Ever Wondered Why the PS3 Came a Year Later Than The 360 ?

-


IGN are reporting that the PS3 was originally scheduled to release alongside the Xbox 360 in 2005 without a GPU, with the cell processor handling all of the load. But then testing proved that this would be a disaster performance wise and a GPU was added, causing a year long delay.

“For a while, [PS3 had] no GPU, it was going to run everything with SPUs. The ICE team proved to Japan that it was just impossible. It would be ridiculous. Performance-wise, it would be a disaster. That’s why they finally added the GPU, closer to the end.”


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PS Vita YouTube app gets background running update

-
Image
Sony have announced that a new YouTube update is available in a recent Twitter post, Fun fact: New update for @ youtube is coming soon, will enable you to watch videos without closing your other applications. Nifty! — PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 23, 2013 As gamers will know this will be handy for game tips and walkthroughs when playing. The Web app received the same update last month.
Read more

Next Game by the Journey Studio will be "Huge and Change the Industry"

-
Image
In a post explaining why he left Thatgamecompany developers of the highly acclaimed Journey Asher Vollmer has said that the studios next game will be huge and change the industry. " the New Game they’re making isn’t just something that you can casually abandon. Obviously I can’t divulge any details about it, but… It’s going to be huge. And I don’t mean it’s going to be a long sprawling game, I mean it’s going to be an IMPORTANT game. I genuinely believe it’s going to change the industry in a really positive way. " We wonder what they could be working on ?
Read more