Xbox 720 in beta; AMD HD 8000M to power next-gen consoles?

[BenVTrigger]

superchunk said:

BenVTrigger said:

Not neccesarily.  Statistically PC gaming is on the rise again and a big part of that is due to how much the current technology has surpassed the current consoles.

If MS and Sony fail to deliver at least a decent jump in power next gen they could bleed marketshare to PC.

You sure its not because Steam is fucking awesome at providing sales. I think DS and Wii proves it has very little to do with raw power.

And I think your wrong.

All you have to do is look at Steams user base and realize thats not why.  Its a growing online service and fantastic but isnt the sole reason.

 

Wii anr DS are entireky irrelevant to the point.  There isnt near as much overlap between the kinds of gamers who play those consoles and High endn PC.  Xbox and Playstation gamers however do, look at the endless graphics debates in every forum from their camps.

 

Steam is certainlly helping but the big reason PC ie on the rise is the huge gap in multiplat games.  PC has always had an edge there but really in the past 2 years PC has really pulled far ahead.  Games like Battlefield 3, Borderlands 2, and others have huge differences on the PC.  The gap now is bigger than its ever been the generation