| Sevengen said: ....."the PS3 was even delayed because of the blu diode shortage and low CELL yeilds..." I'm not too sure what you're talking about.... not even a little sure. But, if you're implying that the PS3 was in fact, ahead of it's time, or aligning with Mr. Khan's assertion that the PS3 would have been just as well regarded by the tech media and comp-groupies in 2009 as it was in 2006, well..that just can't be. |
I could be wrong but I think you're misunderstanding what Mr. Khan is saying ...
Due to the size, heat, and cost constraints associated with videogame consoles, the hardware has tended to be "obsolete" (for lack of a better word) when it is released; and the systems get solid performance because the hardware is designed for high levels of efficiency and developers can optimize their games for the hardware in a way that they can't for the PC.
With the PS3 Sony released more advanced hardware than we have typically seen. As a result of this, the PS3 was a very large and expensive system with an inefficient architecture. Had Sony been releasing a similar system they would have been able to modify the Cell processor and pair it up with faster memory (resulting in a much more efficient system), more memory, a better GPU, and most of the components would have been less expensive, smaller and run much cooler; and the net result would have been a much better, more popular, system.
Personally, I wouldn't phrase it as "The PS3 was released too early" though; I think of it more along the likes of "Sony was trying to push technology further than was practical" ...
