"This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo."
- Martin O'Donnell
Hello everyone! As far as I know, there hasn't been a SINGLE FPS game for the Xbox 360 that is in TRUE 1080p high-definition. What I mean by TRUE 1080p is a NATIVE resolution of 1920x1080 (1,920 horizontal lines of resolution by 1,080 vertical lines of resolution, resulting in 2,073,600 pixels total). EVERY FPS game for the Xbox 360 that says "HDTV 1080p" on the back of the case actually has a lower resolution that is upscaled to 1920x1080. For example, the actual NATIVE resolution of Halo 3 is 1152x640, but it is upscaled to 1920x1080. As far as I know, the ONLY Xbox 360 games that are in TRUE 1080p high-definition are Fifa Street 3, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Virtual Tennis 3 (Demo), none of which are FPS games. This is the PERFECT opportunity for Bungie to make a breakthrough and make Halo: Reach the VERY FIRST FPS game for the Xbox 360 that is in TRUE 1080p. If not true 1080p, then at least maintain an aspect ratio of 16:9. If it doesn't have an aspect ratio of 16:9, then the image would be stretched when being upscaled to 1920x1080, causing the image quality to degrade and circles to look like ovals. To determine if an image has an aspect ratio of 16:9, simply divide the number of horizontal lines of resolution by 16 and the number of vertical lines of resolution by 9. If both quotients are the same, then it has an aspect ratio of 16:9. For example, an image with a resolution of 1920x1080 has an aspect ratio of 16:9, because 1,920 divided by 16 equals 120 and 1,080 divided by 9 equals 120 (notice how both quotients are 120). Halo 3 has a resolution of 1152x640, so 1,152 divided by 16 equals 72 and 640 divided by 9 equals approximately 71.1. Both quotients are different, meaning that it does not have an aspect ratio of 16:9. Please Bungie, take this into consideration. This took me a while to type. I know TRUE 1080p might take up a lot of resources, so atleast maintain an aspect ratio of 16:9. What do you guys think...?
[Edited on 08.25.2009 6:27 PM PDT]