Finally, next generation gaming consoles are around the corner. It will
have an uplifting effect on the entire gaming industry as it will raise
the bar for visual and technical detail in games. Many of today's games
are designed keeping consoles in mind, and so their PC platform versions
don't look much more than what has come to be known as "console-ports".
There are a few exceptions to this, but it would be refreshing to see
most game developers move on to creating games that take advantage of
today's insanely powerful PC platform, because the console platform will
have caught up technologically.
Rumors have it, that Microsoft will be developing not one, but two
product lines that succeed the Xbox 360, and we're not talking about
product variants here, but two distinct lines. The first of the two will
be an entry-level console designed more like a set-top box, designed
around the Kinect controller (perhaps something to compete against
Nintendo Wii U). The second product line will be the one that will be
supercharged with the latest technologies that will raise the bar in
graphics. It will compete with whatever succeeds the Playstation 3.
There is talk that it will pack a 6 core processor, an AMD-made GPU, and
2 GB of fast DDR3 memory. This console could be unveiled to the world
(although not launched), at the CES event held in January. Meanwhile,
Microsoft is allowing TSMC some time to refine its 28 nm bulk process.
Source: TechSpot
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