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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. starting the betting by strider44 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm more interested in wondering when the new XBox and Playstations will run linux or hacked proggies. */me hugs his xbmc*

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

  2. Future of gaming and the gamers by HardSide · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The article was nice and all, but it basically summed up everything most gamers already know, those people who have been out of the loop, the article is a good read. As for the future of games and the people that play them...one word...'generic' The average player who been playing games since Idsoftware release of Commander Keen find just about every game that been released in the past 5 years very generic, its always the same formula, if the storyline is different, the plot is the same. Fable for the xbox was suppose to change that, it was said to be the game where you pick either 'good or bad' unfortunately whichever you pick in the game you still get the end result and the ending, nor the game is different from whatever path you choose. Then we had Doom 3 that was released in 2004 by idsoftware, sure it was 'spooky' and 'creepy' some say, I mean the average review in a pc magazine or online boards said its probably the scariest game ever released. The average gamer however found that eyecandy doesn't make the game, and cute little monsters jumping from walls isn't enough to excite a old time gamer. So whats the future of gaming if you ask me? There is no future, eventually we will hit the pinicale where either a game changes its true environment and play style everytime you play or eventually games will die out.

  3. What the hell? by TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    From the article:
    With CPUs running at several gigahertz plus a high-performance video card or two, PC gaming is now just as lifelike as its console-based competition.
    This was where I stopped reading. This is a joke right? Because I've played both consoles and PC and the PC is always the fore-front. Allbeit, at a higher cost financially.

    But come on, PCs don't trail behind consoles. It's the other way around. Resolution for starts, 480p vs 1024x768 (native of my front projector) makes a world of difference. I bought the XBox for HDTV but the hardware can't do it apparently, because there are very few games that will output more than 480p.
  4. Re:My Future Console by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I own a XBOX now, my next system will probably be Playstation 3 because Microsoft is too draconian with their hardware..

    Whereas Sony are the paragon of free thinking, copyleft supporting anti-materialism?

    How do people manage to delude themselves to this extent? Is there some drug you can take that surpresses all critical thinking abilities?