Microsoft applies for scalable console patent
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If this is true then I doubt they'd make it like how current PC's are.
My guess is that it would launch with X specs and then a few years down the line they'd release some upgraded specs which you buy to play the latest games. So everybody would have the same spec console all the time.
This would be better IMO as it would mean the console would be kept up to date and wouldn't get stale like this gen has.
My guess is that it would launch with X specs and then a few years down the line they'd release some upgraded specs which you buy to play the latest games. So everybody would have the same spec console all the time.
This would be better IMO as it would mean the console would be kept up to date and wouldn't get stale like this gen has.
Always likely to happen eventually. The problem was always how you go about having external hardware thats not crippled by data speeds (look at external GPU solutions for example). The advances in Thunderbolt are slowly starting to make this limitation a problem of the past however.
It could work for a RAM upgrade. It worked for the Amiga 500 where it started off with 512mb but then later became the norm to upgrade to 1mb for about £30 at the time. Commodore's mistakes happened after this. The only issue with that is, say the released the xbox with 2gb RAM with a view to upgrade it to 8gb later on, given the low cost of RAM and the money that would be spent to ensuring compatibility issues were ironed out, Would it be that much cheaper than to just have 8gb from day one? I'm sure MS would get the RAM cheaper than we do when they order a few million sets.
Even though it was rare to find someone using an Amiga without a RAM upgrade, it was very rare to find someone who had an FPU (co-processor) installed. This in turn meant few games would make use of one and it kept the prices high.
I know the Amiga was a computer and not a console but most people I knew, used them 95%+ for games.
Even though it was rare to find someone using an Amiga without a RAM upgrade, it was very rare to find someone who had an FPU (co-processor) installed. This in turn meant few games would make use of one and it kept the prices high.
I know the Amiga was a computer and not a console but most people I knew, used them 95%+ for games.
I don't understand this attitude. There is nothing stale about this gen; the games are still stunning and tech continues to amaze. You think that the game content will really be different on the next gen. The graphics will just be better that is all.
I am personally not ready for a new gen as I think this gen is far from over.
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I agree
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but not as powerful as current pc's but fixed hardware specifications thats a mac!
Remember something like this for the spectrum years ago
There was two versions of the early spectrum,a 16k and 48k and most good games were 48k only..
I had to buy an memory upgrade thingy for my 16k spectrum
Its people like you who have caused the current PC games to stagnate at 2008 graphics.
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I think it's a shame, part of the reason I like consoles is that I don't have to fiddle/upgrade/update. If I wanted to do that (cared) I'd get a PC.
Harsh, but true
Do we really need the graphics to jump up so dramatically? If it's the case that graphics haven't moved on all that much - because people aren't upgrading - then surely the demand isn't there any more?
Or perhaps it's because people can't justify the cost of the upgrade for what is perceived to be a smaller difference?
When was the last signifcant and obvious leap in graphics?
I buy a console to game for ease, nothing more. I know the PC can do the job very well, but consoles suit me most and a big factor is initial outlay for the equipment to do so.