GameSpot tried to build a Pc which costs around the same as a console.

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sterner said:

sc94597 said:

Consoles are on familiar architecture these days, unlike Gen 7.

Except they aren't. Consoles have unified architecture while PCs have to continiously juggle resources between regular RAM and GPU RAM. Not to mention that even if they had exact PC architecture that would mean nothing, try looking for xbox hueg emulator, and that thing is literally a PC with custom OS.

X86 is a thousand times easier to develop for than the Power PC (Risc) or Cell (also Risc?)architectures. Having unified memory doesn't change that. Also, the emulator comment is ridiculous. We aren't talking about emulation, which is an entirely different matter. Nor are we talking about PC ports. We're talking about how easy is it for developers to use the full system's capabilities, and it is many times easier on an X86 architecture than the unique architectures they had last generation.