PS3 used to crack passwords

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NJ5 said:

Yes, the Cell can be made to run games well, but at what cost in terms of development? The thing which Microsoft brought to the industry was knowledge and willingness to help developers be more efficient, Sony should learn that from them.

No matter what some exclusive developers say, asymmetrical processors with glorified DSPs running on low memory must be a bitch to program some algorithms with. The PS2 was a difficult architecture too, but developers had to live with it because it was so successful. Sony is probably hoping that the same happens with the PS3, but it's not guaranteed.

 

There's definitely something to be said for staying close to familiar architecture, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go with different, superior architecture. I'm not a programmer but from what I understand most of the complaints about PS3 vs. 360 architecture stem from the fact that the 360 has a very PC-like processor, while the PS3's Cell is an entirely new and rather complicated beast. It's true that it has taken a lot of effort for developers to get truly superior performance out of the PS3, and those efforts have been expensive. But once the groundwork has been laid, it should become easier to get that performance out of the PS3, right? If the PS3 is significantly more costly to develop for than the 360 (I don't know), it may well be true that that will be the case for the entire lifespan of both consoles. However, I think that over time the PS3 will create and widen a performance advantage as developers acclimate to the hardware. HAVING SAID THAT MikeB, not every single thread relating to the technical abilities of the PS3 needs to turn into god damned trench warfare between you and whoever takes offense to your propaganda. Please keep that in mind next time you get a twitchy trigger finger on "Ctrl", "C", and "V".