GameAnalyser said:
Cell's worth deeply considered when it comes to current gen's exclusives and how PS3 is infact currently performing with those multiplat ports and upcoming exclusives. Regarding replacing Cell, I can't think of how more should one cater to devs' needs by sacrificing it for 8th gen. Moreover there's the pricing strategy Sony needs to take care of. |
There's nothing special about the Cell, it should never have even been used in a game console - Good riddance. In a time when x86 based CPUs were more than proven for the job they went silly buggers and proprietory as Sony always does - Or did, I'm really impressed they've done what they have with the PS4, there's no sacrifice there, just common sense, and for that Sony has my utmost respect and can't wait for it to drop, just because it's interesting stuff - done right.
The Cell was a dog, it's the same as the 2 CPU setup in the Sega Saturn, sure there were one or two games that astounded visually but the majority looked like crap and ran at a lower res than the PS1, when they shouldn't have.
Why would you applaud such silly decisions that works against consumers at the end of the day, now with both consoles being based on x86 instruction sets and using off the shelf GPUs (basically), we can finally do away with fanboy arguments on "which console is more powerful" for years on end, like with the Wii-U, it's basically established how powerful it is thanks to analysis that's been done and using a PC based GPU tech.
All this in terms of the PS4/NextBox means lower development costs, better games per dollar investment and better value for gamers...
I'd certainly chose that over 1 first party exclusive every 9 months or so that looks slightly better than other games. I'm more interested in the fanboy side of things though, the way things are set out now, we will know exactly which one's more powerful and be spared the fanboy wars because the specs will speak for themselves...
Cell = 99% smoke and mirrors and it's destroyed gaming forums thanks to the smoke and mirrors being combined with cretinous internet fanboys and children.
Viva Common Sense!
EDIT - Don't take my post the wrong way, it was directed in response to your comment but not having a go mate :) The reason I posted was the bit about how developers will feel about the Cell being "sacrficed"...
I'll tell you, they will be over the bloody moon! You think developers enjoy coding for that thing! It's the reason multiplats often suck on the PS3 so I think it's logical enough to say it's hardly a pleasure - the total and complete opposite in fact!
I can hear 1st party developers still celebrating at the reduced workload thanks to the brilliant choice Sony has made this time around!
