What do Sony fans think of the PS3 hardware?

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Would you have changed something of the PS3 hardware?
It's perfect, I wouldn'...	54	14.48%
Cell	39	10.46%
Memory architecture	88	23.59%
RSX	11	2.95%
Blu Ray	6	1.61%
More than one thing but not everything.	50	13.40%
PS3 was a disaster. Everything.	84	22.52%
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Netyaroze on 07 April 2013

The RSX.

And memory architecture. Would have been a beast with an unified DDR3 Pool and a GPU based on the 8800.

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Netyaroze on 07 April 2013

Lafiel said:

AnthonyW86 said:

What are you talking about? PS3 basically has half the system memory available that the 360 has.

360 total ram: 522MB, PS3 total ram: 512MB

but the big thing is that the 360 GPU can use 300+MB of that, while the PS3 GPU is limited to 256MB

The RSX was able to access both memory pools 512mb. The Cell just 256 XDR and Xenos/Xenon 512 MB.

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walsufnir on 07 April 2013

The whole architecture was somehow wrong: made with pure power in mind but
a) RAM wasn't good enough
b) RSX wasn't good enough
c) devtools were quite complicated and introduced a new isa
c2) the new isa and arch to learn could only be used at ps3 and can now be forgotten by devs... insane.
d) at least cell could be used to help the lame rsx
e) dual-shock as ever
f) mandatory installs due to slow bluray-drive
g) nice to have easy exchangable hdd's

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DigitalDevilSummoner on 07 April 2013

Lafiel said:

..while the PS3 GPU is limited to 256MB

If i remember correctly the gpu can access the system ram at a performance cost

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Scoobes on 07 April 2013

The main issue was probably the memory architecture. Splitting it obviously caused some issues for certain multiplatform games. A little more would have helped too.

There are a few issues with the other components, but I think the pluses outweighed the negatives. The Cell was complex but has lead to some amazing first-party titles. The GPU could have been better and if Sony hadn't banked on a second Cell acting as a GPU they could have invested in a more modern GPU architecture. It's done the job this gen though. As for Blu-Ray, it helped sell some consoles and "win" the format war so I think it worked out for Sony.

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Somini on 07 April 2013

The question should be 'what do the 360 fans think of the PS3' if the majority of comments made here are anything to go by!!

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zumnupy10 on 07 April 2013

I voted for more than one.

Cell and Memory architecture were the main flaws of PS3, so that's where I'd make changes.

Bluetooth,WiFi,Bluray and no proprietary Hard Drive were good choices from Sony IMO.

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Attoyou on 07 April 2013

Dump the Cell
Fix The memory

Could have been a cheaper and more powerful system.

Love the PS3 though.

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Sal.Paradise on 07 April 2013

eFKac said:
So I guess this thread didn't help you with your crusade against the PS fans and how unreasonable they are about PS3 and PS4 architecture, did it?

Just what I thought too lol.

OT: Colossal mistake. It resulted in some amazing looking games but at far, far too high a cost. Krazy Ken at his very Kraziest.