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Inside the Games Machines of the Future

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-remember-to-port-tetris dept.

UtahSaint writes "Electronic design, the guys who nicely opened up the iPod a couple of weeks back take a look into the future of gaming - covering everything from the PC to the Gizmondo to the upcoming Xbox 2 and Playstation 3 next-generation units. If you want to get more of an understanding as to where we're heading, this is not a bad place to start."

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  1. When oh when by sammyo · · Score: 4, Funny

    do we get total immersion? I want the total holodeck in my embedded (in my spine) iGamePod, just tap a spot on my chin and I'm deep in the game, who cares if everyone on the bus sees me twitching and drooling as I blow away those monsters...

  2. Re:starting the betting by Atrax · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's funny how many people I know don't even think about using XBoxes for actual gaming.

    Dunno about big numbers, but I've got a couple of mates who eye my XBox up covetously every time they come round, with the words 'cheap linux box' on their lips...

    bastards

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  3. inside the game machines of the future... by justforaday · · Score: 1, Funny

    you will see things that look like this.

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  4. Re:TFA's Cliche Opening Sentence by Skye16 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because the author wanted you to focus on THIS aspect of Pong, instead of the whole "you played it for hours and hours and then got in a fist fight with your best friend 'cos he said you were cheating even though it's fucking pong and how in hell could you cheat at pong?!" (etc, etc, etc)

  5. Re:I was always taught... by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 1, Funny

    Like Custer's Revenge?

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  6. Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can this be true? This five year old machine has that kind of processing power?

    Yes. You see there's this slight disparity between what we call "Theoretical Specs" and this other thing called "Real Life".

    Allow me to demonstrate, using the PS2 as an example:

    Theoretical Specs
    The PS2 can render 75 million polygons per second with FSAA. It will be years ahead of any other hardware available. People will buy hundreds of them and turn them into Supercomputer clusters for simulating nuclear balsts!

    Reality
    It's a bit better than the Dreamcast.

    Of course this will not apply to the PS3. That really will justify all the hype. You can believe the Sony Corporation this time. They wouldn't lie to you again. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

  7. Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops? by gl4ss · · Score: 2, Funny

    * Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops? (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 22, @09:44AM (#11744213)
    How can anyone not know the 6.2 Gigaflops number?

    Perhaps now you know why all of us console developers love the machine...
    *

    I thought you hated it because it's so hard to actually get to use that power.

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  8. Re:TFA's Cliche Opening Sentence by natrius · · Score: 2, Funny

    how in hell could you cheat at pong?!

    So I'm the only one who used an aimbot in Pong?

  9. Re:A little risky, IMO by monkey_jam · · Score: 2, Funny

    i hear the xbox now comes with firewire

    Thank you thank you, i'll be here all evening!