PaulW
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Originally posted by CybermonkeyYes, Sony have spent hundreds of millions on this, it will surely fail because PaulW has a bigger e-Penis
unless you research into these things and study them, dont try and argue against things just because the 'big sony' say so...
end of the day, cell is a super computer cpu packaged in a games console which it was not originally designed for.
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by CybermonkeyYes, Sony have spent hundreds of millions on this, it will surely fail because PaulW has a bigger e-Penis
unless you research into these things and study them, dont try and argue against things just because the 'big sony' say so...
end of the day, cell is a super computer cpu packaged in a games console which it was not originally designed for.
WTF where has that been mentioned  in the wonderful world of Paul? the cell can work just as well as the xbox powerpc chip can, with multithreading cores doing seperate tasks. the cell is a peek into the gaming future where greater emphasis will be placed on AI and game physics. its future-ready, and will eventually leave the 360 trailing in terms of software performance
[Edited on 14-11-2006 by Cybermonkey]
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Nath
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Why would anyone want to play shitty old games on their new console anyway? Also, surely if you have PS2 games you have a PS2? Whats the problem? The fact my 360 doesn't easily play my old Xbox games doesn't bother me, if I were that bothered i'd just turn my old Xbox on.
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Cybermonkey
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exactly nath...
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--Dave--
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listen to you lot arguing about what console is better like being back at school ffs.
At the end of the day it's down to whether the developers can make full use of the hardware for both consoles and bring us quality games.
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Originally posted by Nath
Why would anyone want to play shitty old games on their new console anyway? Also, surely if you have PS2 games you have a PS2? Whats the problem? The fact my 360 doesn't easily play my old Xbox games doesn't bother me, if I were that bothered i'd just turn my old Xbox on.
yes quite true, im just saying that cybermonkey seems the think the ps3 is a lot faster hardware than the 360 which is isnt, im not saying the 360 is better im ssaying they are pretty much equal
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Steve
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listen to you lot arguing about what console is better like being back at school ffs.
At the end of the day it's down to whether the developers can make full use of the hardware for both consoles and bring us quality games.
again its easier for programmers to develop for the 360 
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--Dave--
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I know that Steve  doesn't necessarily mean they will bring us the better games though.
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Steve
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nope..
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--Dave--
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I for one will not be purchasing a PS3 though. Simply can't afford it and I think the 360 will hold its own very well.
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Nath
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I for one will not be purchasing a PS3 though. Simply can't afford it and I think the 360 will hold its own very well.
Same here. I'm more than happy with my 360 and the PS3 will have to be fucking amazing for me to even think about spending £400+ on one.
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I'll probably buy a PS3. Just cos I have a PS2 at the moment and the PS3 will have Gran Turismo. That is all I need from a console Dont understand and dont care about the ins and outs of who's wankel turbo monkey powered processor has more power yada yada yada.
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John
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imo ps3 or 360 will come down to the extras like xbox live, downloading films and content, game play etc.
There is no point nitpicking over graphics and processing power because they are as good as equal.
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--Dave--
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agree
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and lets face it xbox live is superb fun
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Steve
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im going to go mad in a minute
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John
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One thing I forgot about the ps3.
You can install linux.
That will be massive.
Thats a hefty bit of media center kit for 400 quid or whatever imo.
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ed
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Originally posted by Nath
Why would anyone want to play shitty old games on their new console anyway? Also, surely if you have PS2 games you have a PS2? Whats the problem? The fact my 360 doesn't easily play my old Xbox games doesn't bother me, if I were that bothered i'd just turn my old Xbox on.
I've only got one scart plug on the TV 
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John
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No point buying a ps3 or xbox without an hd tv and in the case of a ps3 you should be using hdmi.
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Dom
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Originally posted by John
One thing I forgot about the ps3.
You can install linux.
That will be massive.
Thats a hefty bit of media center kit for 400 quid or whatever imo.
The old xbox could do this though (in one form or another) - but i thought sony had locked down the consoles like microsoft have done with the 360?
Eitherway, i wont be buying one - they've wasted far too much time and money on something that is equivalent to a console that was released a year ago. They've had an extra year yet the specs are almost identical to what they were going to release back then, i would have thought they would have beefed it up to have an edge over microsoft!
Still, i'll leave it until middle next year before buying either a 360/PS3 - see how it all pans out, as like said, games currently are only using small amounts of processing power, so would be a wasted buying one if the other turns out to be better etc
And spunky, both systems are pretty much equal - there are differences obviously and it did seem odd they used a Cell, but if it works for sony and they are getting similar power then no need to change
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ed
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It's interesting how these consoles could be classed as super computers
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Nath
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Originally posted by Nath
Why would anyone want to play shitty old games on their new console anyway? Also, surely if you have PS2 games you have a PS2? Whats the problem? The fact my 360 doesn't easily play my old Xbox games doesn't bother me, if I were that bothered i'd just turn my old Xbox on.
I've only got one scart plug on the TV
Buy a new TV
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ed
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Na, I don't even use it, it's at home now still in it's box
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by ed
It's interesting how these consoles could be classed as super computers
at 2.1TFLOPS, the PS3 is a supercomputer
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PaulW
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Originally posted by ed
It's interesting how these consoles could be classed as super computers
at 2.1TFLOPS, the PS3 is a supercomputer
compared to the IBM BlueGene, thats like comparing a 8086 to a Intel Core Duo
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