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mibuokami on 29 December 2009
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MikeB said:

@ nordlead

maybe something with similar design style as the X360, only more powerful?


I don't think that would be a good idea. The Cell is far more efficient and far more powerful/flexible with regard to what it can do.

Some claim they would have wanted the PS3 to be like a Wii, I think that would have been very bad for consumer choice. The PS3 being so different, introduces challenges as well as oppertunities, but I think being too similar would be very bad for consumer choice.

Has the Cell's good exclusives outweighted the other harm it has caused? Are said exclusives really that much better than X360 or PC exclusives?


The PC has more and more become a non factor as a gaming platform, its most successful games are also some of the least technically demanding. And yes from a technical perspective PS3 games have IMO proven to be on a different level already vs 360 exclusives and there's still so much exciting potential available to developers.

You miss your own point. You ask if he thinks the Cell was beneficial towards PS3 and he advise you that as far as he can tell, the result says no. The staggering number of poor early ports and the occassional outbreak of 'oh god what have I done to deserve this' type game points to the fact even if the Cell is a more effecient and better CPU, developer were simply not ready to accept it.

Games like Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 might only be 'possible' on the Cell according to the developer but do you really think if given hardware similiar to the 360 (but probably more advance since the PS3 was one year later in the market) Naughty Dog would not have produce something on par?

So bottom line is, by sticking with a more traditional architecture for the PS3, consumer would have enjoyed significantly better early ports, eliminate horror story such as Bayonetta, made equal various games that with slightly inferior PS3 version (usually due to lak of AA and more screen tears such as AC2 or SFIV) and STILL enjoy games made by first party who would work with what they've got regardless.