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It's also resulted in a lot of people buying new televisions, especially in the United States after the FCC had forced the digital conversion (originally planned February 12, 2009 but delayed by the President to June 12).
Of the Sixth Generation of game consoles, the [[PlayStation 2]] and Xbox both technically supported HD, but very few games used those modes, especially on the [[PlayStation 2]], which only had TWO games that supported 1080i ([[Gran Turismo]] 4 and Tourist Trophy, which, it should be noted, ran on the same [[Game Engine]]). [https://web.archive.org/web/20191029142624/http://www.hdtvarcade.com/
Of the Seventh Generation of video game consoles (the [[Play Station 3]], 360, and Wii), only the Wii doesn't have HD capabilities. This has the side effect of making it so some [[Play Station 3]] and 360 games have near illegible text or HUD elements on non-HD TVs(since the game programmers expected it to be played on widescreen HD sets), a problem not present in the Wii due to the aforementioned lack of HD, though the Wii's 480p resolution is considered enhanced definition..
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