| Procrastinato said: Hmm I don't get the "not so", since your statement doesn't contradict mine. I was referring to a console generation in the same manner that Pachter was -- a technological generation. I believe you are implying that new lines of consoles will come out -- not much more powerful than the current gen, but with better interfaces and developer tools. I totally agree on that front. Do they really qualify as "next gen", in the traditional sense, though? If Nintendo announces a "Wii HD" at E3 this year, with a 1.5 GHz CPU and 400 MHz GPU, 128MB main memory, 64MB video memory, etc... does that qualify as the beginning of the next generation, in your book? Or is it just more of the same, with a new face? How about Sony releasing a PS4, say in 2012, that is basically identical to the PS3, except with all 8 SPUs enabled, a 850MHz RSX with some architectural improvments, and maybe 512/512MB of memory, all in a slim new box. Is that "next gen"? |
Pretend that the guts of the DS are the same as those of the N64. Just humor me, for a moment.
I am saying that it has the potential to be as different as the N64 and the DS. Pachter is talking about new pieces of hardware, but it's these pieces of hardware that allow us to experience different forms of input, with or without grreater amounts of technological muscle. The tech specs are not relevant.
