TL;DR 640x480
This should be illegal. We had webcams like this 20 years ago. But Nintendo customers seem to enjoy outdated hardware. It’s a tradition at this point
I just read that this camera is used to animate avatars. I’m sure they won’t be using tons of processing power to read facial expressions.
Are there going to be any games that actually make use of the camera as a camera?
If so, I just imagine people sending their dicks or memes over the camera.
640 by 480 is fine if you have a good enough sensor and lens, like broadcast NTSC video
It’s a crappy 3rd party accessory. Haven’t all consoles suffered similar?
Ok, I’ll bite.
Why does a game console need a webcam?
To allow for a live avatar. For example when playing Mario Kart online you can see the reactions of your friends your playing with. When you hit someone with a red shell and they make a mad face, you get to see it.
Microphones have been in gaming for a while, this is just the next step.
Now… Is any of that necessary? No, not really. Is it kinda neat? Maybe for some.
Surprised you can even get such shit sensors anymore. Surely it’s cheaper to get the mass produced HD+ ones nowadays? Or did someone find a warehouse of 90s trash?
Nintendo takes pride in using outdated hardware. Kinda cool in some cases kinda “wtf” in others.
This camera is a Hori product though.
Those camera modules for laptops are worth almost nothing with modern resolutions. How greedy can Nintendo be if they cut costs this way???
At least they didn’t make it proprietary so you could use one of these modules instead if you solder a USB cable to it, for like 5$
This is a Hori product, official Nintendo camera is much better (but also kinda overpriced).
Oh, I missed that. That’s actually a bit surprising since Hori usually makes very high quality stuff.
