How powerful should Nex-Box and PS4 be?

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Lets take an example Power 7 8 Core running at 4 ghz and gtx 580 (expensive in 2011 cheap in 2013.)

RSX has about 300 million transistors the gf 110 like found in the gtx 580 has 3000 million transistors its 3 generations ahead. the newest fastest gpus at the end of 2013 will have 8000-10000 Million transistors same goes for cpus ofcourse which have less transistors because of the higher complexity.

Ofcourse this doesnt translate into direct power increase but we will see a 10 times more powerful console at a moderate price of 449 with a little subvention from MS and Sony 50 dollars maybe. And this could be the Hardware : Power 7 with 8 Cores upto 4 ghz build in 28/22 nm. Currently build in 45 nm smaller size smaller price less energy consumption they are already fairly cheap and by 2013 old news. improved gtx 580 or maybe a year old hd 7xxx with a r1000 gpu 3000-6000 million transistors build in 28/22nm. 4 gb ddr 3 ram 1-2 gb vram. 8x-bluray or proprietary format based on bluray. energy consumption not much more then ps3 and xbox 360 at launch increase in raw power 8-12 times btw thats conservative who knows what sony and ms get for deals and how good the architecture is and dont forget console programming can be done very hardware near, the whole potential will be used sooner or later unlike pcs which have to give a lot of power for windows and unefficent programming.


Graphically there is a lot to improve i could live with 720p thats not the most pressing issue for me aslong as yout keep your distance from the tv.

But low res textures screen tearing low draw distance not enough details antialiasing non existent or not enough. texture popins partially under 30 fps no aa on shadows dead space on ps 3 just slipped in my mind where the shadows look like someone made them out of legos. As long as you dont notice it everything its fine but once you recognize it it becomes a continous nuissance. it took me 2 years to get used to hd console graphics and now the flaws are so obvious that hd consoles look slowly like last gen. 1080p and 60 fps are nice to have but there is so much more to improve I doubt we will see much of these games with just a 1000% power increase.Maybe in the beggining but programmers will soon realize that their games will look better in sub 1080p. There are so many ways to improve graphics that i really hope developers will use the more on power for other things better lighting more crispier textures extreme drawdistance smooth edges tesselation for complex geometry way more details way more animated objects like wildlife in a forest this will make a game look like next gen. 10 times the power is the least ms and sony should attempt to jump into the next gen. anything less wouldnt be substantial and visible enough for most consumers.

WII U already is stronger then ps 3 or xbox 360 the cpu is a power 7 probably a quad with 3.2 ghz is definetly stronger then xbox 360 cpu and should offer the same power as the cell with its single precisson cores at double precission and the r770 gpu is noticably more powerful then the other ones. if its really the r770 like they say (2008gpu) I guess wiiu will have twice the power of ps3 and xbox 360 but most people wont even notice it.