360 CPU and Cell are fairly equal according to Dave Shippy

[joeorc]

Badassbab said:
Joeorc,

I dunno man. I think only time will tell which is what you say the PS3 needs to really flourish. I mean I've seen the LP2 trailer running on 360 and that really is a stunning looking game so the 360 will continue to improve it's graphics too. One thing the PS3 definately has over the 360 is physics. That's obvious to me anyway. (LPB + KZ2 are great examples- amazing animations).

it's not just time will tell with just the PS3 it's also with the xbox360 also, the problem in thinking like this "relates" to the previous gen system cycle, it's not. for the firm fact DEVELOPER'S now have to relearn thing's that some may not want to but they will have to sooner or later or, they may be without a Job.. the Big indication is look at the system's spec's of PC's and how the developer's make game's for PC. still most game's only need a Single core processor to run the game.

example:

fallout 3

Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows XP/Vista
• 1GB System RAM (XP) / 2GB System RAM (Vista)
• 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
• Direct X 9.0c compliant videocard with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better / ATI X850 or better)

Recommended System Requirements:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor
• 2 GB System RAM
• Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series)
• Supported Video Card Chipsets:
• NVIDIA GeForce 200 series

now Look at Fall out 3 Min and recommended requirement's

the point is was fall out 3 made with

Parallel processing in Mind?

as you can see it support's, it but does it take full advantage of it. See that's the real Issue, another great example would be can fallout take full advantage of the  SLI function .

my guess No. it suppoert the hardware but does not get the best result's it could if the game was designed that way from the start.

not to say it's A Must requirement far from that but for the developer to do so, but it's what the developer may not be able to do because of cost, and not everyone has a SLI configure PC.:D.

but take for instance a PS3 or an Xbox360 the hardware is there it does not change, and if the DEVELOPER want's to take advantage of Parallel processingin the design of their game, the developer can, and most likely will due to the fact that's the way the trend's are going.

PC,PS3,XBOX360 all multi core..hell even the PSP is multi-core machine