Hmm I don't know. I already am a little upset that I can only get aa with deferred lighting in dx 10, and the ps3 and 360 don't have dx 10. I think the graphics will be way too outdated in 10 years. It'd be like making a new game for the Nintendo 64.
The 360 uses a modified DX10.
It's true: The graphics will certainly be outdated in ten years... unless they find a way to update the graphics card. This has already been done for laptops. The PS2 has thus far lasted 7 years. So ten years for the PS3 is not a stretch. They didn't really start pushing the envelope of what the PS2 could do until GTA San Andreas. (Well actually I guess Shadow of the Collosus and that game that came out beforehand were the begining.) God of War and God of War II, two all-time best sellers, came out very late in the console's lifespan.
So before any of you rush to judge, let me remind you: They've already done it before. (Before as in "now.")
And I've already mentioned elsewhere that, where Nintendo seems to believe they have the console of the present (I would agree with activision's CEO's assesment that the Wii and DS are being purchased more as toys than gaming platforms), Microsoft and Sony have the consoles of the future. When it comes time for all games to be on Bluray and HD, both companies will be ready for that. When it comes time to upgrade those hard drives to 500 gigs, both companies will be ready for that. When it gets to the point where Nintendo's hardware limitations paint them into a corner... Well... You saw what happened to the Dreamcast. (Yeah, yeah... other factors... Yada yada...)
That said, there's no reason why both Sony AND Microsoft's consoles won't be around at least... if not ten... at LEAST another 6 or 7 years. Microsoft said in the begining that the Xbox was just Microsoft buying themselves into the market. As soon as they'd accomplished that, and released the 360, they pretty much abandonned the Xbox. But I could only see them doing that this time if people really figure out how to use the Cell to it's full potential over the next 5 or six years and the 360 proves itself inadequate. Otherwise I think they may be in it for the long hall this time because they have the processing power and infrastructure that simply wasn't available at the time of the original xbox. (Just look at how Xbox Live has changed.)
I forget how many million people are signed up for Xbox Live and how many million more are signed up for PSN. But the installed base is already there for the long hall. The hardware will continue to improve (like when, halfway throuh the PS2's lifecycle, Sony started upgrading everyone's system with improved cooling, a quiter DVD drive, and I forget what the third improvement was. This was for people that had been getting disc read errors, though technically anyone with an older PS2 could've sent theirs in.), and the user base will continue to grow.
I think they mean it this time.
OK...end of hypnotize.
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