Consoles would benefit at running games 720p instead of 1080p.

[Conina]

Hynad said:

Conina said:

Beggars can't be choosers... you were lucky back in these days to get some fun games for your console or home computer at all. Today we have have much more choices in games to play... of course the personal standards in graphics and/or gameplay are much higher than in the past to filter the titles which are worth the investment of time and money.

And of course even in the past people talked about the graphic differences between different versions, if they knew about the differences. But in a much smaller scale, only in the circle of friends / schoolfellows. There was no internet to discuss in larger scale.

Nah... During High school, People were always fighting over what was better, SNES or Genesis. Genesis processed faster, while the SNES had better overall picture quality and sound...

But the arguing over graphics was there. We just didn't have the tools to properly measure every single little technical aspects of the games like we do now (like with DF).

I was more talking about the Pac-man era (first half of the 80's). There was no point in arguing that the arcade version of Pac-Man or Space Invaders looked much better than the versions for home consoles or home computers... you couldn't afford the arcade machine anyway. And there was a buyont spirit in these pioneer days of video games, so less fighting who had the best home console or home computer.

The early 90's are another story, gamers were already spoiled then with much gaming choices. But even then arguing about superior systems or game versions kept within limits... at least at our school.