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super6646 on 01 June 2015
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torok said:
super6646 said:

This isn't like the PS3 and Xbox 360, with their funky archeitecure. The XB1 and PS4 both have PC like hardware, meaning there's already little left to get out of the consoles.

The only difference is PPC vs X86. Anyone that used a compiler once in their lifes knows that this doesn't make any difference, because:

A) It's the compiler's job.

B) It's you job because you are writing the assembly. Anyway, it doesn't make difference, you will just use different, but reasonably similar instruction sets, since modern CISC CPUs have a lot of RISC concepts implemented for better performance.

PS360 and X1/PS4 used the same kind of GPUs, so the comparison won't be needed here. Everyone saying that X86 makes the consoles become PCs doesn't have a slight clue of what programming is.


Its all PC parts! You can get most of them from the shelf (except for the CPU). Maybe they're a bit modified, but they're almost PC's in console form. And yes, the 360 and PS3 didn't use archeitecure found on PC's it was their own thing. Especially with the cell, it made early 360 and PS3 look like crap since their hardware couldn't be utilized properly. It really wasn't until around 2008-2009 that games actually started to use the hardware properly.