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by giantrobot 1261 days ago
> I feel like since PS3's Cell processor (regardless of what you think of it), game consoles have been increasingly following more classic (desktop-like) architecture in the entire hardware stack, which has been to be honest great for cross-platform game engines and applications.

The current and last generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony are literally PC components. They're not just off-the-shelf PCs but they have definitely converged on PC technologies. The original Xbox might as well have just been a PC. So you're definitely not wrong there.