Sessler's Soapbox: Is 3-D the Future of Gaming?

djbuddha

In regards to the point you made about being satisfied with things we already have:

I own a projector which is natively 720p. It scales 1080p down to 720p and looks incredible. I don't even plan on upgrading that to full 1080p because it's beyond satisfactory. I can't fathom a world of 3D gaming when most of the games released are still in 720p (and in the eyes of some developers- that's even up to debate with advanced scaling methods used in consoles and PCs today)- 3D would be the ultimate stretch.

Take a game like Uncharted 2 which used so much of the PS3's cell capabilities (and had to offload processes from the video card as noted in the behind the scenes videos). If you had to split the engine and force it to render things for 3D on a PS3- the game (even in 3D) will look something similar of the early stages of PS2 development- not because of inferior design, but because of hardware limitation. If Uncharted was unable to be done in 1080p- what makes anybody think that we could get the same game in 720p in 3D....? I use Uncharted as my example as it sets the bar for 'immersive' (not because Adam said so- more because like some addicts- I am craving a replay of that game). And before the 360 fanboys chime in about the PS3 being inferior in some way (beit from a youtube video they saw or an inference some developer made) remember that people bought both consoles- and I feel that both have their strong and weak points nearly evenly.... I feel exactly the same about games like Gears of War for my 360 as I do about Uncharted.

But back to my point lol

This eventuality would then incite the need for a new console (which is what the corporate world is begging for- and the end user is fighting against). (quickly conspiracy theorists: everybody scream "HDMI 1.x in the XBox / PS3 was no accident We need a new HDMI spec and another Playstation / Xbox product!! They knew along!! .. and while you're yelling- yell out: I have no understanding of the corporate world!!!) lol...

My point to close the analogy I attempted to start at the beginning of this post. I have 2 HD DVRs in my home- I have a 40" 1080p display upstairs and my Pansonic Projector downstairs (again 720p) .. everything is connected via HDMI. (and set up properly unlike the vast majority of people who own 1 HD compatible display.. which blows my mind that people believe this 3D thing will fly while consumers don't even set up their products to spec AS IS lol)

Yet I'm far from an enthusiast... I have NO intention of upgrading as I love where we are and where we've been. I think we can go somewhere better and FAR beyond the scope of 3D... as it was said in the Bayonetta episode of Feedback.. the Wii is the close and the best thing to 3D vs the TV which nobody will by. If I love toys so much and can't see myself putting glasses on when I dim the lights in the projector room .. why would the average consumer do the same??

djbuddha