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Soundwave on 03 August 2014
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VanceIX said:
Soundwave said:
VanceIX said:

We are talking about 2-3 years from now, though, where mobile technology will have evolved considerably.

There are already mobile phones at 2560x1600 playing graphically intensive games for hours at end, in 3 years 1920x1080 should be easily balanced with battery life and game power. 

No way you can have Wii U level graphics at that resolution, not even close. Probably more like 3DS level visuals and even then it would likely choke. 

Besides this is Nintendo. Just because $600 iPad has a 2560x1600 screen, doesn't mean Nintendo is going to follow suit. 

1280x720 is a good resolution for a device primarily made for gaming and not reading text on. 

Gotta balance cost/performance, etc. Chances of a 2560x1600 Nintendo handheld anytime soon are fairly remote I would say. 

Ya realize I said it should have a 1920x1080 resolution, not 2560x1600, right?

And in 2-3 years, 1920x1080 could easily be put in a handheld console. You won't get Wii U level graphics anyway, not even on 1280x720. 1080p would already be third tier at that point, seeing as that 4K and 2K phones will be the norm then, and so the battery life and chip power would be easy to balance.

And there is a BIG difference between 720p and 1080p on a 5in display. 

For reading text and web surfing sure. For a device that's primarily going to play games on? 

Not really. Most games won't even run at the full 1080 resolution, most devs would probably opt for a lower resolution. 

Just like with the Vita, a lot of the games don't run at the full screen 960x544 resolution. And you really can't tell either. 

A 3-4 watt portable chip simply isn't going to be able to drive games at 1080p resolution worth a damn unless you want to play nothing but Angry Birds level crap. Hell, a 120+ watt XBox One can't even do 1080p consistenly, lol. 

A nice quality 1280x720 display under 6 inches gives you a very nice PPI for playing games on and a very low cost come 2016.