360 Games No Longer Have To Be In High Definition

Since the 360 launched in 2005, developers have had to work within a set of guidelines set down by Microsoft. One of those stipulated that games had to be running at a resolution of 1280×720 (720p). Not any more! Black Rock Studio’s (ATV, Split/Second) David Jefferies has, in his regular column on industry site Develop, revealed that Microsoft recently dropped the requirement, meaning games can – if they want/need to – be released in lower, standard definition resolutions.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Of course, some games on the 360 have already been yono all app released in sub-HD resolutions. Halo 3, for example, which Jeffereis says was thanks to Bungie, “who got it yono all app waived”. Wonder how much this decision has to do with recent findings revealing that w69 slot less than half of Gears of Wars 2’s player base owns a high definition television? https://kotaku.com/this-is-not-the-hd-generation-5320735 Microsoft’s new resolution [Develop, via Evil Avatar]