Kotaku - PS4 ditching the cell processor

The abandonment of the Cell architecture would thrill the many game developers who have struggled with the complex chipset, but it could also be viewed as the admission of a mistake

Cell was not the revolution Sony hoped and hyped that it would be. It also never managed to make the PS3 appear to be significantly more powerful than the year-older Xbox 360. That could have been the Cell's fault or simply the result of development decisions that compelled game creators to make their games run on both the PS3 and the generally-more-popular Xbox 360

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I guess Vita is already a sign SONY will no longer go for special CPUs or anything like that.

New consoles better start at $299.99 or no buy

developers know how to use the cpu now so they might aswell keep it.

No 120fps anymore.

New consoles better start at $299.99 or no buy

finalstar2007

Came to post this news but anyway I think it's a good thing. Just make a normal CPU or utilise a normal one and focus on power rather than originality

The abandonment of the Cell architecture would thrill the many game developers who have struggled with the complex chipset, but it could also be viewed as the admission of a mistake

Cell was not the revolution Sony hoped and hyped that it would be. It also never managed to make the PS3 appear to be significantly more powerful than the year-older Xbox 360. That could have been the Cell's fault or simply the result of development decisions that compelled game creators to make their games run on both the PS3 and the generally-more-popular Xbox 360

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I think it was neither and probably had more to do with weird design decisions. (taking a then-superpowerful, super expensive processor and giving it only 512mb of memory and a mediocre graphics card to work with)

Not sure why they ever thought it was a good idea.foxhound_fox

This.

The Cell was a business idea designed by business executives. A junior hardware engineer could've told you that it would have been a terrible idea from the start.

New consoles better start at $299.99 or no buy

finalstar2007

Hahaha the Cell is a flop! One big giant Flop! :lol:

An x86 architecture? Well that's going to ruin backwards compatability, surely Sony would be smarter than that...

There was just too much power from the Cell - they couldn't handle the POWAH!R3FURBISHED

More like they couldn't find the hidden power because it was so mysterious.

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]There was just too much power from the Cell - they couldn't handle the POWAH!xhawk27

More like they couldn't find the hidden power because it was so mysterious.

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]There was just too much power from the Cell - they couldn't handle the POWAH!xhawk27

More like they couldn't find the hidden power because it was so mysterious.

killzone 2/3 look more polished than any 360 exclusive fps so must of been good for something.

[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

[QUOTE="R3FURBISHED"]There was just too much power from the Cell - they couldn't handle the POWAH!wewantdoom4now

More like they couldn't find the hidden power because it was so mysterious.

killzone 2/3 look more polished than any 360 exclusive fps so must of been good for something.

I think Gears 3 looks good but that isn't a fps. Crysis 2 is and it is on par with Killzone 2/3

An x86 architecture? Well that's going to ruin backwards compatability, surely Sony would be smarter than that...

PillyChickle

Err, you mean the same Sony that removed BC from the PS3 and never looked back?

would be cool to see a 4 core cell damn that could do a lot of threads. thats like 28 theards!

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[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

More like they couldn't find the hidden power because it was so mysterious.

xhawk27

killzone 2/3 look more polished than any 360 exclusive fps so must of been good for something.

I think Gears 3 looks good but that isn't a fps. Crysis 2 is and it is on par with Killzone 2/3

Hahaha the Cell is a flop! One big giant Flop! :lol:

xhawk27

And you're a dumbass! One big giant Dumbass! :D

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Not sure why they ever thought it was a good idea.XaosII

This.

The Cell was a business idea designed by business executives. A junior hardware engineer could've told you that it would have been a terrible idea from the start.

This is a doomed if you do, doomed if you don't scenario. No cell probably means imperfect BC, but it also means better multiplats in the future. 110million

B-b-b-but teh powa of teh Cell!?

New consoles better start at $299.99 or no buy

finalstar2007

But then there would be no 599 US Dollars jokes :lol:

yep they are following lead now

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New consoles better start at $299.99 or no buy

eyebrows

But then there would be no 599 US Dollars jokes :lol:

No, but there will be a similar 199 US Dollars for the Sony tablet controller.

If the cell processor goes away, then say goodbye to PS3 BC on PS4.

So i'm guessing 360 stylel BC?

If the cell processor goes away, then say goodbye to PS3 BC on PS4.

garland51

If the cell processor goes away, then say goodbye to PS3 BC on PS4.

garland51