[solved]XBOX 360: WHY wasn't it x86?[NEW QUESTION]How hard would it be for MS to emulate/go BC with original Xbox games?

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Stinky said:

That's not actually true. One example is G4 which slaughtered any x86 CPU in all benchmarks at the time. Also C2Q never came out until late 2008.

Wrong! The Core 2 Quad came out in 2006, I bought one on release.
Also, the PowerPC G4 didn't slaughter x86 at all. - http://www.anandtech.com/show/1702/9
That compares the G5 (Which is faster) against the Netburst Xeon (Regarded as Intels worst processor architecture, ever.)

Everyone knew the Pentium 4 was a slouch even in it's prime, the PowerPC G4 processor was also Out-Of-Order, the consoles CPU's were In-Order designs because, again, cost.
You are not going to be whacking a Core i7 and an nVidia Titan in a console, it's just simply impossible from a cost and thermal perspective.