If we take the rather condescending "ignorant masses" approach to it, though, his argument gets rather deflated. Many people buy an HDTV and assume that gets them HD content, so they're not going to notice the difference. Equally, he points to the TV networks, but that is another issue of companies catering to their own "hardcore," the affluent young adult who understands and craves HD content, and is in many of their key advertising demographics. Kids don't care about HD, older parents probably don't care quite so much, old people definitely don't care
The problem with HD, especially on televisions, is it really isn't enough of a game-changer to completely negate content. You're not going to watch a show you just like a little in favor of a show you love, just because the former is in HD. And the divide between game consoles was never really about HD. I mean, if you run a side-by-side comparison between a Wii and 360 multiplat title at the same resolution, the difference is still going to be quite visible. It's more about plain old graphics power than it is about HD.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
