New age of Console Gaming?

[imported_nocturne]

I'm sure most of you have seen the specs on the new console systems coming out soon, and I can't help but be amazed. When the PS2 and xbox came out, us computer gamers didn't pay much mind to the technology, for good reason. The ~300mhz PS2 was hardly impressive, and the xbox was just a 733mhz celeron with 128mb and a GF2 (at a time we were all running 1ghz+, 512mb+, and gf3/r200+). Argueably, it was enough to play cheaply made games at TV resolution.

These new system specs are incredible to say the least. The ultra powerful cpus, pipeline stuffed GPU's, and everything else to pick up the slack in between rivals PC's on every level except functionality. Hopefully, it's for more than just gaming at 1080i.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Its not about the graphics, its about the games damnit.
You can have the prettiest game in the world, but if it isn't fun no one will buy it.

 

[JME Fidelity]

hype, hype, hype.

 

[lrad50]

Originally posted by: JME Fidelity
hype, hype, hype.

"D...D...Don't...Don't believe the hype"

 

[ShadowBlade]

xbox is a P3.

 

[Lonyo]

Ultra powerful CPU's? WTF?

 

[JME Fidelity]

hahaha
Ultra powerful cpus. More like overclocked intel celerons

 

[EyeMWing]

Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

Which brings us to the question, why aren't there more games for the mac?

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

Which brings us to the question, why aren't there more games for the mac?

cause they suck

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

Which brings us to the question, why aren't there more games for the mac?

would you want to sell your games to 5% of the computer market? not to mention that macs are awful at playing games, performance wise. Anyone can make a beautiful, well playing game when the hardware is 100% consistent. I can't imagine what ATI or Nvdia could do if they made a game JUST for 1 specific A64 system.

 

[hans030390]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
xbox is a P3.

Actually it's a celeron based off of a P3

 

[imported_nocturne]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

That's what I'd like to think, but you can't help but think they're actually trying this time.

The hype machine slowed down a bit, and I'm still suprised at the so-called confirmed specs. I was expecting a 1.3ghz celeron with 256mb and a GF4 MX.

 

[MustangSVT]

meh.. when i get home today ill still play SC, CS 1.6 and GTR

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: nocturne

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

That's what I'd like to think, but you can't help but think they're actually trying this time.

The hype machine slowed down a bit, and I'm still suprised at the so-called confirmed specs. I was expecting a 1.3ghz celeron with 256mb and a GF4 MX.

The "confirmed specs" are very carefully camoflauged SMP (or single) PowerPC Gen5 CPUs with some custom 3d hardware. Woot? Cell processor? Handy codeword for "Multi core POWER3"

In reality, the chips we're getting in the xBox360 are going to be halfway between PPC G5 and Power5. The PS3 is a badassed-up Power3. What Nintendo is going to do is probably just use a straight G5

 

[jspeicher]

who cares about specs. console gaming is fun.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Heh. Well, consider this. At their core, all 3 next-gen consoles are trumped up G5 macs.

Which brings us to the question, why aren't there more games for the mac?

would you want to sell your games to 5% of the computer market? not to mention that macs are awful at playing games, performance wise. Anyone can make a beautiful, well playing game when the hardware is 100% consistent. I can't imagine what ATI or Nvdia could do if they made a game JUST for 1 specific A64 system.

Can you speak up? It seem that the only words I hear are coming out of your ass.