Having played PC games on a wide variety of resolutions since the late 1980s, the difference between 720p and 1080p is relatively minimal especially if you have a decent level of anti aliasing ... In relative terms the jump from 720p to 1080p is roughly as significant to the end user as the jump from 640p is to 720p; something you will probably notice, but it is certainly not worth spending much more (on hardware) for.

I agree. The games running on my screen 19 in. screen at 1280x1024 look far better than the same game running on my PS3 at 720p and 1080i.

The only thing making a game 1080p does in most cases is make the graphics bigger, not better. All that does it keep the quality from noticeably dropping on a larger screen if you have one. 480p was enough for me. 1080p is overkill in most situations.

Can you restate your post in a more explanatory way? I'm literally confused here on what this all means. Is Nintendo making all first party games run at 1080p?

 it depends of the screen size and viewing distance. has nothing to do how long you play games on pc to have decades of experiences.  the difference of 720p to 1080p can be even bigger than the difference between 480p and 720p with different viewing distances. but like i said, many won't recognize because they have not the screen size or sit too much away from the screen to see the differences.

and yes i know for many the viewing distance in their living room is enough and they don't want to sit 2.5 meters or so away of their huge screen but i do that when i start to play games in 1080p and i can't play 720p games from this distance because it doesn't look very good.

Your intepretation "due to cost."

My statement "unecessary added cost"

That should clear things up.

then buy a bigger pc screen and not such a small one and it will look horrible from same distance.

Was that running on WiiU? Obviously, based on current PC hardware, current gen games look and run significantly better, but when new tech comes out, everything will be pushed a bit further with new effects. It has to be noted that Arkham City is Unreal Engine 3 (albeit with some DX11 standard effects) whereas next gen games will almost certainly be using new engines designed to incorporate a wide array of modern techniques.

Anyway, the point still stands. If developers end up developing for more powerful hardware (e.g. PC or if the next MS/Sony consoles are significantly more powerful than WiiU) then "1080p without breaking a sweat" becomes "1080p with compromises" or even "720p with incredible effects". Being able to do 1080p doesn't mean much when other advances are taken into consideration.

I understood it like wfz. Please rephrase.

EDIT: Your later clarification didn't fix the contradiction.

Way to take things out of context to the extremes. Now tell me something I am not aware of.

It is kinda funny how you read so many WiiU news and yet you don't know the WiiU Pad's resolution.