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Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

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Famed game developer Rare Ltd. is reviving one of its most beloved and successful franchises exclusively on Xbox 360 with the third installment of the “Banjo-Kazooie” series. “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts” embraces new and old fans alike, as the ...

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Banjo Kazooie issue with SD TV won't be fixed

Posted on Wednesday, 5 November 2008 by Speed, source: NeoGAF
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Got blurry text on your SDTV? Your own fault, go get a Hi-def TV you cheap bastard!
People with standard-def TV's are screwed and Microsoft couldn't care less it seems.

So what's it all about? Well, it seems that Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is displaying rather unclear text when played on a standard definition TV. Rare's community manager has since discovery of the issue stated that despite the fact that it's a problem, they won't be fixing it.

Unfortunately, this is an issue that doesn't look like it will get changed. I don't want to bore you with the technical side of things (I really don't understand it all myself), but the long and the short of it is that the text you see in the demo will be the same as that which you find in the retail version of the game.

I'm sorry that we weren't able to address this issue as nothing would please us more than turning all your complaints into gleeful responses, but it's simply something that's too expensive in terms of time, resources and money to alter.

Please don't kill me. This *doesn't* mean we don't care about or respect the community. This *does* mean that, when all's said and done, we're only human
Human indeed, just like all those humans that don't have a Hi-def TV set cause they can't or don't want to pay for that. Guess Rare and Microsoft don't care about that, just as long as they get enough profit (= money) themselves.

Meanwhile, things become even more grimm as CVG is reporting that Xbox Live Arcade games have to be playable on a 14" SDTV and that also includes readable text.

Microsoft having two sets of standards, one for other companies and one for their own first-party titles? Certainly seems so!

(and don't start nagging that BK isn't an XBLA game, those games are supposed to have LOWER standards than games that are sold at full price in retail stores!)
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7 Comment(s)

Anonymous

Anonymous

stop living in the past... everyone knows SD is dead, go and invest in a PROPER TV.
stop living in the past... everyone knows SD is dead, go and invest in a PROPER TV.
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Posted on 22:49, November 05th 2008
daffeh

daffeh

you don't even need a HDTV. SDTV is digital already. You just need one that does more than 640*480. Heck there are even CRT's that do 800*600 and didn't cost much.
Whoever plays this on either a CRT or an LCD over s-video is just plain stupid :)
you don't even need a HDTV. SDTV is digital already. You just need one that does more than 640*480. Heck there are even CRT's that do 800*600 and didn't cost much. Whoever plays this on either a CRT or an LCD over s-video is just plain stupid :)
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Posted on 09:22, November 06th 2008
Speed

Speed

It's the principal that counts, everything else is BS
It's the principal that counts, everything else is BS
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Posted on 17:51, November 06th 2008
daffeh

daffeh

in that case, gtaIV has an issue with colours on my 30year old black&white TV. I demand rectification!
in that case, gtaIV has an issue with colours on my 30year old black&white TV. I demand rectification!
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Posted on 19:00, November 06th 2008
Speed

Speed

The principle being that third party XBLA games have to follow more strict standards than first party full-price games. Dumbass ;)
The principle being that third party XBLA games have to follow more strict standards than first party full-price games. Dumbass ;)
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Posted on 21:27, November 06th 2008
daffeh

daffeh

ah :) consider me pwned
ah :) consider me pwned
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Posted on 21:29, November 06th 2008
Rian

Rian

pwn pwn pwn pwn (+ melody)
pwn pwn pwn pwn (+ melody)
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Posted on 22:43, November 06th 2008
 

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