High Definition

Miyamoto reassures graphic whores that Nintendo will embrace HD in near future

In case there was ever any doubt, says Miyamoto: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with pretty graphics, and if I’m a consumer that has an HDTV, I’d want to be able to play my games with nice graphics too,” he told Industry Gamers on Friday. “And I think as we’ve seen the penetration rates for HDTV increase, we’re going to see video games a...

‘Era of HD gaming’ fallacy exposed by… Epic Games?!

More from than wonderful Epic Games Mark Rein interview, where he’s been lofting anti-core quotes high into the air in such a way that they glide gently back to earth like falling snow. Truly, for such a slow news day it sure feels like a glorious Christmas in July to me right now: “Over half the users who played Gears of War 2 so far do not have HDTVs.” That popping sound you he...

Nintendo believes there is no significant reason for an HD Wii

There is no doubt the Wii’s little 730Mhz processor and 243MHz GPU can’t fully render high definition lighting, textures, models, or resolutions. It’s just how Nintendo viewed the market when building the hardware before 2006. Big N research and development believed that the home console market users didn’t own/use a high definition display. However, coming up on the Wii’s third birthday...