Every game in the last generation was made for 480.
RE4 looked the same or better on the PS2 because the specs were MUCH closer than the Wii to PS3/360.
No matter the budget, if it's the same on the Wii and PS3/360, the PS3/360 game will look better.
I don't have an HDTV but I can tell the difference between last gen games and PS3 games. You don't need a special TV for that. A black and white 1950's TV would show you that. You can simply do more with the PS3.
Just stop it. Accept that the more complicated games would have to be completely dumbed down and many of them probably won't be. I am sick and tired of reading Wii fanboy after fanboy claim that the Wii could do FF13, Gears of War, MGS, etc. The chances of games like that appearing on the Wii are slim to none because they would have to design them differently, and completely redo the graphics. Screens I've seen of Metroid Prime look awful compared to Resistance.
People care about graphics. Gears of War got ridiculously high ratings because it looked really good and the gameplay wasn't screwed up. It's a short game, the multiplayer isn't groundbreaking.
It just boggles my mind that people can't accept that the games will just be different. I'm getting a Wii at some point but I do not expect to be playing games that look anywhere near PS3 games. Just accept it!
And for the sake of everything good in this world, STOP ACTING LIKE A HD TV IS REQUIRED TO SEE BETTER GRAPHICS.
Finally, the Wii may be "far superior" to anything last gen if you are looking at the last gen only. If you include the PS3 and 360 then the Wii is hardly better than last gen when compared. Meaning, even if the Wii is twice as powerful as the gamecube, the PS3 and 360 are so much more powerful that the Wii just looks last gen anyway in comparison. The fact that RE4 is being ported to the Wii is ridiculous, btw. It was already on the gamecube and you can already play it on the Wii. I consider that a waste of Capcom's time. But I digress.
I just so badly wish that people would just accept the graphical differences and move on. You can argue budgets all you want but once a developer has tools in place on the console they will be able to work faster on much superior graphics. Trying to fit that into what is relatively last gen is not fun I would imagine.
