HappySqurriel said:
| Soundwave said:
We don't know what Nintendo paid IBM in R&D so that's an assumption at best. People don't realize "R&D cost" in those year end statements also covers *all* R&D, meaning game development costs as well, that's what R&D is filled under, so when they see X amount of dollars for R&D that does not mean they're spending like a billion dollars developing hardware.
Why else would Nintendo do this? Because it's probably damn cheap to do this. We're talking about something that probably needs to be sold at a reasonable profit for as low as $250 with a giant tablet screen in the mix.
If an enhanced Broadway core x3 brings them to about par with the 360 CPU ... it's a direction I could see Nintendo taking.
These same sources also had more detailed specs released around E3 of this year:
http://www.vgleaks.com/world-premiere-wii-u-specs/
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This leak is essentially like saying that the PS4 will use a processor that is made up of a hybrid processor made up of a core i7, 4 Cell processors each with 8 SPEs ... Taking the idea of an overly complicated, expensive and difficult to develop for processor to the extreme.
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Not sure why you're just randomly throwing a core i7 in there.
Wouldn't a triple CELL be like 18 cores? I could buy that if Sony was really set on delivering something at a budget price.
