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greenmedic88 on 07 March 2011
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Galaki said:
greenmedic88 said:

It should be noted that the resolution of 3DS stereoscopic photos are extremely limited (640x480 max), meaning they would look either extremely cropped or extremely blurry on a 1080p 3D HDTV.


3DS photo would be optimized to display on the 3DS. Why would it have to go 1080p? You'd have to spend a few hundred dollars for a standalone camera for something as high as 1080p.

I sure as hell won't buy the 3DS if it comes with 1080p camera mode and cost $500.

The point is you can only view 3D photos you shoot on the 3DS.

The hypothetical situation in which you could view them anywhere else would be entirely dependent upon Nintendo adding the ability to export 3DS photo file format images.

As for why you would want to view them on a higher resolution display (1080p being the current standard, even for current entry level HDTVs and monitors), the question that should be asked is why anyone would want to view their photos on a low res external 3D display.

The only reason why the 3DS doesn't need to shoot 2K images (1920x1080) is because Nintendo presumably doesn't intend for 3DS users to view their 3D photos on anything but the 3DS and its 400x320 display.

And FYI, a pair of 2K cameras wouldn't double the price of the 3DS.