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skythra
Posts: 1987
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

Before when every TV was measured under 50cm, before when your monitors were large at 17", before when everyone else had low graphics too, SD was perfectly acceptable.

But try playing a wii on a 50+" TV. It looks like shit. In fact the PS2 with component cable looks better. Sure if i scale it back to 30" it looks fine, the pixels aren't the size of my index finger. But I'm not sitting any further from my TV than i was when it was smaller, and i can count the pixels because they're so huge.

There's been two reasons why the wii hasn't been in use in the house.

1) Not having new friends come around, and all the old friends have played all the 'party games'
2) I've got another console and will play it every time over the wii because its well, better. I don't know how else to put that. I enjoy pretty things. I like 1080p.

That said I still enjoyed playing through a few wii games. Graphics alone don't make a good game. But I know you all have old consoles and I don't see you avoiding playing new games because there are better games on the previous consoles that you havn't played. Why is that?
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Kat
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Wii doesn't need to be HD to be enjoyable.

Plus old people can't see the difference and kids don't care
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lewd
Posts: 719
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
dude at EB told me that wii blacks are HD/out and make the games look a little sharper.

ive been playing xbox360 for the last week (mainly brutal legend), and yeah, for single player, its heaps entertaining.
but when mates come over, its still new super mario bros. and wii sports resort (archery mainly) that cops a flogging.
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thermite
Posts: 4381
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Considering most Wii models are a low-poly ball for a head, a rectangle for a body, and arms that don't join onto the body, I can totally see why improving graphics hardware isn't really a concern.
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Dazhel
Posts: 1064
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland

Plus old people can't see the difference

I laugh whenever I hear old people complaining amongst themselves that they can't tell the difference between SD and HD tv broadcasts.
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hardware
Posts: 6852
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I have a PC and a Wii and that is all:

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Midda
Posts: 4829
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah, great logic. If you like games, get the platform that costs the most, and has the least new-release games.

I like games, so I go where the games are. That means PC and console. They're not mutually exclusive.
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MatchFixa
Posts: 2386
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Midda, that chart is a joke and you were just played like a chump.
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Tim Tibbetts
Posts: 2282
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
That's awesome! I have all of them though, does that make me a whore?
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Spook
Posts: 28295
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Nintendo seem to be ok with this and want developers not to release cutdown versions of multiplatform games, but develop new games that are just for the Wii.


wii versions of games for other consoles are pretty much not worth playing

But try playing a wii on a 50+" TV. It looks like shit


wii over component on my 50" sony looks awesome

you are obviously doing it wrong


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konstie
Posts: 785
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

wii over component on my 50" sony looks awesome you are obviously doing it wrong


+1. I had it on my tv with regular cables, decided to upgrade with 7 dollar ebay composite and it looks SCHWEET.
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hardware
Posts: 6855
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Midda, that chart is a joke and you were just played like a chump.
this.
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Mantorok
Posts: 4578
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Why is Nintendo so afraid of HD? It's not like the Wii is battery-powered and has to run on low-power hardware.
They didn't say they don't want to go HD, just that HD isn't going to allow them to do anything new, so it's not their number one priority. I'd expect their next console to have full HD support, but it's not going to be the major selling point and there won't be a Wii redesign that supports HD.

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trog
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Posts: 29779
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

Midda, that chart is a joke and you were just played like a chump.
is it, though?
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Sc00bs
Posts: 4011
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
wii might b fun for a little while but there is only so long u can look at square shaped ppl
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groganus
Posts: 1077
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Trog hasn't realized that console gaming is the new pc gaming. LOLZ
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Spook
Posts: 28303
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
no its not, pc gaming is the new gaming

consoles are still for the poor people who dont have pcs


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Methz
Posts: 91
Location: Sydney, New South Wales

I have all 4. The PC and the PS3 are the only ones plugged in atm. I think it's going to stay that way for a while.
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Spook
Posts: 28308
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i have a pc and a wii

i dont need a ps3 or an xbox as i have a pc

the only game ive missed out on was unchartered 2


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parabol
Posts: 5750
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
If you like games, get the platform that costs the most,

For every PC I buy, console gamers seem to buy multiple consoles and countless accessories and controllers with each generation. Of course some people buy just the one console, but most consolers I know have a Wii and a PS3 or Wii and xbox. The more hardcore ones have all three. The price advantage of individual consoles is sort of lost then ...
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