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scottie on 10 May 2009
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@ rckrz6

I do not believe you are right, or, if you are it's not relevant.

There only 2 reasons why a computer (game consoles are computers fyi) would be unable to display in 1080p. The first is the output cables. I do not believe the cables on the Wii are capable of transmitting 1920*1080 resolution.

The second limit is not so much relevant nowadays. A computer would need a minimum of 2,073,600 bits of ram to display 1080p. This is a mere 259 kb of ram, which even the N64 has. The N64 could most certainly display a black and white (not greyscale) game in 1080p, as long as the number of frames per second was sufficiently low, and if it had the right cables for output

Now, that we've determined that the Wii could output a 1080p signal if Nintendo merely added a port for the right cable, and did a firmware upgrade.

But then we have to ask, how much different would games look in 1080 on the Wii. If it was an upscaler, then not only would they need to make these Wiis more powerful, some extra processing grunt and ram to handle the upscaling, but the games wouldn't look much better. Upscaling doesn't make much difference. If you tried to run a game in native 1080 (or 720p) then you would either have to divide the number of frames per second by about 6.75, making the game unplayable, or by reducing the amount of objects and effects on screen, making the game boring and look worse than a 480p Wii game.

Everyone give up on the Wii HD thing! The next Ninty console will release in 2011 or 2012