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by amazari 244 days ago
So this is AMD catching up with Nvidia in the RT and AI upscaling/frame gen fields. Nothing wrong with it, and I am quite happy as an AMD GPU owner and Linux user.

But the way it is framed as a revolutionary step and as a Sony collab is a tad misleading. AMD is competent enough to do it by itself, and this will definitely show up in PC and the competing Xbox.
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esperent 244 days ago
I think we don't have enough details to make statements like this yet. Sony have shown they are willing to make esoteric gaming hardware in the past (cell architecture) and maybe they'll do something unique again this time. Or, maybe it'll just use a moderately custom model. Or, maybe it's just going to use exactly what AMD have planned for the next few year anyway (as you say). Time will tell.

I'm rooting for something unique because I haven't owned a console for 20 years and I like interesting hardware. But hopefully they've learned a lesson about developer ergonomics this time around.

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SV_BubbleTime 244 days ago
>Sony have shown they are willing to make esoteric gaming hardware in the past (cell architecture)

Just so we’re clear, you’re talking about a decision that didn’t really pan out made over 20 years ago.

PS6 will be an upgraded PS5 without question. You aren’t ever going to see a massive divergence away from the PC everyone took the last twenty years working towards.

The landscape favors Microsoft, but they’ll drop the ball, again.

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esperent 244 days ago
> you’re talking about a decision that didn’t really pan out made over 20 years ago.

The PS3 sold 87m units, and more importantly, it sold more than the Xbox 360, so I think it panned out fine even if we shouldn't call it a roaring success.

It did sell less than the PS2 or PS4 but I don't think the had much to do with the cell architecture.

Game developer hated it, but that's a different issue.

I do agree that a truly unusual architecture like this is very unlikely for the next gen though.

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llbbdd 243 days ago
It sold well, but there are multiple popular games that were built for the PS3 that have not come to any other platform because porting them is exceptionally hard.
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dataangel 243 days ago
they were hoping Cell would get more widespread use though, which it did not
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