GamerZero

Cell wasn't designed for a games console,but as a media-centric processor,ie processing media such as sound and vision.That is why it's going to be used in
televisions and other devices.
AI centric,out-of-order execution,RISC type instruction set designed for a games console and an all in one GPU/CPU with an advanced DirectX instruction set are just a few ways of going forward.
I hope MS designs a processor that really advances
the gaming power available to developers with development software to match.
Nvidia and AMD/ATI are designing CPU/GPU's also,it's
a crowded place which is going to be interesting.Cell will be just another emotion-engine,another sad mark in history as a difficult to program CPU that failed to sell to the masses.
Why did Apple dump IBM because of the Cell?
Why are Intel and AMD largely ignoring the Cell?
Maybe it's because it's not all that!
Maybe it was too costly,too complex and too difficult to program effectively for the current generation of coders.
It's like a poker game.MS have played it straight while
Sony have been bluffing all along and although Sony
could still win with their tactics I would rather bet on the safer player.
Nintendo aren't even playing on the same table but are
winning their own game by dazzling it's audience with
fancy handywork to appear better than they actualy are.

I see great games on the 360 now.In four or five years I will upgrade to it's successor not because it
will be totaly bc or 1080P (ZZzz) but because it will
be designed from the ground up to be a games machine!

Dreeeeeeeeaaaaaaam....Dream...Dream...Dreeeaam...
Dreeeeeeeeaaaaaaam....all I want to do is Dream!

Cool,I'm hoping Linux will land on my washing machine too.I reckon it could also handle 'Resistance' as
it washes my clothes damn fine.

Gears Of War...Gears Of War...Gears Of War...
Gears O...O...O...O...Gotta Go To Da Bafwoom!

I just don't believe it.
I told my nan and grandad not to open my
Christmas presents.
Frankly...I'm embarrassed.

I would give SONY a dollar but I can't as
I have 5 children,an alcoholic father,
a serious crack habit and a 360 to support!

1080P for the PS3 cuz it has the POWAAAA!
NOOooo
I have 4 1080P TV's so I guess I'll have to buy a PS3.
Bye bye 360,Next Gen starts here Boo Hoo!

/ends numptyism

OMG! 'Dig Dug' the game that has been worrying
PS3 fanboys all this time is finaly on 360.
Must resist....so difficuuullt!
Aaaaargh 360 FTW,I just can't help myself
any longer.

Whatever happens,Sony must be crying tears of blood to lose a hefty amount of market share this time round.
It's good because developers will consider every console when making them nice games that keeps us
entertained.
That is the main reason to celebrate.

That 10 year lifespan for the PS3 is a
ploy to make fanboys believe that it has
huge untapped potential for when developers
can finaly crack the CELL processor.

Sadly it really means that it will take 10 years
to get good compilers to fully exploit the
CELL but by that time it will of been superceded
by newer designs by then.

CELL was designed to be running with other CELL's
onboard but we all know that would of broke Sony.
So you have this crippled singular CELL with none of
the task sharing that could of blew the competition away.
Its basicaly a stripped down PowerPC chip with several
DSP type mini-processors with limited functionality.
A powerhouse with certain applications but as a games
cpu most developers would say meeeeeh!

The RSX is a medium power PC graphics chip that is some
way behind 360's GPU in terms of design.It's fast but
is limited to 256MB of graphics RAM.There are far more
bottle-necks in the PS3 compared to the rest and it won't help developers one bit.

For which console has the legs to stay around
the longest,I would say the Wii because once a few
years have passed I imagine some real innovative games
to be out by then using it's control to the full.

In terms of graphical capability,I'm guessing the PS3 will have an extra 5fps whilst the 360 will have more detailed textures and effects but both being close.
None of that PS3 twice the power of 360 BS,that's
for sure.