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Sony Says Nobody Will Ever Use All the Power of a PS3

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-never-heard-of-the-robsort-algorithm dept.

Tighthead Prop writes "Sony executive Phil Harrison has made some brash comments about the Cell processor and the PlayStation 3. Harrison says that the current PS3 game lineup is using less than half of the machines power, adding that 'nobody will ever use 100 percent of its capacity.' Is he right? 'The major reason Harrison wants to hype up the "unlimited" potential of the PS3's architecture is to downplay comparisons between games running on Sony's console and Microsoft's Xbox 360. The two systems are not completely dissimilar: they both contain a PowerPC core running at 3.2 GHz, both have similarly-clocked GPUs, and both come with 512 MB of RAM.'"

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  1. ... right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    > The two systems are not completely dissimilar: they both contain a PowerPC core running at 3.2 GHz, both have similarly-clocked GPUs, and both come with 512 MB of RAM.

    Except you know, one has 8 cores (7 usable) and a 50GB removable media disc, and the other has three, and a 4.7GB removable media disc.

  2. Thank You AC by RichardMarks · · Score: 0, Troll

    "There's not going to be that many games coming out?"

    Thanks for setting yourself up for that...

    1. Re:Thank You AC by RichardMarks · · Score: 0, Troll

      "I think I should point out that the Atari Jaguar had at least that many titles in their "under development" list at one point. "

      No it didn't.

      And that list is not "PS3 titles under development", it is the confirmed by publishers exclusive titles currently in development. The total number of PS3 titles exclusive + crossplatform would be gigantic.

    2. Re:Thank You AC by RichardMarks · · Score: 0, Troll

      "Unlike the fellow above, I actually hope Sony is not paying you, because I would hope they'd get more for their money than a list of "Untitled" exclusives..."

      Fuck off.