While most gamers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of next-gen gaming, as promised by the big console manufacturers, some voices of discontent are beginning to make themselves heard. The recent MegaGames feature on the next-generation PC has pushed readers to contact us with some, little-known details, regarding the hardware of the so-called, next-generation consoles and the performance we can expect from them. The recent MG story suggested that a lot of money would have to be spent on a PC in order to match next-generation console performance but the information coming from developers and at times the manufacturers themselves, is that …the Xenon and Cell CPUs are not even in the same realm of performance as the Pentium 4 or Athlon 64.
It appears that, in Microsoft’s case, the need to keep costs low has sacrificed true next-gen performance while, in Sony’s case, the need to use proprietary methods in order to maintain exclusivity has also resulted in the sacrifice of any next-gen prospects. What we are guaranteed to see however, are true next-generation prices and unique subscription technologies that will, wirelessly, empty your wallets. It seems that the entire gaming community will help see Mr. Gates, Mr. Allard, Kutaragi-san and other CEOs feature their respective Cribbs and rides on some MTV show.
So read on to find out exactly what the console manufacturers don’t want you to know, as we reveal the real next-generation console war…
