There are very few people who could take advantage of RGB with a compatible CRT, so the omission makes sense. And this console is aimed squarely at playing on HDTVs, always has been. Throwing in Component I would understand a little better. There are HDMI to Analog converters with very minimal lag out there for those of you who wanna use this with a CRT. I've done this with my N64 Ultra HDMI out of curiosity to see if it works.
16-bit FPGA emulation is not far along enough to be a good experience and would add significantly to the cost of this system.
For those asking why not 1080p, it's a scaling issue. The NES resolution is 256x240.
240 does not multiply into 1080. 240 does however multiply into 720. For proper/pure scaling, you need 720.
There would be no benefit to having 1080p and it would introduce problems.
Yeah, 1080p is a janky resolution for scaling old 240p games.
After a certain point, there's also no benefit to greaterresolutions for NES graphics. At 240p, modern TVs have trouble upscaling to HD with the results being ugly artifacts, blurry graphics and added lag from processing the low res signal. 720p on the other hand is something the average TV upscales very nicely to 1080p and 4K with minimal/no problems. Therefore HD+ res is just a big unnecessary increase in processing power and more expensive parts.
I don't think this can be said enough.
It's amazing that this is still considered a niche market. Bruh. All of the folks who played this thing are in their 30s and 40s. They still play games. They have disposable income. And you'd be tapping into their childhood.
Can you imagine if Sega released another Sonic or Streets of Rage title on the Genesis? If Yacht Club released a spin off Shovel Knight game on the Super Nintendo? Capcom released a Mega Man game on the NES? People would lose their shit.
They're cartridge systems. They'll last longer than any Playstation or Xbox. Millions of folks have them. WHY aren't there more than 1 or 2 indie developers making games for them? Why isn't Nintendo and Sega capitalizing on upgraded hardware?
I just don't understand...
Look at the some of the odd responses and questions in this thread, on a hardcore video game enthusiast website of all places. Gaffers who primarily read frontpage Gaming will not get why this exists, why it isn't 1080p, why it doesn't have SNES and Genesis support, etc. The YouTube/Instagram retro crowd would be absolutely baffled why this isn't $50 like a crappy Retron.
This thing is awesome but it has no market outside of the hardcore niche within the retro niche of the video game hobby. So forget mainstream audiences. Virtual console games on a modern Nintendo console or an official all-in-one solution like the NES Mini are really as deep as they would get invested.