Extensive and very technical speculation on the Revolutions processor

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http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/revolution.ars

Since Nintendo probably won't be revealing any of its technical speculations anytime soon this article was written up to do a very in depth analysis of Nintendo and determine what its processor might be based on that. I have to say it certainly seemed to be very unbiased which is very good.

Anyway one of the key points I think was that he believes the Revolution will be the easiest to develop for and it will excell in things like AI and physics while the 360 and PS3 may have problems in those areas:
Broadway's tradeoff of TLP for cache space will give it an edge over Cell and Xenon in gameplay-enhancing AI, physics, and control code. Furthermore, this edge could last for the life of the next generation of consoles.
 
its a great speculation, but until nintendo gives us something of more value it's really meaningless in any sort of application.
 
The guys over at Ars Technica are very intelligent and highly reputable... so, at least it's not as bad as some random guy's opinion posted on a geocities page. It may be speculation, but that's about all we have to go on at this point. Well, that is, other than a Spanish site's recent interview with Nintendo's Jim Merrick where he says "a difference will not exist" in terms of next-gen graphics.
 
Regarding the network angle, Sony has nothing like Passport or Windows Media Center, but even if they do manage to make the PS3 interact somehow with the PC then what are the odds of the experience not being bad? Actually, I'll tell you the odds: they're zero. That's because the PS3 isn't made to be connected to PCs, which are nasty little piracy-enabling devices that Sony's media arm doesn't trust with its precious music and movie content. Better to keep that stuff off the PC entirely and have it move in its own separate Sony ecosystem.
Sony therefore envisions an alternate, proprietary universe of its own making, consisting solely of devices that are DRMed to the gills and that connect in a trusted and secure manner to each other and to Sony's online entertainment hub. Sony will use the PlayStation 3 to invite you and your credit card into that alternate, sealed-off universe and to live, play, and consume content, all via the security of Cell + HDMI + Blu-ray + Sony only knows what else.
Truest thing I've heard all week.
 
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