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All Three Next-Gen Consoles at e3 2005
Word is now out that, in all likelyhood, all three next generation consoles will be displayed in some form at this year's e3. Nintendo's Revolution has been rumoured to be making an appearance for a while. Yesterday Sony announced the PS3 would be available in playable form at the convention, and Microsoft was soon to follow regarding the Xbox Next. Game on?
My understanding was that the Linux kit was sold out in pre-orders, which isn't quite "never took off". Sony didn't intend for it to be a mainstream consumer product, but a one-off stunt that paid off more in press and word-of-mouth than sell through profits.
Also, in the form it was released, the Linux kit was definitely more hobbiest oriented than home consumer oriented. Turning it into something with Sony's traditional polish would probably have cost more in effort than would have been made in sales. (Desktop Linux is still "coming soon" for most consumers, so it seems unreasonable to expect Sony to attempt a set-top Linux package.)
What we need more of is science!
If these use the latest tech, probably not. It looks like these machines will be using more mainstream hardware, so prices will come down quickly, just like the PC world.
...that all this processing power will run up.
I mean, if the PS3 does use 4 Cells, that alone will certainly be a power hog in itself, right?
I wonder what portion of energy today is used for CPU power.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
Final Fantasy exists on the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance platforms. As a matter of fact, I've been sorta playing FF:Crystal Chronicles on the GC with a buddy and two GBA:SPs, it's pretty fun, but I wish they'd release an FF6-style game with multiplay support... Oh, and FF1 and FF2 for the GBA were a lifesaver during jury duty.
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The latest versions are X-box only though.
Well considering the xbox runs an nt variant with near-directx
You say this like it is a bad thing. If the open source world is every going to be able to overcome Microsoft we need to understand their Strengths and why.
NT is a solid OS and a solid Kernel Technology, it is the Win32 and the Windows Subsystem that people don't like and target for viruses.
NT (pure NT) is a solid strong OS design, Cutler and his team were no fools.
The second thing is DirectX. Everyone seems to keep thinking it is just about video and compares it to OpenGL.
1) DirectX would not have existed if the OpenGL Group that MS was a part would have advanced OpenGL at the time to support lower hardware level access like Microsoft proposed. They refused, and Microsoft came up with DirextX themselves. The OpenGL group did not see 3D in video hardware the way Microsoft did and also wasn't about catering to pushing pixels for games.
2) DirectX cannot be compared to just Open GL because it encompasses all input and multi-media on the computer - further giving developers easy and LOWER level access from everything from the Keyboards, and Joysticks to Sounds Cards and pushing packets over a network for remote game play.
This is why DirectX IS successful, and it is also why, unfortunately, Windows is the main and best Gaming OS platform.
For DirectX to be replaced in open source, we all need to understand it better and WHY it IS successful. We can't just count on OpenGL, we need a full implementation that covers all areas of hardware and gaming like DirectX does. Period.
(Sorry to get off on a rant, cause this post is more to help get open source advocates to open their eyes, rather than be directed at you for making the statement.)
...but I like the "Jet Set Radios" and "Kalimari Darcies" (sp?) of the world.
Katamari Damacy. I'm not harping, just helping.
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