Should the next Nintendo handheld console have the 3D element?

[VanceIX]

Soundwave said:

VanceIX said:

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. 

It's up to the dev if they want to use the full resolution or not, like you said. A 1080p screen would make things like the text and menu look much cleaner, while allowing devs to make games in 720p if they so wish. If a game isn't terribly power intensive, it can be used in 1080p.

It's not like 1080p mobile displays will be that expensive 2-3 years from now. Like I said before, at that point, they will be third-tier. 4K and 2K screens will be the primary mobile device screens, while 1080p will be seen on budget phones, just as how 720p is seen on budget phones today.