| Karanlos said: How much did the Xbox cost at release? How much did Microsoft loose on every console sold? It has just started making a profit and they probably don't want to go down that way again. Doesn't matter how much the x1900 cost they lost loads of money on Xbox 360 at launch. Take that into account and add the cost of a Kinect 2.0 which they will want to push with the console. The power consumption and heat will be a major factor next gen and the 79xx series is way to power hungry and warm to go into a console. |
i don't think the 7950 needs so much more power to produce huge problems considering better cooling systems nowadays. and the rrod did cost a lot as well for microsoft without that they wouldn't have lost so much.
and next year they could have a 7950 similiar gpu with less power needed than the 7950. i mean autumn 2013 and the 7950 will be 1.5 years old so the same "power" will need less energy with a better structure.
