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Xenobot on 09 April 2013
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.


Both X360 and PS3 has silmilar CPUs

Xenon is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, is based on IBM PowerPC instruction set architecture, consisting of three independent processor cores on a single die. These cores are slightly modified versions of the PPE in the Cell processor used on the PlayStation 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_%28processor%29



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phinch1 on 09 April 2013
kowenicki said:
D-Joe said:
Well the fact that i know my friend playing Halo 4 on 720...


huh?


I'm Guessing his friend might be a developer, or he is fibbing



slowmo on 09 April 2013

Must be a slow news day, quick recycle the rumours again!



walsufnir on 09 April 2013
Xenobot said:
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.


Both X360 and PS3 has silmilar CPUs

Xenon is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, is based on IBM PowerPC instruction set architecture, consisting of three independent processor cores on a single die. These cores are slightly modified versions of the PPE in the Cell processor used on the PlayStation 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_%28processor%29


Thing is, the interesting part in Cell wasn't ppe....



TheLastStarFighter on 09 April 2013
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.

Or boring.  They are practically the same system.



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Tomothebarbarian93 on 09 April 2013
Xenobot said:
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.


Both X360 and PS3 has silmilar CPUs

Xenon is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, is based on IBM PowerPC instruction set architecture, consisting of three independent processor cores on a single die. These cores are slightly modified versions of the PPE in the Cell processor used on the PlayStation 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_%28processor%29

The PS3's CELL processor is very different to the xbox 360

Its why a lot of developers had trouble/hated making ports for the PS3



sales2099 on 09 April 2013

Theres also news of MS releasing a $99 360 in the near future to compensate for lack of backwards compatibility.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

ethomaz on 09 April 2013
Xenobot said:
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.


Both X360 and PS3 has silmilar CPUs

Xenon is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, is based on IBM PowerPC instruction set architecture, consisting of three independent processor cores on a single die. These cores are slightly modified versions of the PPE in the Cell processor used on the PlayStation 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_%28processor%29

The difference in Cell was the 8 SPUs... not the main core (PPE)... there are completely different CPUs.



walsufnir on 09 April 2013
ethomaz said:
Xenobot said:
Solid-Stark said:
Both X720 and PS4 having similar CPUs will make this upcoming generation interesting.


Both X360 and PS3 has silmilar CPUs

Xenon is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console. The processor, is based on IBM PowerPC instruction set architecture, consisting of three independent processor cores on a single die. These cores are slightly modified versions of the PPE in the Cell processor used on the PlayStation 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_%28processor%29

The difference in Cell was the 8 SPUs... not the main core (PPE)... there are completely different CPUs.

More precisely: One of the 8 spes is disabled, another one is for the os which leaves 6 available to devs.



ToraReaper on 09 April 2013

IIRC the OG XBOX used an x86, i wonder if it would help getting better emulation of the games, maybe see more of them selling on XBL. I hope they work out a good 360 software emulator too, Would love to not need both, I literally have 11 consoles hooked up to my tv (messy fire hazard LOL)