Cell Processor: "Dead In The Water"

[theprof00]

damndl0ser said:

dahuman said:

damndl0ser said:

I have never understood why Sony loves to do exotic architecture on their CPU's. The smart thing for them to do with the PS4 would be to drop the cell and make their next cpu a developers dream to program for. Yes it would all but kill BC but that doesn't matter a lot to me. Can you imagine what some of Sony's 1st party studios could do with an easier to develop for and more powerfull CPU/GPU? I am certain it would be astonishing.

To hell with the cell........ :P

you make no sense. easier to dev for doesn't mean you will get better games, if a dev studio needs hand holding, then they shouldn't have came into the gaming industry and should just perish like the rest of the 3rd rates.

Are you serious?  So your saying that it is better to have an exotic architecture that no one knows how to program for and it takes a year or 2 before anyone can master?  Think about what you just said and how foolish it sounds.

 

If a platform is easier to program for the development house can spend more time polishing their product instead of just figuring out ways to make it work.  It would also make said studio more profitable, because their product could be released a lot faster.  It would be a win win for everyone not just for Sony.

 

I'm going to write a thread about this tomorrow maybe.

Here's a taste. Sony doesn't want their games to be easily ported to the PC.

The cell isn't harder to develop for. Rather it's different. It's new and there is a learning curve. Think about other languages. Other languages aren't harder to express, they are just different and alien.