Moore's Law, PS3 and next gen

[Words Of Wisdom]

makingmusic476 said:

CrashMan said:
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And 2 weeks ago:

"The power that we've packed into PS3 will really manifest itself in software titles that come up four, five or six years down the line."

(probably marketing spin at this point, but the quote above came prior to the PS3 launch)

And God of War 2, easily the best looking ps2 game to date, came out in 2007, ~7 years after the ps2 launched.

You guys are reading into this PR way to literally in an attempt to make Sony look bad. Just let it go, people. 

The fact that it took 7 years to make a game on the PS2 that looks like GoW2 shouldn't be a good sign.  Reportedly Nintendo is pushing for more "ease of development" with the Wii and that could have a major industry impact.

We shouldn't have to wait 7 years to get games which use the system's full potential.  If Nintendo can cut that time down to 2-3 years, then they can easily blow away competition with inferior hardware simply by virtue that superior games will be coming far sooner in the hardware's life cycle.  By the time competition gets its own games together (5-7 years) a new hardware cycle will be beginning.  At the same time, if Nintendo can keep the cost of each hardware cycle change to a minimum (and maintain backwards compatibility) they can retain their market between cycles.

Granted, you could replace Nintendo above with your favorite console manufacturer and the end result is the same however for now it seems Sony is going with the exact opposite strategy (more tech each life cycle + difficult development).