{"id":33250,"date":"2012-03-01T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T12:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=33250"},"modified":"2012-03-02T01:55:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T23:55:19","slug":"rumour-control-ps4-to-ditch-cell-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/33250-rumour-control-ps4-to-ditch-cell-processor","title":{"rendered":"Rumour control: PS4 to ditch Cell processor"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably read the reports from developers about what a pain in the ass the PS3<\/a> has been to work with, so the rumours of the PS4 ditching one of its more overly complicated innards seems more plausible than not.<\/p>\n

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry editor, Richard Leadbetter, had been in contact with a reputable source who claimed that Sony<\/a>‘s new console would “essentially [be] a PC<\/a>” in terms of architecture.<\/p>\n

“An AMD<\/a> collaboration on the CPU holds many attractions,” writes Leadbetter. “For the first time since the launch of the original Xbox<\/a>, we could well be seeing an x86 processor in a console. It may be hard to imagine that the company that brought us the Cell<\/a> would be embracing PC tech so wholeheartedly, but a look at the make-up of Vita<\/a> suggests a fundamental shift in the way Sony builds its consoles in the wake of Ken Kutaragi’s departure.”<\/p>\n

The mention of AMD is in line with earlier rumours that have the PS4 using AMD components.<\/p>\n

Leadbetter continued to say that it’s not about exotic, ground-breaking hardware any more but that it’s all about creating the best possible games machine with an enviable set of development tools.<\/p>\n

He may just have a point: the cell-processor, a joint effort by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, has proven to be little more than a pain for video game developers.<\/p>\n

Multi-platform games often seem to perform better on weaker hardware than on the PlayStation 3, while the few dedicated Sony developers such as Uncharted creators, Naughty Dog<\/a>, and God of War magicians Santa Monica, have managed to unmask the potential of the PS3.<\/p>\n

One has to wonder what the future holds for Sony’s next console.<\/p>\n

Source: GamesIndustry.biz<\/a><\/h5>\n

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