right now HD standardization in America is completely dependent on politics which I can't talk about.  All I can say is that Congress has an election next year and the balance of power may change.  

If Nintendo sticks by their decision it would make it difficult for MS and Sony in Japan and Europe because HD support will not catch on there at least until the next gen begins regardless of what political happenings occur here in America.  

[KDR_11k]

I wish they would package in a small hard drive.

Harddrives cost 80$ and up. The HD stuff won't save them that much, even if they can cut out some RAM that way.

[ThePerm]

theres a 512mb sd card...thats plenty of space..and its an sd card as far as i know...a gig  sd card is $99..and by 2006 that will be half that price. Plus you can take sd cards and copy whatevers on them into your computer drive...(an sd card drive for your pc is a measly $19)
and pretty soon most people will have 200 gb hds....so this sd cards support is an enormous advantage as far as space goes.

[KDR_11k]

I'd prefer CF, you can get a 2.2 GB CF drive and I already have one GB of CF memory.

Flash memory has only a limited number of writes so depending on how it's used the internal flash memory of your Rev could fail after some years...

[Athlon-pv]

It is good that people would like to discuss this even further, im not sure what is happening. Is this a media trick by Nintendo to keep the debate going ? To see wheter their strategy is correct.

I am not sure that either we get "more sales" by not having it or having it. But one thing is for sure that at the end of the lifespawn of the Revolution it might look very "dated" versus the competition . That is if they manage to get "games" on their console's and not tech demo's