Someone ask Matt about HD support for Revolution, and his responds was that Nintendo is still deciding about HD support and that nintendo is in talks with both ATI and IBM for a solution.
Isn't too late for Nintendo to change the hardware? And how are they gonna do it, by bumping up the speed or adding more processors?
source: http://cube.ign.com/mail (Sep 7, 2005)
"First off, love the site. Gotta love the N-query as well. I was wondering do you think there is a possibility that Nintendo will offer HD to Revolution owners that want to shell out a little extra cash? Kind of like what they are doing with the DVD option. They could store the HD option in the Revolution and if you wanted to play your games in HD you could simply download it to your system. Is this even possible, or is HD only created directly to the game? To me this seems like a great idea, but I don't know if it's possible...if it was I don't see why Nintendo wouldn't do this. Your thoughts?
Matt responds: Realistically, I don't think so. Nintendo has already stated that Revolution will be able to output in 480p, which means that it will have component hook-ups. What that also means is that the physical hardware is already in place to do high-definition games. However, since Nintendo has openly said that HD is out, what that tells me is that the computing power to do it is not there. Processing 720p and 1080i/1080p resolutions requires faster CPU/GPUs, as well as more RAM. There's no way Nintendo will sell upgrades of that nature in order to enable HD playback. On a side note, I still haven't given up on HD support. Rumors abound suggest that Nintendo is still deciding and that it has, in fact, banged its head with IBM and ATI in order to figure out a solution."
Isn't too late for Nintendo to change the hardware? And how are they gonna do it, by bumping up the speed or adding more processors?
source: http://cube.ign.com/mail (Sep 7, 2005)
"First off, love the site. Gotta love the N-query as well. I was wondering do you think there is a possibility that Nintendo will offer HD to Revolution owners that want to shell out a little extra cash? Kind of like what they are doing with the DVD option. They could store the HD option in the Revolution and if you wanted to play your games in HD you could simply download it to your system. Is this even possible, or is HD only created directly to the game? To me this seems like a great idea, but I don't know if it's possible...if it was I don't see why Nintendo wouldn't do this. Your thoughts?
Matt responds: Realistically, I don't think so. Nintendo has already stated that Revolution will be able to output in 480p, which means that it will have component hook-ups. What that also means is that the physical hardware is already in place to do high-definition games. However, since Nintendo has openly said that HD is out, what that tells me is that the computing power to do it is not there. Processing 720p and 1080i/1080p resolutions requires faster CPU/GPUs, as well as more RAM. There's no way Nintendo will sell upgrades of that nature in order to enable HD playback. On a side note, I still haven't given up on HD support. Rumors abound suggest that Nintendo is still deciding and that it has, in fact, banged its head with IBM and ATI in order to figure out a solution."