| MikeB said: @ RolStoppable The horsepower of every console is a concern if you want to play the most impressive games, if you are solely talking about graphics. If you want to play the most impressive games you have only one choice: the PC. No, I choose the PS3 just like I choose the Amiga when they were more powerful. I understand that you may not believe me when I say how powerful the PS3 really is when the SPEs are fully used (new games engines, which take some time to be developed compared to just porting existing engines). But I think with due time this will change. I do own a PC though which runs Half-Life 2 pretty well, but with the PS3 out I don't plan to upgrade it for many years to come. |
The AMIGA was way way more powerful than either apple or PC at teh esame time this kind of gap doesn't exist with the PS3. Multicore processing isn't going to save it when the graphics chip is already archaic in the PC world.
What saves consoles from becoming fully obselete is that programmers can tweak more out of uniform hardware and can focus on optimization...another bonus the Amiga had. But when you run Lost Planet at amx resolution on a 30 in screen it is already much clearer looking than if it ran on 1080P on a PS3 or 360(which it runs at 720P)...It takes a lot more power to run at those resolutions but the higher the rez the less the payback it is easily second or third on the list of the most important things in gaming.
By the time the PS3 will start optimizing mainstream graphics cards fo rthe PC will be way more powerful and many of the games coming out for the PS3 and 360 will also be on the PC with better resolutions better shaders and a higher quality graphics. Not to mention that you can use a 360PC controlelr or PS3 controlelr to play those same games.
