OK, ZenfoldorVGI, what about this word-of-mouth scenario?

"The game is fun, but I can't read anything so I sometimes don't know what to do. I wish I knew what people were saying 'cause I bet it's interesting."

I have to disclaim that I haven't played B&K (never got the N64 game, don't have Gold) so I don't know how illegible the text is and how critical it is to gameplay. But it sounds like it's pretty bad.

Now the above hypothetical scenario is hardly THIS GAME IS SHIT but it's far from a ringing endorsement. I could definitely see people deciding to get some other game based on that.

What was the word of mouth for Carnival Games?

As for the game, it's comparable to Mario Brothers.

As for the "but it sounds like it's pretty bad" part, I'm sure it is if you have a SD TV. However, I'd imagine it is also over-blown. Everything, ever, on a gaming forum is. These are the people who obsess over .1 point score differences from IGN.

I'd imagine a casual or child might notice the text being small, if they play on a SD TV, but I doubt it would ruin the game for them. Like I said, this is more of a slap in the face to core SD gamers, than anything. I'd imagine those screwed over gamers would want to see justice via bad sales and reviews, but if this games gets bad sales and reviews, it will be because the game was poorly made and/or marketed, not because of a font issue...

So you're saying "serious gamers can afford a HDTV"? Could you be more elitist?

Yeah that's an unforgivable issue. Why would they even get close to completing the game without noticing/adressing that issue. Thats just bad business.

NJ5, I just can't think of someone playing on Standard Definition in 2008.
360 and PS3 = HDTV or nothing.

Cmon people, stop humiliating yourselves with cathode-ray tubes.

@Neoraf: There are HD CRTs too (and some have much better image than many LCDs and Plasmas btw).

Not everyone can afford a HDTV, many 360/PS3 gamers still use a SDTV. Many people still care more about the games than the graphics.

What was the word of mouth for Carnival Games? 

At this point both of us are just speculating about things we don't know.  You don't have an SDTV (apparently) and I don't have a Gold sub... oh shit I just realized I can get access to the demo.  I'll let you know whether the text is just annoying or a HUGE problem tomorrow.  I have 20/15 vision and lots of experience reading text including blurry text so if I can't read it it's pretty well fucked.

First of all Cathode-ray tubes rule! and second of all, don't fuckin put people down because they don't have the money and/or irresponsibility to justify buying an expensive Product, and don't belittle people for not wanting to pay a shitload of extra money for functionality that should be expected in the first place!!!

Jesus says "Don't be a dick!"

You all are missing the point here.
It's apparent that they were given too much money and bought all HDTV for testing purposes.
So, SDTV issue never arise until now.

So, it's not their fault that they didn't catch the problem. It's your fault for buying RARE's games and giving them too much money to spend on HDTV.

So, stop buying their games if you want SDTV support.

Excellent suggestion. I highly suggest that instead, people spend that money on a much more important item. A HDTV.