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> [ It's a no-brainer that PS3 will end up somewhat more powerful. the PS3 is
> coming out later than XBOX NEXT. the PS3 has been in development for *much*
> longer. when Microsoft was working on the original XBOX (1999-2001) Sony was
> already working on PS3. XBOX NEXT wasn't underway until late 2001 or early
> 2002]

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>[ It's a no-brainer that PS3 will end up somewhat more powerful. the PS3 is
>coming out later than XBOX NEXT. the PS3 has been in development for *much*
>longer. when Microsoft was working on the original XBOX (1999-2001) Sony was
>already working on PS3. XBOX NEXT wasn't underway until late 2001 or early
>2002]
>
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4201391.stm
>
>What's next for next-gen consoles?
>
>The next generation of video games consoles are in development but what will
>the new machines mean for games firms and consumers?
>
>We may not know when they will be released, what they will be called or even
>what they will be able to do but one thing is certain - they are coming.
>
>Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all expected to release new machines in the
>next 18 months.
>
>The details of PlayStation 3, Xbox 2 (codename Xenon) and Nintendo's
>so-called Revolution are still to be finalised but developers are having to
>work on titles for the new machines regardless.
>
>
>The rumours are that PlayStation 3 will have a little more under the hood
>Rory Armes, EA
>"We know maybe what the PS3 will do, but we can only guess," said Rory
>Armes, studio general manager for video game giant Electronic Arts in
>Europe.
>
>"It's a horrendous effort in the first year," he admitted.
>
>Microsoft had delivered development kits to EA, said Mr Armes, but he said
>the company was still waiting on Sony and Nintendo to send kits.
>
>Although the details may not be nailed down, Mr Armes said EA was beginning
>to get a sense of the capabilities of the new machines.
>
>"The rumours are that PlayStation 3 will have a little more under the hood
>[than Xbox 2]," he said.
>
>Great leaps
>
>"Microsoft is obviously a software company first and foremost, while Sony
>has more experience in hardware. I think Sony will be able to push more into
>a box at cost."
>
>
>
>
>What is certain is that the new machines will provide great leaps in
>processing and graphical power.
>
>It is also likely that they will contain convergence technologies to make
>the machines more of an entertainment hub.
>
>At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Microsoft boss Bill Gates said
>Xbox 2 would be part of his vision of the digital lifestyle.
>
>While short on detail, he painted a picture of a machine that would
>complement a PC and offer "great video gaming but video gaming for a broader
>set of people, more communications, more media, more connectivity".
>
>Sony is thought to have a similar vision for PS3 while Nintendo remain
>focused on a machine purely for games.
>
>
>Until it is clear precisely what the new machines can do, developers are
>working on a first round of titles to harness the new horsepower.
>
>Gary Dunn, development director at Codemasters, said the company had a
>central technology group which was at the forefront of preparing for the
>next generation of consoles.
>
>"We are working on new libraries of effects. A lot of the major techniques
>are already out there and in use in PC gaming, such as pixel shaders and
>normal mapping."
>
>Real-world physics
>
>Mr Dunn said he expected the introduction of real-world physics to be a
>major part of the new consoles.
>
>"We want to increase that level of immersion and realism in gaming to people
>can lose themselves in a game."
>
>In the first year at least, developers said gamers should not expect games
>which harness the full potential of the machines.
>
>Graphical spit and polish and better physics in line with the capabilities
>of current high-end graphics cards for PCs should be expected.
>
>Simon Gardner, president of Climax's Action Studio, said: "It's definitely
>an exciting time. We want to give more freedom to the player. We want to
>give players an emotional connection to the characters they play.
>
>"The environments will be much more believable and dramatic, growing and
>changing as you play.
>
>"There will be a breadth of effects, more involving worlds to play in.
>
>
>PS3 will provide graphics indistinguishable from movies
>"It's a bit like being an artist and being given a bigger canvas and a
>smaller brush. We're being given more tools.
>
>"For the average consumer, we can get things of a more filmic quality."
>
>Gerhard Florin, head of EA in Europe, said gamers should expect titles that
>blur the line between films and video games.
>
>Many will be sceptical - gamers were given similar predictions during the
>last transition of console hardware - but this time it would seem to be more
>likely.
>
>"PS3 will provide graphics indistinguishable from movies," said Mr Florin.
>
>He said the distribution method for games would also change radically in the
>next round of consoles.
>
>"A gamer could buy a starter disc for 10 euros. When he goes home he goes
>online and he could buy AI and levels as you go.
>
>'Much smarter'
>
>"It's much smarter if you can get levels as you go."
>
>Mr Armes warned that developers still had to learn how to tell stories
>effectively in the medium.
>
>"In some ways we are trying to forget about the hardware, go in the opposite
>direction. We have been very bad at letting technology design our
>creativity.
>
>"What we have to do as a company is start ignoring the technology and
>learning our craft in telling stories."
>
>Mr Gardner agreed: "We can thrown more polygons around and have better AI
>but if it doesn't make for a better game then that's not very useful."
>
>Developers will certainly have the tools with the new machines, but how they
>employ them is still to be decided.
>

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> Is it a no-brainer that PS3 will be more powerful than XBox Next? By your
> logic, PS1 should have been more powerful than the Saturn. It wasn't.
> And PS2 should have been more powerful than Dreamcast...but that's not
> true either.

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> The Dreamast was more powerful than the PS2. Ha!! You guys just never
> give
> up!!!
>