| Soundwave said: Screen could be 1280x720 (HD), some games like those with XB1 complexity could just run at 960x540. 99% of people wouldn't know any better, 99% of people who played Call of Duty (the most popular "HD" game from last gen) couldn't tell that it was running at a sub-720p resolution on their 50-inch 1080P displays. I'd bet most Vita owners aren't aware that a good chunk of their games run at sub native resolutions too. The remote play feature on the Vita though at least to me shows that PS4 graphics can look quite nice even on the Vita's 540p display. A lot of its depends on not using a display that's complete shit too. It the display is half way decent, most people won't know any better. Nintendo uses such terrible quality LCD displays though it's like from something out of your grandma's $99 portable Wal-Mart DVD player from 2003. |
Because, of all companies, Nintendo is the one who would spend the extra money providing a more expensive, tablet-sized screen, only to have those games not even use the boosted resolution. Nintendo, who had no problem letting thr 3DS use the crappy screen it uses in order to meet their priority of a 3D screen instead.
Right.
No. And with the 540p screen, it goes right back to Nintendo not having a product that is seen as "superior to the competition," because while people may not notice the different in a sub-resolution game, they can read the difference between a high end tablet marketed as having a 1080p screen with a 4K camera, and a gaming tablet with a 540p screen and an unmentionable camera.
They'll use a 3DS/XL-sized 540p/720p glasses-free 3D screen for the top screen, which will be far less pricey than a 720p giant tablet screen, and a lower res bottom screen, likely 540p. The NXDS, from a hardware POV, will be very iterative of the N3DS. Likely a real second analog nub. Definitely no major revamp like a gaming tablet. Again, the major change is happening in the firmware, not the hardware. Games like Smash 4 and HWL are practice for what will soon be every game on NX.
