Xbox announces partnership with AMD for "next generation Xbox consoles"

[OneTime]

curl-6 said:

OneTime said:

The last console that wasn't just off-the-shelf PC parts was the PS3 with its Cell processor...

Not to derail, but I think Wii U was also custom hardware.

Everything else since PS3 though, yeah, it's just more economical use standardized parts nowadays.

True - I forgot the release date of the WiiU.  Going forward, though, I expect consoles to just be "whatever the cutting edge NVidia/AMD/ARM chip is" at the day of release.  Systems will be won and lost on game libraries.