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> also i dont understand why ps3 is considered a failure, when did it fail? > The PS3 failed developers It failed as an ISA (or collection thereof), and in de
by masklinn 2y ago
> also i dont understand why ps3 is considered a failure, when did it fail?
> The PS3 failed developers
It failed as an ISA (or collection thereof), and in developer mindshare.
- dcow 2y agoI would argue that the failure extended to the user-perceptible performance deficit vs the XB360 despite arguably more capable hardware. Released games didn't perform better on the PS3 even if they technically could.
- masklinn 2y agoThat's part of the failure in developer mindshare: leveraging SMT for games in 2005 was difficult enough, heterogeneous multi-ISA hardware, a ring bus, and the peculiarities of the SPEs made the PS3 not really a consideration. Things might have been different if sony had provided ready-made more or less plug and play SPE applications you could use with just a little tuning for your circumstance (e.g. a physics engine or something) but as far as I know that wasn't the case. I've never heard Sony being praised for its SDKs, while the 360 had straight up directx (with more hardware access).