AMD Sea Islands aka 8000 series GPUs will be featured in next generation consoles

[Crono141]

Andrespetmonkey said:

Crono141 said:
You're right about the 360, though it was based on the same architecture as the x1800, not 1900xt.  The RSX is a scaled down 7600.  Also came out in 2006.

I stand corrected.  I still don't think they'll go about this generation in the same strategy though.  No one wants another 500-600 dollar home console on their hands, that only just now in their dying throes have reached a mass market price.

The PS3 was expensive not because it used a GPU from 2006, but because it used a blu-ray drive and CELL processor. If the PS3 used a similar CPU to the 360 and DVD drive it would of been just as powerful and $200 cheaper. I actually don't even need to speculate here, just look at the Xbox 360. If anything it's only marginally less powerful than the PS3, but it launched at $300-400 a year earlier.

Yes, but both consoles took heavy losses at their respective launch price.  While Microsoft can do this again, Sony just doesn't have the financials this time around to absorb that much loss per console.  Sony is looking to make the Game division profitable to help save the company.  Yes, it is that bad.  The only way Sony is putting these chips in their console is if its a 500 dollar launch with a very small loss or breaking even.

 

EDIT: If they do put these chips in and launch at 400 dollars with a 100 dollar loss, it will be the last generation Sony participates in.