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Although I'm not an owner of said console, I believe Adamskii is in the process of purchasing one.

I've just been reading about how much Microsoft's XBOX really costs...

(this is in dollars $ by the way):

Seeing as they lost around $125 per console on the XBOX, you'd think they would try to make a little on the 360, but again, they're losing another $125 per console. The console itself costs $471 to make, and is sold for $470 to the consumer - including the controller, HDD etc. "72% of the cost of creating the XBox 360 goes on semiconductors (silicon) alone, and $106 goes towards the CPU and $141 to ATI for the graphics card."

You could get a decent PCI-E card for that... "It is also estimated that the PS3 will cost $600 to make, which is $129 or more than the XBox 360, especially because Sony plans to integrate the new technology, Blu-ray into the PS3."

This will mean that the PS3 will cost even more than the XBOX 360, and the increase in costs hints at consoles costing even more in the future - the day where a PC is a cheaper alternative could be coming.

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U know the score, games is where the money is made, especially considering the new price range on these next-gen games. Im putting off upgrading my pc as i dont think its gone stale enough yet. Im waiting too see how multiple processors are gonna fare out for em. And i think ill want a directx10 card, considering my card is directx9.

Adamskii

Good point on the DX bit, I've often been wondering when we'll see the new DX10 - seems like Windows Vista will include it.

As for multi processors, all the next-gen consoles are sporting either multiple processors, or processors with multiple cores. This is a good thing, as hopefully with all the programmers adapting to multi-core/multi-processor games, we'll see the PC line of games with support for all the latest dual core/hyperthreaded CPUs.

The problem with Athlon X2 and the likes is that they don't really benefit gamers - unless they're ripping a CD or extracting huge files at the same time, which is pretty unlikely. Games run well with a powerful single processor, as they don't currently have the need for a second/third/fourth processor.

I'm lying in wait for the PhysX (or however it's spelt) chip, which should boost PC gaming hugely. It'll take away a big chunk of processing from the CPU (the physics), enabling games to run smoother.

I'm also waiting for the new Pentiums to arrive, as they're based on the mobile Intel chips - which from first hand experience, are lightning fast! The funny thing is that a 1.8ghz laptop chip can out-power a 3.0ghz Pentium 4 easily. Intel have finally realized it, and are using the same technology in their new CPUs due next year.

Matt

Yeah this is what i figured, alot more support and understanding for the multiple processors after the next gen consoles.

Adamskii

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