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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. My Friend Works for EASports and Said Otherwise by spiritman77 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have a friend that works for EA Sports developing Madden. He said that they thought that the XBOX 360 and the PS3 were going to be similar in power, so they took Madden for XBOX and made transferred it to the PS3. THE CONSOLE BLEW UP They had to de-res the graphics and dumb down the game to get it to work. My friend also said that SONY TOLD THEM to expect one of the "cell" processors to be broken on shipment, and that another "cell" would be used by thier proprietary software. So, basically they developed the game to be used on 5 of the 8 processors. Also, Sony was so focused on Blueray that they never gave ATI the heads up to produce a video card specific for thier system. They didn't give ATI enough lead time. Thus, the video card is a general fix for a video solution that doesn't work well with the PS3. Also, the video memery is dedicated instead of shared, where most console games use more shared memory than dedicated memory...so this slows the system. Basically the PS3 sucks comparitively.

  3. 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.

  4. Re:This sounds familiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks, fucko, that's just what this discussion needs. A grammar nazi.