Why are the tutorial videos higher res than the actual game?

[AntiHaze]

iPod graphics arent running a resolution as high as the iPhone version because the graphics processor in the iPod can't handle it. It's looks the same on my 4S as it does in the videos.

[KyleMac]

You could remake the map (minus animations) in Javascript and it'd look better in Mobile Safari than this game currently does. I do not see what part of this game is possibly taxing on the client.

More importantly, if there really are performance issues then the animations, planet detail, etc. should be dropped before the readability of text which makes an already clunky UI even worse.