Is "Super Charged" the new "Blast Processing"?

[Chark]

kain_kusanagi said:

Chark said:
By super charged, I'm sure they are just stating it has some minor customizations. Just making sure people don't think it is straight up PC parts thrown together. In essence it is "super charged", a console will be able to take far more advantage of the hardware than a PC would, even if it is not customized to hell and back.

Sega just wanted people to understand that the Genesis' CPU was faster than the SNES, but back then people thought a CPU was the big gray box for running Excel at work. Sega called it Blast Processing to give kids ammo on the playground. Sony is calling a a mid ranged PC "Supercharged" to simplify the advantages of a closed architecture and give kids ammo for the forums.

 

I think we are far beyond that now (thought I never experienced console wars growing up). Gamers are going to use real figures and numbers. Don't make this into something this is not.