WolfpackN64 on 29 January 2015
| OdinHades said: When Apple switched to x86, Power PC for consumers more or less died. The development in that segment is nowhere near x86. So the architecture may have been released later, but it's still outdaded compared to todays x86 CPUs. I know that PPC is still a thing in supercomputers and is used in servers, but those are totally different beasts and not in the slightest way interesting for consoles. You can See what you get with such exotic Chips with the PS3. A whole lot of power on paper that will Never be touched by game developers. |
Well of course, if Nintendo would have opted for a top of the line POWER8 chip, the Wii U would have curbstomped the PS4 and Xbox One in raw power and efficiancy, but the console would cost a LOT more to make.
