I wonder was a high-def option available on the Japanese GC.Originally Posted by 3RA1N1AC
yeah, their rationale is: customers didn't use the dvd-resolution (480p) display that was available on GameCube, so why bother with high-def? but the thing is, Nintendo made it so difficult to access in the first place.
the component video cable was only available directly from Nintendo's online shop, only some games supported 480p (and only some of those supported widescreen) and the ones that didn't were unable to use the component cable at all. you'd have to fall back to the composite/svideo cable for non-480p games. then the system's menu didn't have a permanent 480p option, you just have to remember the correct button to press on the controller to activate 480p every time you boot the games.
then they finally removed the component video jack completely from the back of the GameCube's new models sometime in 2004, as a cost-cutting choice. and now they wonder why nobody used the 480p option. well gee, maybe if they'd publicized it and made it easy to use...
Nintendo's attitude toward enhanced & high-def is just baffling and eccentric.![]()
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