| kaneada said: I can agree with children paving the way for handheld devices as modern technology is capitalizing on self interested youth. I can even go so far to say that, as someone approach 30's, I prefer to watch movies on my laptop in bed rather than sit in the living room, but bigger is better has always been the American trend. A character model on a 3.5 inch screen rendered in 3D will not have quite the same impact as that same character on a 60" screen scaled to nearly your height. The idea of 3D is immersion and TV's stand a way better chance, at least for now, of creating that immesion by putting you face to face with a character that is your size. |
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think that viewpoint is horribly outdated. Screen size is mitigated by screen distance, and handheld screens are fast becoming so high quality they're essentially negating the quality advantage set tops traditionally enjoyed. You can also make a strong argument for the intimacy of handhelds, which is another route to drive immersion.
"Bigger is better" has been lessening as trend in America since the 1980s, it's almost a cliche at this point. Generationally the reverse trend is true really, the growing trends for Americans being favoring ecomonical solutions, portability, environmentally friendliness, and so on. The Cadillac days are over, so to speak.
). Ninty can't escape: Sony and MS will always "reinvent" each feature that Ninty didn't actually invent, but it just took it to mainstream, and so of which it can't claim exclusive ownership.
