Originally Posted by
gepeto
It is the razor blade /razor theory Gillette lose's money on the razors but makes a killing on the blades.
what?
Do you mean that MS will earn cash on software and loose $ on hardware?
Gepeto said:
Yes Most video game makers manufactures initially lose money on hardware and make money on the software side.
I believe with the new ps2 slim model sony now doesn't lose money but I believe xbox still loses money not as much.
Originally Posted by
gepeto
What kills me is people will sit and try to analyze and knock the 360 without understanding its true power.
From a tech point of view I don't care what the ps3 puts out the with proper programming the xbox 360 will be able to do it.
The same could be said about the PS3.If devs use the
true power of the PS3(which means: All the cell-cores) I'm sure the games will look even better than the MGS4 trailer(which I didn't find THAT impressive...same goes to all the 360 games as well).
Gepeto said:
True but what were your reasons that you found the demo not impressive. I wasn't impressed because I didn't see it running in a ps3 with controller in hand.
Originally Posted by
gepeto
I will tell you this the software has not caught up to the hardware.. I have yet to see a game come out and the requirement is a 3.2 core minimum. Half life 2 minimum was 1.2ghz recommended 2.4ghz.
wow, I didn't know that my SNES is able to run Half Life 2.
Gepeto said;
You got me multitasking but you get the point.
^_^
Originally Posted by
gepeto
Now if there are 3 men in the room that can lift 300lb apeice in theory 900lbs can be lifted at the same time. That is why I believe microsoft went ahead and released the 360 because in the end the system is way ahead of it time. cpu power is cpu power. All for games amazing.
cpu power means (almost) nothing nowadays.
Graphic chip,archicture,RAM etc are far more important than raw CPU power.
that's why some games for the ~400Mhz gamecube could easily compete(in things like graphics and GFX) with some of the best xbox(~700Mhz) games.