Your technical opinion on Blu-Ray and the Cell as found in the PS3

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nordlead said:
Blu-Ray has been beneficial as proven by 7.1 sound, multiple languages, and more. A faster Blu-Ray drive would be even better, but that would have just jacked prices higher during launch. Obviously it's downside of being slower (than needed) has caused devs to duplicate data, or install to HDD, but it's benefits have clearly outweighed the downsides.

As for the Cell, I feel it is a wash. They could have made a system just as powerful using a simpler architecture, which might have prevented some of the really sad ports and large number of complaints from developers. So while they have had some technically impressive games with the Cell, it wasn't necessary. Maybe in the future my opinion may change, but who knows.

I think if the Cell is to survive it had to start somewhere. The gaming industry is perhaps the best place, because it really will really put the processor through its paces. With these first party devs continuing to work on new ways to develop for this processor, it is inevitable that its full potential will be exploited which means it will be further refined for next go around.