that's what I thought. But I just wanted to make sure if what EvilDragon has said were true and came from GP. Otherwise, he is spreading a false rumor (or prediction if you prefer) of the company in intention of defamation.
This isn't an opinion shaped by no external influence, it is a fact that missing pixels will often mean unreadable text, which means that the game is not nearly as enjoyable to me at least.The fact is that it doesn't look as good, and that if you scale DOWN you lose image information. However, your belief that anything not displayed 1:1 possesses no worth whatsoever is not a 'fact', it is an opinion. I care about the gameplay primarily, not the graphics, of most games I emulate, and I'm not terribly concerned if the image quality is 'imperfect' because emulation is imperfect and will always be that way. "Looks like shit" will never be a 'fact', it's an opinion. Get off the horse you rode in on.
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I imagine the exact same results as with English characters, they won't be as high quality unless you are going to a direct multiple of the screen resolution. Honestly, with the convenient methods of scaling I've used in some emulators, e.g. for GBA to flip between scaled/scrolling modes in a flash, it just doesn't really bother me. And done right with an acceptable filter and maintaining aspect ratio, the text can be made perfectly readable, too. It's not the exact same as the original though, which is why DaveC slanders that concept as well.Does legibility of Japanese text go up or down when you scale anything not (whole number)
I imagine the exact same results as with English characters, they won't be as high quality unless you are going to a direct multiple of the screen resolution. Honestly, with the convenient methods of scaling I've used in some emulators, e.g. for GBA to flip between scaled/scrolling modes in a flash, it just doesn't really bother me. And done right with an acceptable filter and maintaining aspect ratio, the text can be made perfectly readable, too. It's not the exact same as the original though, which is why DaveC slanders that concept as well.Does legibility of Japanese text go up or down when you scale anything not (whole number)
You certainly imply that unless you had an unscaled (or an even-scaled) image, you wouldn't use the emulator.But no where do I say "...to the point where the new image is useless"
I say it looks like shit. Looking like shit doesn't mean "useless". I guess that is an opinion. But what is a fact is that a scaled down image looks worse than one with all of the pixels.
Where is the fun in that?
I love a good debate.Where is the fun in that?
At any rate, since I'm discussing what the design of the machines should actually be like with GP, I can't look at it very passively. I'd rather do my best to steer them down the path that will result in the best possible machine, since I will be developing heavily for it.
I don't recall it exactly. Wasn't it for a AA holder that would fit in where the LiIon battery did? .. Honestly, I've never seen a LiIon pack in a portable device that was in that size and shape, I don't really see them cramming it into the machine.. I suppose room could be made for it, I'll bring it up. I just would not count on it happening. If GP uses a quality, high-current LiIon pack that is an off-the-shelf part replacement won't be an issue, and if they use a high-quality SoC that matches ARM power saving reference standards, e.g. from Samsung, TI etc. battery life should be much better than the GP2X exhibits. The GP2X's MP2520F only draws so much power because its power-saving features are close to worthless, its core voltage is way too high, and it uses old, power-hungry SDRAM (not even Mobile SDRAM.) GP's already stated a willingness to use MobileDDR from the very start, which is lower-power, yet much faster.
