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New 'Banjo Kazooie' Game Snubs SDTV Viewers

by Darren Murph on November 9, 2008 at 08:48 AM


Whoa, boy. Talk about causing an uproar. Rare, the development studio behind the forthcoming video game 'Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts,' has decided to move forward with the game without fixing a glaring textual issue when playing on an standard-definition television (SDTV). Essentially, the text in the game -- of which there a lot -- is darn near illegible on standard-def televisions. When playing the game on an HDTV (even at 'DVD-quality' 480p), it's relatively easy to make out what's going on; when attempting to play on an SDTV, things get ugly. As you can see above, we find it hard to believe SDTV owners will be able to stand the game-play for more than a few minutes, and amazingly, Rare has admitted that there are no plans to fix things before it goes gold.

So, how do you feel about this? As a presumed HDTV owner, you probably couldn't care less personally, but should SDTV-owning gamers be given more respect here?

[Via Joystiq]


Tags: Banjo Kazooie, Banjo-Kazooie, BanjoKazooie, glitch, HDTV, problem, RARE, SDTV, text, video game, VideoGame

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