potato_hamster said:
Miyamotoo said:
potato_hamster said:
Miyamotoo said:
potato_hamster said:
Miyamotoo said:
I already wrote whats my point, Nintendo made 720p/60fps standard with Wii U for their games, with NX they will probably make 1080p/60fps standard for their games. That doesnt mean evry Nintendo game will be 1080p/60fps same like not evre Nintendo game isnt 720p/60fps on Wii U, but of most of them yes. Games like Zelda or succesor to Xenoblade X will probably be 1080p/30Fps, while games like Smash Bros, Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Splatoon, evre 2D game...will probably be 1080p/60fps.
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Why not keep the 720p/60fps and focus on making the games look better rather than increasing the resolution. By going to 1080p you're literally doubling the amount of pixels the system has to render. With added performance, those resources could be used for all kinds of things such as higher polygon count models, more advanced shaders, better anti-aliasing etc. That would probably be a more meaningful improvement to the average consumer, as NX Home games would clearly look better than Wii U games.
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Because Nintendo games already look great in 720p/60fps and there is no sense to stay at same 720p/60fps with much powerful hardware, something similar to X1 power is around 4x times stronger than Wii U hardware. Also this gen mainstream is 1080p.
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Nintendo games look great... compared to what, exactly? No one looks at a Nintendo game and says "Gee that sure gives Uncharted a run for its money visually". Now I know there are different art styles in both games, but there is so much more Nintendo can do to make their games look better even with the same resolution. Why make that push unnecessarily?
Besides. I thought Nintendo wasn't competing directly with PS4 and X1 according you many people like you.
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Looks great to other games too and espacily based on hardware they running. For instance some rewivers called MK8 currently best looking game of this generation. No one will say this game looks technically impressive, but they said this game looks beautiful.
Well same could say for PS4 and X1 or any new hardware. Why!? Because if you have hardware that is much powerful than previous and you can make games running at certain resolution and frame rate, you will do that.
That doesn't meant that won't or want make 1080p games when they made great looking 720p/60fps games with weak hardware.
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I'd love to find out what kind of drugs those reviewers are on to call MK8 the best looking game of this generation.
On what planet does this:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Mario-Kart-8-Wii-U-Official-Screenshots-Nintendo-001.jpg
Look better than this:
http://www.gamercenteronline.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/edcc360ae15c7b3e59fb3485b9a2f69e1f6615a3_jpg__1920x1080_q85_crop_upscale.jpg?1c368f
I mean call Mario Kart 8 beautiful all you want. It's great for what it is, but a graphical marvel it is not.
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If Nintendo still has two brain cells to smash they're trying to make a console that is cheaper than the PS4 and X1. To do that they will have to make concessions in terms of performance, especially if they're still moist over the concept of making home consoles with low power consumption. So it makes no sense to aim for the benchmarks that PS4 and X1 set. Aim a little lower than that, save some money, and give developers more resources to make better looking game rather than worrying about meeting an arbitrary resolution standard set by Nintendo.
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"It's also an audiovisual wonder: the most beautiful game of the new hardware generation to date, a game that lights up your synapses as it laughs off the Wii U's horsepower deficit in a riot of colour, brilliant animation and blistering performance; a game that evokes the dazzling, long-lost wow factor of the arcade."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-31-eurogamers-game-of-the-year-2014
Game in motion and live looks much better than it does on screenshots, on screenshots looks bad. Game definitely isn't technical marvel, but even with lack of AA looks beautiful, and thats why Eurogamer said that is most beautiful game of the new hardware generation to date (look date of article).
Nintendo probably aiming price of console around $250-300, whit that price point they can relase hardware at end of year that will be at least on power with X1, enouf power for 1080p/60Fps Nintendo games. It makes very sense if they want console that will be more attractive to third parties, similar architecture and power means easy and fast PS4/X1 ports for NX, and if you want hardware for yours 1080p/60fps games.
Like I wrote, 720p/60fps Wii U Nintendo games are beautiful, there is no sense to keep making 720p/60fps games if you have much stronger hardware.
