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No HD For Revolution
And maybe a redesign for the DS, too.
by Patrick Klepek, 11/11/2005
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Nintendo couldn´t be playing opposites more this generation. While Sony and Microsoft are batting back and forth over whose machine supports more next-generation media, televisions, etc., Nintendo´s content with simply walking the other way. In other words, Revolution´s now confirmed to not have HD support.
There had been rumors Nintendo was backing from their previous stance of excluding support for 720p HDTV resolutions in Revolution, but when CNN/Money chatted with Nintendo of America executive VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime, those rumors appear to have been in vain. "What we´ll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," he says.
Missing the HD boat seems to be more about the problems facing the consumers, according to Nintendo. Fils-Aime cites "almost interminably long" load times associated with large files needed for HD gaming as part of Nintendo´s reasoning for concentrating on different areas for Revolution. Though many HDTV-happy gamers may argue otherwise, Nintendo´s always been a company known for forging their own path.
And though Nintendo DS might sport an innovative feature set for a handheld, PSP´s sleek, sexy design has caused many to wonder if Nintendo´s planning a redesign. "As soon as [the DS] was launched, we started looking at ways to tweak it visually," says Fils-Aime. Considering the many times Nintendo ´tweaked´ the Game Boy Advance, a reimainging of their dual screen portable wouldn´t come as surprising.
You might as well pick up a DS not rather than later, too; Nintendo doesn´t have any price cuts on the horizon. Looking towards the future, though, Fils-Aime does say he expects Revolution to once again be the cheapest of the next-generation machines, even if they haven´t nailed the price down just yet. "Value has been a key card for us this generation and we´ll continue to play it," he says.