there is no need to be mean to the guy just because he doesn't bother to proofread forum posts

no i ain't i am studying computing so i could work for bungie, microsoft, sony etc... in game development and i am not gonna show any pics since you are being mean lol just joking but hopefully one day i could work for bungie or something like that....

sorry! but you have to admit it was funny!

but seriously now, from a PS3 owner to a XBOX owner: good luck in realizing your dream!

I'm sorry that was mean!

If you manage to get a job in gaming then you can rub it in my face, because:

-I have fantasized about working for a dev since I was 12(11 years now)

-I guess I'm clever enough. Have a degree in Maths and can do some programming

-Problem is I live in South Africa, so there's absolutely no hope for me. Going to study law now so as soon as I start then that's the end of my lifelong dream

:(

So when you work on Halo7 or whatever, and you get an email asking for a job and a greencard then you can GIVE ME THE FINGER

LULZ

already got a visa to canada so next year I will go to university :P.

Please be less than 400 bugs please....
thats all i ask of you sony.

I would hope so. 400 bugs are a lot. Ofcourse that's why they run debugging on the system before launch.

I think it would not be a good move, after PS3 has been in the market for a while, it is NOT so difficult to program for. Keeping the architecture similar allows faster game development (reduced cost) and gives automatic backward compatibility.

I for one would favor a multi-chip Cell based design even if it is a little bit slower than the rumored power7.

Cell has One normal CPU and 7 DSP chips, XBOX has 3 normal CPUs, IF Sony can have 3 CELL processors it will be 3 normal CPUs and 21 SPEs. It will leverage "both" investment in cell architecture from development point of view i.e. developer kit etc. and regular multi CPU architecture as well.

Increasing available memory per SPE and/or Per Processor would help as well.

To start with, it's already almost certain to say PS4 will have NO backward combatibility. Why would they? They can just re-release some hit PS3 games on the PSN and make more money over it. And even if it is BC, no way they are putting on extra Cell cpu in there just to do that, that's way to expensive. So that's software emulation at best right there.

PS4 will be way cheaper than PS3, because what made the PS3 so expensive? Blu-Ray and Cell. Blu-Ray know is way cheaper to produce and no expensive Cell. So that's $399 at the most for PS4.

That sayd, 2012? Highly unlikely, Sony needs to make money first and can't affort to produce a completely knew right know. It would be a smart move marktershare wise though, and maybe if they can keep development cost really low by using a completely developed cpu, gpu etc. and Blu-Ray then maybe there is a slight chance.

i dno wat that means but at least now they r making it easier for third party peeps lol @ that cuz atm all the developers r like ok lets check out ps3 make an exclusive game then next day: uhh wtf shud i do?? lol