EA Claims First Xbox 360 1080p Game Crown


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EA Claims First Xbox 360 1080p Game Crown

Following yesterday's news that Sega's March 20 release of Virtua Tennis 3 would herald the first Xbox 360 game to feature native 1080p support, a representative from

Electronic Arts has revealed to Gamasutra that its upcoming NBA Street Homecourt, shipping a month earlier on February 20, will also support the high end resolution on Xbox 360.

While Microsoft first announced support for native 1080p games and movies in its October 2006 Xbox Live update, it heralded a number of titles competing to be the first to offer the highest-end HD resolution, and it appears that EA's title will indeed beat Sega's to retail with the hitherto not well-publicized resolution included.

The fourth game in the EA's fast action basketball series, and the first for a next-gen console, NBA Street Homecourt will support multiple resolutions, including 16:9 1080p at 30fps, according to further information from EA representatives.

Other features confirmed for the upcoming 3-on-3 basketball title include a new animation engine and control system, as well as the ability to create a player and play online via Xbox Live. A demo for the game, which lets players compete as either Denver Nuggets small forward Carmelo Anthony or Detroit Pistons shooting guard Richard Hamilton, is currently available for download over Xbox Live.

NBA Street Homecourt is scheduled to ship for the Xbox 360 February 20, while a version for the PlayStation 3 is currently expected to arrive at retail two weeks later on March 6.

Source: Gamasutra

LOL... seems like they got a bit late to the 1080p party... :laugh: :rofl: :p

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Too bad there are no cables yet to support the rez. I wonder if the game is releasing on feb20, then when would HDMI cable be introduced.

it works with the vga cables...

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you don't need HDMI to get 1080p!

you can get 1080p via component and VGA, it depends on what kind of resolution your TV can take on each different input... :happy: :yes:

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What about Lost Planet? That one is already out...

And regarding TVs and inputs...

Some of the earliest Samsung 1080p DLPs can only take 1080p over VGA, they will not take it over HDMI (or component).

Nowadays you can find lots of TVs that support it over component and/or VGA, and some that do with HDMI.

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Ya know, this image bs we as consumers have to put up with is getting out of hand. Its time to go back to good ole black and white tv's. Thats where the action is at.

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you don't need HDMI to get 1080p!

you can get 1080p via component and VGA, it depends on what kind of resolution your TV can take on each different input... :happy: :yes:

thats just walking the party line right there..

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It can output at 1080p through upscaling. It's not native. Check the link I posted up above, it's a response from somebody at Capcom that directly asked the Lost Planet team.

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Thats right... upscaling is not the same as native support. You can upscale everygame to 1080p, but one that supports it natively, it would look that much sweeter.

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for some reason i picked up a box in game today (lost planet ) and it said 1080i ... :( dno whats going on is it diff for each region or am i seeing things?

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Thats right... upscaling is not the same as native support. You can upscale everygame to 1080p, but one that supports it natively, it would look that much sweeter.

That would mean all the games can have 1080p written on the package. Gee...

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yep most cant get 1920X1080. even on the VGA cables/LCD screens, most ppl have 19's or 21's. and most LCD TV are like 1366X720, right?

this doesn't matter, and anyway, i believe games scale back the gfx to afford those higher res's, so there's a trade off.

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It can output at 1080p through upscaling. It's not native. Check the link I posted up above, it's a response from somebody at Capcom that directly asked the Lost Planet team.

Uhh, you don't write 1080p on the box if it can't natively support 1080p. You can scale any game to 1080p with that chip.

The guy was on the team and he had no idea what he was talking about. I hardly call that definitive proof even if he says he queried others on the team.

-Spenser

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