Thread: What you do while playing console

Originally Posted by abachler View Post
I think more people are getting tired of consoles in general. Thier price tags are approaching (low end) computers, while their performance and game selection is not.

Originally Posted by Sang-drax

The PS3 has extremely good performance compared to a computer. PS3 clusters with Linux are currently being used for scientific computations. There are 250,000 Folding@Home PS3 users.

The PS3 has really has some impressive hardware, even for its high price tag, but its going to take a while before people start to make games that use it to its full potential. Wii's are a gimmick, my friend got one and I was bored with it after 10 minutes. I'd rather have a DS.

As to do with the folding@home project the PS3 cell processor is ideally suited to it because stream processors are designed to handle large chunks of contiguous data fast. While stream processors have great potential for graphics stuff like ray-tracing, they are a trade off with flexibility. For doing stuff like, say, AI where you may need to get tiny bits of data from all over the place stream processors are not so well suited.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Sang-drax

I've heard that for a very long time. You might have a point, though. Nintendo is as far as I know the only company currently making a profit from their consoles. In the long run, Sony and Microsoft won't continue making consoles only to lose money.

I thought they made their money from licensing the games. I think they will be perfectly happy to sell consoles at a loss, as long as they are competing, and they make their money back elsewhere. Its like printers; they sell the unit at a loss knowing you are then going to have to buy ink for it.