| selnor said: Just also thought about this. Xbox 360 came out in 2005. The 360 has a 6 threaded 3 core PowerPC based Processor running at 3.2ghz. When the 360 was first announced PC's were still using single core processors. In fact when the 360 released only 1 or 2 PC's actually had a dual core processor. Looking at this rumour it looks perfectly feasible. Basically we have 8 core CPUS on the market. By xmas 2013 there will be 16 core CPUS here. When the 360 launched a dual core Pentium at 2.4ghz costed around $350. But yet the 3 core Xbox 360 was fantasticly priced for its power at the time. $479.99. Durango: 16 cores, 4gb DDR4 ram unified, 256 EDRAM, 1TB HDD, liquid cooling, Windows 8, Kinect 2.0, DX12 GPU/13 ready. Retail : $450 - $500. Easy. In fact if Sony don't have something similar, then it'll be disappointing. Xmas 2013 this is easily feasible. 8 core processors in 2013 Xmas will be well under $100 to consumer off the shelf. Let alone to Microsoft. 16 cores. Finally what I expected to have at that time. |
2000% agreed..... i don't see why those people think it's that crazy.... we are talking about a console that is not gonna release for at least 17 month and supposed to hold the line until 2020... 16 core is anything but irrealist or too much....
600 bucks if it's with 2 wireless pads kinect 2.0 and a game or 2 or xbl gold or some MS points it might be prohibitive for some people but that's why they had an arcade version... it is still not overpriced... then again when i bought my box i took a sport bundle.. with 2 pads starter kit xbl the big hdd and 5 games.... so multiple sku might be the way they go again...
remember also that the 720 will have to handle 3d at 1080p minimum, touch, movement tracking and voice rec.... plus all the apps from windows 8.... we might be able to use skype fb and other media while gaming... bottom line 16 core for a consol that will go until the end of the decade... is not over kill by any means... cell phones are about to get quad core by default....
