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Problems Faced By Future-Gen Consoles (X720/PS4)

The Playstation 3 & XBOX360 have just been been out for a a year (or two), and it can't be denied that Sony & Microsoft must be thinking about the next version even if it is a couple years away (or in some cases, maybe even a decade away).

So what are the dangers for the future-gen console when they eventually come out? Well GamePlayer took a look at just that, giving us a look at where the consoles need to head in comparison to where the PC is heading.
What makes a games machine?

It’s a simple enough question, but the answer is something that has long eluded consensus. For some, a “games machine” is something made by Nintendo, or something with “PlayStation” or “Xbox” written on the packaging. For others, it’s all about the amount of RAM, and the speed of the CPU, and the number of GPU cores they’ve managed to shoe-horn into their LED-encrusted black-and-silver beauty.

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    theundertakergonzo | April 17, 2008
    Everything is trying to be to much like the PC? This guy seems to give the pc a massive wrap yet the others are trying to be too much like it. He's right though in saying the more features you add the more room for failure.
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    Final Blade | April 17, 2008
    I disagree hold heartedly on this article. I can't see how more features will make more room for failure, if thats the case than PC's are already failures, since it has loads of stuff.
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      tallteen86 | April 17, 2008
      *leg is tired*

      It is not so much that more features = bad, so much as more features = more chances of the software/hardware bugging out.

      Hence the last bit of the article about things not working >_>

      Aye, it seems that, with the way things are going, PCs and Consoles will more or less become one and the same, at some point.

      HDDs should be standard though, as well as CPUs, at least...GPUs too.... It allows for both standardized dev platform, and everyone being able to DL content.....Ram upgrades might be good. Not too pricey either....
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    Seeker X | April 17, 2008
    When I read the article, I was thinking more along the lines of pricing or something like that.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | April 17, 2008
    my guess is that sony will put out a monstar. microsoft will put out a monster. nintendo puts out yet a 3rd gamecube but with a different bell/whistle glued to it.

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