1. Cell would have evolved to Super Cell in the PS4 and Cell Max in the PS5 (yes it's Dragon Ball reference). And this would have possibly kept IBM relevant.
I feel that the Cell had growth potential, and that development for it wasn't much of a "hell" by the generation's end. So if developers had no alternative in the Xbox 360, they would have adapted faster and complaind less about it, and Sony/IBM would have also made some adjustments and made it more developer friendly over the generations. Then again, X360 and Wii/Wii U were also IBM powered, so IBM's problems go much deeper than Cell.
2. PS2, 3 and 4 would have been slightly-moderately more expensive. PS5 prices stay around the same as they are today, with a higher launch price but a pricecut in year 2 or 3.
3. Trophies probably wouldn't be a thing,
4. Online and subscriptions progress differently.
5. PS3 sells 135 million units and PS4 145 million units.
6. Dreamcast still dies, and GameCube's slightly higher sales wouldn't have made a big difference in Nintendo's "fuck specs" approach starting from the Wii.
Last edited by Kyuu - on 28 October 2024
