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The consoles were PowerPC last generation (or, well, Xbox was, PS3 was the Cell, which is Power but also... weird). They're not especially high-end x86 chips. G
by cwyers 9y ago
The consoles were PowerPC last generation (or, well, Xbox was, PS3 was the Cell, which is Power but also... weird). They're not especially high-end x86 chips. Games have to be ported to them regardless, so it's not like portability matters. I would bet on them continuing to be x86 in the future, but if there's a viable competitor to x86 in that price/performance/heat profile range, there's nothing to keep them from switching.
- MBCook 9y agoWhich is interesting because we are at the point where console generations may be about to disappear. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all seem interested in making it so their future consoles can run the games from their current generation without modification or custom emulation. In other words… They're about to become a PC gaming has had for 30 years. And that makes them LESS likely to switch to a new chip instruction set.
- ajdlinux 9y agoBoth the Wii and the Wii U were also PowerPC, FWIW.