Not only that, but Gen 7 was a disaster for Sony. They lost loads of money on the Cell since it was supposed to be in TVs, laptops, you name it.

The Cell was Sony's next great thing at the time and it bombed hard. Not only did it lose them the specs war since it allowed Microsoft to see their specs and optimize them, but it didn't even do what they expected it to do in the PS3. Why do you think they added the GPU? The Cell was originally expected to be able to render graphics on its own, but most 3rd parties ignored it and just used it as a one core processor thus all the average multiplats.

The Cell was also mediocre in the few PCs that it was featured in, so it was a total misfire for them. Unless it was only for BC, I doubt they would even bother. It would be easier to just develop an emulator for PS3 games or just run the PC versions.

I only say all that about the Cell to say: do you really think they're going to bring back the chip that lost them billions of dollars money again? Maybe Microsoft should bring back Windows 8...

If they are going to tack on $50 to the price I'd rather they make the CPU/GPU config or memory better instead of adding the Cell again. PS3 emulation will likely be possible on a 2nd gen Ryzen based custom APU.

No
If it gets a CELL it will have shitty games like the ps3
So no chance for a CELL
They have to continue their strategy of using computer hardware

I agree with what you said, but I just always have to point out Xperia when people talk about Sony and outrageous hypotheticals. They have blown through $5 Billion on this brand since 2012, while seeing sales go from 50 Million a year, to 14 Million. They have no outlook for profits, or growth, yet they continue to peddle out these phones. Sony's utilization of its buy out of the Sony Ericsson assetts makes the PS3 problems look like nothing. You want to talk about terrible business decisions, Sony has that example alive and well with Xperia.

Please why can’t you let this idiotic thread die already?!