TGS 2005

[RockyTop1]

Re: TGS 2005

well damn....
add another game to my list....

damnit, me too

[Flawless]

Re: TGS 2005

After TGS Famitsu magazine reports Japanese interest for Xbox 360 is up from 6% to 22%.

Far from it according to Famitsu interest in the console has jumped from 6% to 22% post TGS. Microsft did have games on the floor that mattered like "Chromehounds", "Ridge Racer 6", "Ninety Nine Nights" and "Enchant Arm". The kiosks were always crowded to and attendees showed genuine interest in the system. Microsoft was also able to take some serious coin out of Sony's exclusivity bag by showing that franchises like "Resident Evil", "Armored Core", "Gundam", and "Bomberman" now had a new home.

[burnwood]

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Forgive my ignorance, but what are the advantages of having multi-threaded programming/processing?

Short answer...

We're hitting a speed ceiling on processors. To continue getting performance increases, we have to start writing multithreaded code.

Not only is the speed going to change but, more interesting and exciting (too me anyway) about these multi-core / multi-thread processors is the significantly increased ability to crunch floating point numbers. Which means practically, in time we will see more and more games increase the quality of their physics engine.

[gooberstabone]

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Not only is the speed going to change but, more interesting and exciting (too me anyway) about these multi-core / multi-thread processors is the significantly increased ability to crunch floating point numbers. Which means practically, in time we will see more and more games increase the quality of their physics engine.

will the PS3 have a multi-core/multi-thread processor?

[dagger55]

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will the PS3 have a multi-core/multi-thread processor?

they have the cell

[dagger55]

Re: TGS 2005

Need For Speed screen from final dev kit

[burnwood]

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will the PS3 have a multi-core/multi-thread processor?

The PS3 will be using 1 or more of its 7 (or 8) SPEs. However, there is a big challenge for developers to be able to code for both the 360 and PS3 because of the new architectures. So, I predict we will see the same linear type of games for quite a while with just beefed up graphics.