Inside the Games Machines of the Future

UtahSaint writes "Electronic design, the guys who nicely opened up the iPod a couple of weeks back take a look into the future of gaming - covering everything from the PC to the Gizmondo to the upcoming Xbox 2 and Playstation 3 next-generation units. If you want to get more of an understanding as to where we're heading, this is not a bad place to start."

When oh when

[sammyo]

do we get total immersion? I want the total holodeck in my embedded (in my spine) iGamePod, just tap a spot on my chin and I'm deep in the game, who cares if everyone on the bus sees me twitching and drooling as I blow away those monsters...

Re:starting the betting

[Atrax]

It's funny how many people I know don't even think about using XBoxes for actual gaming.

Dunno about big numbers, but I've got a couple of mates who eye my XBox up covetously every time they come round, with the words 'cheap linux box' on their lips...

bastards

inside the game machines of the future...

[justforaday]

you will see things that look like this [osu.edu].

Re:TFA's Cliche Opening Sentence

[Skye16]

Because the author wanted you to focus on THIS aspect of Pong, instead of the whole "you played it for hours and hours and then got in a fist fight with your best friend 'cos he said you were cheating even though it's fucking pong and how in hell could you cheat at pong?!" (etc, etc, etc)

Re:I was always taught...

[Nine Tenths of The W]

Like Custer's Revenge?

Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops?

[Anonymous Coward]

Can this be true? This five year old machine has that kind of processing power?

Yes. You see there's this slight disparity between what we call "Theoretical Specs" and this other thing called "Real Life".

Allow me to demonstrate, using the PS2 as an example:

Theoretical Specs
The PS2 can render 75 million polygons per second with FSAA. It will be years ahead of any other hardware available. People will buy hundreds of them and turn them into Supercomputer clusters for simulating nuclear balsts!

Reality
It's a bit better than the Dreamcast.

Of course this will not apply to the PS3. That really will justify all the hype. You can believe the Sony Corporation this time. They wouldn't lie to you again. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops?

[gl4ss]

* Re:PS2 = 6.2 Gigaflops? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 22, @09:44AM (#11744213)
How can anyone not know the 6.2 Gigaflops number?

Perhaps now you know why all of us console developers love the machine...
*

I thought you hated it because it's so hard to actually get to use that power.

Re:TFA's Cliche Opening Sentence

[natrius]

how in hell could you cheat at pong?!

So I'm the only one who used an aimbot in Pong?

Re:A little risky, IMO

[monkey_jam]

i hear the xbox now comes with firewire

Thank you thank you, i'll be here all evening!