I got just one objection about future versions of the Cell for future Playstations: SPEs used in the original Cell were very basic, development continued, and in 2008 IBM released a version for supercomputers that kept for years the record of FP performances per watt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_%28microprocessor%29#PowerXCell_8i
By now, and using just 8 or 16 SPEs in a single CPU, those evolved SPEs should be quite cheap, and given the ratio by which they outperform PS3's Cell, they should be enough for next gen needs and, just increasing their number as their cost for each further drops, possibly clock speed and maybe with a few other refinements, also for the generation after the next, even if IBM lost interest in its further development.
Relying more on PPEs in the future, anyway, makes sense.

name me an xbox exclusive that gives more freedom to the player than infamous...

i find it ironic how you use that broad generalisation when at this point in time most recent xbox exclusives are toning down player control massively to support kinect controls

it's funny how you started your post saying that you are not a gamer but your gamer tags show that you play a lot on both consoles. Any way good post.

I'm not sure why the original poster claims the sourced comment to be from 2005. If you actually follow the link, the post was originally made by mterzich on Nov. 27, 2006.

Regardless, the most in-depth, knowledgeable, and dead on description I've ever seen from around that time. That guy certainly knows his stuff.

just thought you should know this post was not made by the op, but the writer at the link provided by the op.

so Badassbab did not write the article. he got it from another site.

crackdown 2

how does crackdown give more freedom? all you've really done is post pointless gifs that do nothing to further your point and beyond that wasn't crackdown 2 seen as a mediocre disappointment that regurgitated a lot of the content of its predecessor?

Both of you don't seem to understand what Pearljam was getting at. Which is the PS3 doesn't seem able to have the insane level of graphic fidelity with less linear and more players for splitscreen/coop. And rightfully so because there is no way you could have a game look as good as GOW, Killzone and Uncharted if there was more player control, bigger map sizes and most importantly, splitscreen/coop on the PS3. 

Hell I wish that MS would design a game engine specifically to make an amazing game that has amazing graphics like UC3. Normally I think coop is one of the most important parts of a game (and I hate it when great games don't have it) but I would like to see just one game from them where they strive to get the best possible graphics even if that means not having coop, splitscreen and making it really linear (which I don't think is a bad thing at all).

Got it! Thank you for the explanation. 

The PS3 has reached its max with Skyrim and Mass Effect 3. From now on it will have major framerate issues because games are getting bigger in time.Thats why they release HD-remakes lately...