HD Really The Future of Gaming? 71
Eurogamer.com has an editorial discussing the "HD Future", as revealed in the Microsoft Keynote at GDC. In the article, author Kristan Reed argues that while the crispness of the HD Living Room would be welcome, "using it as a hook to hang next gen console gaming on is misleading to say the least, and there are more than a few barriers to entry for the masses."
Why is HD a barrier? (Score:1, Informative)
480p is NOT NOT NOT HD they != (Score:2, Informative)
720p and 1080i are HD
and nothing the writers ignorance more
it has also been stated (through gamespy articles) that ALL xbox2 games will support 720p
as opposed to the ~31/532 listed on hdgames.net of the current xbox generation
Low quality article (Score:2, Informative)
The article also claims that mass market HD is 5 to 10 years away. 10 years???? I don't think so. Lots of companies in Japan are already working with Super HDTV (SHDTV) with 3840 x 2160 resolution.
The author doesn't even acknowledge the fact that developers can very simply support multiple resolutions so that it runs fast on standard TVs and runs beautifully on HD TVs.
Bring it On! (Score:2, Informative)