I don't get it...I just don't get it. Been reading a lot of different forums lately in regards to nVidia hooking up with Sony for the PS3. Lots of people are saying the CELL based PS3 is a "MONSTER", a "MIRACLE MACHINE" with some even going as far as fearing for the future of PC Gaming. "This beast is going to blow away anything we've ever seen or dreamed of before". Are we led to believe that a mass market gaming console that will probably arrive with a price tag somewhere near $299.00 is going to nuke any fully tricked out Alienware, Falcon Northwest or Voodoo PC rig, rigs that can run between $5000-$10,000. What am I missing here?
Next-Gen Consoles: Will someone separate the hype from the reality please!
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A CELL based chip is huge, since there are no direct competition. That leaves us plenty of space to dream. But I admit, hype takes a major part of the discussion. I am very happy to see at least one console-maker that invest time and energy in the processor research and development sector...
radioheadrule83
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I'm wait and see on Cell. And PS3 in general. It'd be wonderful if it's the broadband friendly media dream they're making it out to be. THATs what excites me about cell. But some of it has got to be hype. I think this generation or next people could actually start becoming underwhelmed by 'next gen' visuals thanks to all the damaging hype preceeding it.
I hope Iwata's Nintendo aren't as conservative with their spec sheets as Yamauchi's was with Gamecube. That or I hope Microsoft and Sony are more realistic and offer performance details re: typical game performance.
I hope Iwata's Nintendo aren't as conservative with their spec sheets as Yamauchi's was with Gamecube. That or I hope Microsoft and Sony are more realistic and offer performance details re: typical game performance.
tahrikmili
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Reality: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will release a next generation console.
Hype: All the rest.
Hype: All the rest.
I'm too lazy to check up on this but I think what sliver of reality is PS3 is probably doing parallel, distributed computing to take gaming to the next level. To make better games, you're going to need a hell of a lot of hardware horsepower; but, there seems to be a limit to what a single CPU can do.
Why is stupid?
You are pretty safe about saying that Xbox2 and Ps3 will be "extremely" powerful (just as "extremely powerful" than Playstation 1 to 2 or more "extremely"?).
But I´m curious to know how do you know the next Nintendo machine will have "decent performance" (based on what?) and what is more interesting, you know that the input is untraditional and "stupid", so I suppose you have a great knowledge of it, could you share it with us if you are not under a NPD or something like that?
I say this because I suppose this is not of one of that post that only pretend to annoy the fans of certain company, isn´t?
And about the topic, I believe there are not a lot of things you can take as sure. The PC thing is something I saw too with Playstation 2 and is pretty clear that the PC hasn´t loose vitality, so I wouldn´t believe it (the difference comes from the users after all).
It´s more, with Nvidia developing for Sony and ATI for Microsoft and Nintendo, I believe that whatever you will see in a next generation console will be catched in 1 year or less for the PC. It will be another generational jump like the last one.
Rogerkiller
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snapty00 said:
I bet youll be surprised about the Decent part of Revolution.....
OG_Original Gamer
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The difference this gen is the inclusion of HDTV, gamers next gen will have the opportunity to experince gaming in high resolution, all though they can today with some select Xbox titles, next gen consoles will be pumping every texture, pixel,texel at a higher resolution as well.
Then you include the fact consoles will be able to connect to P.C montiors out of the box, for obvious reasons.
Then you include the fact consoles will be able to connect to P.C montiors out of the box, for obvious reasons.
OG_Original Gamer
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human5892 said:
Its MS money, many assume that because their the wealthiest company in the gaming market, no matter what situation MS is in, they will come out on top of Nintendo technically.
Even though Sony has more money than Nintendo and they couldn't out do Nintendo when dealing with year gap.
Justin Bailey
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He doesn't know anything, he's trolling, duh.Gaijin To Ronin said:
xsarien said:
They've stressed that software will be the key to success next generation, which is not exactly the same thing.
human5892 said:
Features are one thing, graphical capabilities are another. Another thing he's said is that we can look at the DS to get an idea as to the direction they're heading with revolution. Looking at the DS we see a system that gets pounded graphically by it's competitor, but incorporates different, unique functionality.
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Hype: PS3 will be 50x more powerful than PS2. Xenon will have parts that are worth $4000 in todays dollars. Revolution is real.
Reality: PS3 and Xenon will be more powerful than PS2 and Xbox, respectively. Revolution is fake.
Reality: PS3 and Xenon will be more powerful than PS2 and Xbox, respectively. Revolution is fake.
Justin Bailey
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Hey, you never know with this place.Gaijin To Ronin said:
It´s not that bad
Take it or not, is free, I know GAF for years, and that way of thinking will drive you to a permaban soon or later. Now you can tell me that "you don´t care" or something like that, I have seen it before.
There is no reason to be angry about words and opinions, much less in internet. Try to counter with something creative or be ready to give a well documented opinion, or just leave it alone and simply put your opinion about the issue. We should be here for enjoy a chat about videogames, for knowledge, or for fun, there are things here to be enjoyed.
Gaijin To Ronin said:It´s not that bad
Take it or not, is free, I know GAF for years, and that way of thinking will drive you to a permaban soon or later. Now you can tell me that "you don´t care" or something like that, I have seen it before.
There is no reason to be angry about words and opinions, much less in internet. Try to counter with something creative or be ready to give a well documented opinion, or just leave it alone and simply put your opinion about the issue. We should be here for enjoy a chat about videogames, for knowledge, or for fun, there are things here to be enjoyed.
To tell you the truth I care if a get banned.
You're right though there is no reason to get pissed off for fanboys like snapty. He's not even worth it.As someone else said, I think you're splitting hairs here a bit; "features" can likely be inferred to mean performance, especially when accounting for the fact that the original statement had to be translated.Redbeard said:
Also: the Revolution's GPU is being developed at ATi, the same company that is doing the Xenon. The Xenon hardware is more or less finalized at this point (2004 tech), while the Revolution's is likely far off (2005 tech). This alone would provide for a strong possibility that the Revolution will at least be on equal footing with Xenon.