Today's high-end gaming consoles can play games in 1080p resolution, but many Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games still run at 720p or less. The average person may not see a difference, but the graphics-minded co-creator of Doom does.
Yesterday, the legendary programmer Tweeted:
Targeting 1080P for next gen consoles brings pixel precision back to relevance. Almost every display screws with 720P.
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Your HD TV can probably run it. The question is whether your consoles can without sacrificing framerate and whether it'll make a difference. Carmack believes it will. Maybe the next Xbox should be called the 1080 and not the 720?
Id's John Carmack Shooting for 1080p, Is an Alpha Nerd [GameTrailer's Side Mission blog]