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Barkley on 07 December 2016
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Miyamotoo said:
Barkley said:

That's not how it works... at all. Those games were 720p on WiiU because that's what the developers could get it to. There was no mandate from Nintendo "Make it 720p". It doesn't make any sense to have a "standard resolution". The developers will make their game and make it run at as high a resolution as it can run without performance issues.

As always resolution will be a case by case basis for each game. Nintendo will not make their developers have to adhere to a certain resolution.

More games could work at 1080p or some at 900p or even 540p, but they choose resolution that most fits with Wii U hardware and thats 720p, thats why 95% Nintendo Wii U games are 720p, they made Wii U hardware with 720p on mind.

When hardware platform is making new hardware they aiming certain resolution and they make hardware with that on mind, you can bet that over 90% of Nintendo Switch games will 1080p.

I disagree entirely. During development of a game they aim for a certain resolution. What resolution is possible on the hardware changes with the vastly different power requirements of games. Developers will make their game, and then get it running at as high a resolution as possible.

It doesn't matter what hardware you put out there, you will never maintain a singular resolution for software, without severely interfering with the development process.

And no, I don't think 90% of Nintendo Switch games will be 1080p. After a couple of years the resolution will start dropping, as always.