There are complaints that non-retina apps look terrible compared to retina apps on a retina iPad.
Is this purely in comparison with high-resolution apps, or does it actually look worse than it did on an iPad without the retina display, i.e. do four pixels forming one big virtual pixel on a retina display look worse than one big pixel of the exact same size on the old display?
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The retina display of the new iPad has both...
More vibrant colors will improve the looks of anything displayed on the screen. So this should make "non-retina compatible" games more fun as well.
However, all of the iOS apps by Apple are in high-res and due to the huge difference in the used pixels, non-retina apps will appear to have worse graphics.
The retina display is theoratically able to display four times the content. Apps that make use of only 1/4 of the pixel resolution are perceived less detailed.