Old shots of the ps3's XMB from GDC06

[Onibaka]

Kantor said:

Onibaka said:

I think it's because they wanted to put 2 Cells back then. They envisioned that ps3 would be way more powerful than today. The problem of cross game video chat is not only create the program but the impact that it makes in hardware performance.

What, and charge $1000 for the thing?

Back then, sony wanted to put 2 cells but no gpu, and this proved to be worse in performance. They also wanted to put 2 HDMI and make it Dual-Screen o.O.

The Cell is not THAT expensive. What really made the PS3 $200 more than x360 was Blu-Ray Wi-Fi   HDMI Bigger HD Bluetooth XDR Ram Wireless recharchable controllers The Cell development costs(the processor itself is not expensive, but the cost do develop it...).

Actually the 360's Xenon is a discarate copy of Cell. Xenom have 3 PPE that are almost identical to the PS3 one. Microsoft designed the 360 to be able to support everything what PS3 does, but at a lower price.