didn't say they were...but compared to the PS3, they're gorgeous.

 

I guess i've never been the type to care how a console looks... I mean.. I bought an N64 for christ sake h:

 

I don't really care...I just noticed that it's hideous, and ginormous.

 

It's an inch and half longer than the 360, half the size of the wii...

I think you guys are just hating h:

 

ahem...i think you meant twice the size of the Wii. h:

 

Yes I did... I was looking at the pics and I thought to myself that the wii was half of it

 

the cell processor might have been capable of ray-tracing if they didn't take one of the cores out of commission.


and think Sega Saturn when you talk about next gen technologies going into game systems.

the Saturn was technologically superior to the PSX and while less powerful then the N64 it featured a few more advancements that we wouldn't even see until this generation.

I'm speaking specifically of it's use of two processors and how they compare the new multi-cores of today. 10 years ago programmers did not know how to utilize both of the cores properly, and up until this generation we haven't seen this cutting edge use of multiple threads and multiple cores--- and the only reason we are seeing it now is because all the programmers have been working on their multiple core programming over the last few years.


In short, when your target programmers can't figure out how to do what they are supposed to with the hardware, then the hardware will inevitably fall short of expectations.

The Saturn was a prime example of timing and rushing advanced technologies to the market before they were ready.

if we gave most of these programmers ray-tracing they would end up giving us output equal to the last generation on hardware that costs 3x as much.